This study focuses on the interrelationships of three key elements of Montr al's urban form: its fortifications; the ownership, distribution, and use of property within its walls; and the nature of its buildings. Based on a fifteen-year study of manuscript sources from Europe and North America, Opening the Gates of Eighteenth-Century Montr al focuses on the interrelationships of three key elements of Montr al's urban form: its fortifications;...