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Land, power, and economics on the frontier of the Upper Canada /
"During its formative years from 1788 to 1850, Ontario was a conservative society, rejecting everything American while attempting to preserve the best of British culture. The social and political elite believed they possessed "natural virtue" and the few at the top of the hierarchy ca...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Montréal, Que. :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©2001.
©2001 |
| Colección: | Carleton library ;
no. 194. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "During its formative years from 1788 to 1850, Ontario was a conservative society, rejecting everything American while attempting to preserve the best of British culture. The social and political elite believed they possessed "natural virtue" and the few at the top of the hierarchy came to control the bulk of the land, the basis of the economy. At the other end of the spectrum were many powerless individuals who transformed the land and themselves through their own labour. Blending qualitative and quantitative approaches, John Clarke measures the pulse of Ontario's pre-industrial society."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxvii, 747 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 651-706) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773568501 0773568506 1282858696 9781282858695 9786612858697 6612858699 |