{"product_id":"the-ward-uncovered-the-archaeology-of-everyday-life-9781552453698","title":"The Ward Uncovered: The Archaeology of Everyday Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John Lorinc | Holly Martelle | Michael McClelland\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sociology - Urban\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn archaeological dig uncovers the secret history of Toronto's long-forgotten first immigrant neighbourhood.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn early 2015, a team of archaeologists began digging test trenches on a non-descript parking lot next to Toronto City Hall -- a site designated to become a major new court house. What they discovered was the rich buried history of an enclave that was part of The Ward -- that dense, poor, but vibrant 'arrival city' that took shape between the 1840s and the 1950s. Home to waves of immigrants and refugees -- Irish, African-Americans, Italians, eastern European Jews, and Chinese -- The Ward was stigmatized for decades by Toronto's politicians and residents, and eventually razed to make way for New City Hall. The archaeologists who excavated the lot, led by co-editor Holly Martelle, discovered almost half a million artifacts -- a spectacular collection of household items, tools, toys, shoes, musical instruments, bottles, industrial objects, food scraps, luxury items, and even a pre-contact Indigenous projectile point. Martelle's team also unearthed the foundations of a nineteenth-century Black church, a Russian synagogue, early-twentieth-century factories, cisterns, privies, wooden drains, and even row houses built by formerly enslaved African Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFollowing on the heels of the immensely popular \u003ci\u003eThe Ward: The Life and Loss of Toronto's First Immigrant Neighbourhood\u003c\/i\u003e, which told the stories of some of the people who lived there, The Ward Uncovered digs up the tales of things, using these well-preserved artifacts to tell a different set of stories about life in this long-forgotten and much-maligned neighbourhood. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47999559925911,"sku":"9781552453698","price":1334.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781552453698.webp?v=1783601031","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-ward-uncovered-the-archaeology-of-everyday-life-9781552453698","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}