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“A good read from Howard Rotberg.
Exploring Vancouverism: The Political
Culture of Canada’s Lotus Land is
informed and fast-moving, revealing as it does with alarming clarity
the political culture of Vancouver, Canada
-
Shelagh Lindsey, retired Adjunct Professor of
Architecture at UBC
Exploring
Vancouverism
The Political Culture of
Canada's Lotus Land
L
CanadianValuesPress
an imprint of
ISBN 978-0-9734065-1-1
Exploring Vancouverism:
The Political Culture of
Canada’s Lotus Land
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: The Ideology of the Lotos Eaters
2. The
Emperor’s
3. Ellison
Wonderland: Narcissism in Vancouverism
4. Lusting for Location: The Sexualization of Shelter
5. Aspects of
the Lotos Among the Young and the Old
6. Resort
Lobbies, Doggie Spas and Affordable Housing
7. The Lotos
Doesn’t Grow on Trees: Gangs and the
Distribution System
8. The Downtown East Side
9. EcoDensity
and the Fraud on the Young
10. White Collar
Crime in the Wild West
11. The
Starbucks “Progressives” and the Ascent of “Tolerism”
12. The Decline of Religion and the Worship of the
Esthetic
13. The Original “Mild-eyed” Lotos-Eaters: Respecting and Accommodating Aboriginal
Rights
14. The Lotus
Land of the Sky: Architecture and Social
Justice
15. A Pause to Look at Some Numbers and the
Economic Forecast
16. Conclusion:
Money and the Moderate Climate – the Resortification of Vancouver
Appendix: Full Text of “The Lotos-Eaters” by Alfred
Tennyson
Copyright Howard Rotberg 2008. No part of this work may be reproduced or
transmitted without the express written consent of the author. All rights reserved.