G. Mercer Adam / George Dickson+K85 / GMercer Adam
Librería Samer Atenea
Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
Kálamo Books
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Librería Elías (Asturias)
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Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
A definitive portrait of a school that shaped Canada’s leaders. A vivid social chronicle indeed.Meticulously compiled, this history gathers contributions by old Upper Canada College boys and assembles lists of head-boys, exhibitioners, university scholars and medallists alongside a roll of the school. It reads as both narrative and ledger: an intimate study of nineteenth century education and the private boys school culture that defined Victorian-era Toronto. It functions as an alumni biographies collection and an academic honors list, and its registers make the volume a practical genealogy research resource for families and researchers alike. Personal recollections sit beside formal lists, so the work serves as both an anecdotal portrait and a documentary record, tracing the rituals and educational traditions Canada relied upon, documenting how school leadership roles emerged and how the College fitted among Upper Canada institutions; details that historians and educators prize.As a Canadian historical reference the volume preserves institutional memory and social detail that illuminate the colony’s ruling networks, examinations of merit and the everyday life of classrooms and quad. Readers of Canadian school history and local historians will find particular value in its registers and memoir-like contributions. Casual readers will be drawn to the characterful sketches of masters and boys and the social context of education. At the same time classic-literature collectors, archivists and those who collect heritage school histories will regard the work as a significant Victorian-era Toronto artefact - both readable and referential. Scholars of social mobility, curriculum and colonial administration will discover material for studies of patronage and academic culture, while genealogists and family historians can trace names and honours across generations. Teachers, administrators, historians and educators alike will find the book a compact source for research and reflection. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today’s and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector’s item and a cultural treasure. A lasting resource and keepsake.
