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To Preserve & Defend /
This book is a collection of essays on Kingston during the nineteenth century, following the end of the War of 1812. It seeks to explain and illustrate some of the most significant aspects of life in the city during the years when Kingston's special character was formed and became deeply imprin...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal ; London :
MQUP,
1976.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Contributors""; ""Introduction""; ""I: The Shape of the City""; ""The Character of Kingston""; ""Architecture for a Boom Town: The Primitive and the Neo-baroque in George Browne's Kingston Buildings""; ""The Settlement of Kingston's Hinterland""; ""II: Fortress Kingston""; ""Kingston and the Defence of British North America""; ""Garrison and Community, 1815�1870""; ""The British Influence of RMC""; ""III: Economic Development""; ""John A. Macdonald and the Kingston Business Community""; ""The Canadian Locomotive Company""
- ""The Failure of the Commercial Bank""""IV: Politics in Kingston""; ""John Macaulay: Tory for All Seasons""; ""Hugh C. Thomson: Editor, Publisher, and Politician, 1791�1834""; ""Municipal Government and Politics, 1800�1850""; ""The Orange Order and the Election of 1861 in Kingston""; ""Kingstonians in the Second Parliament: Portrait of an Elite Group""; ""V: Social Change""; ""The Poor in Kingston, 1815�1850""; ""John Travers Lewis and the Establishment of the Anglican Diocese""; ""Immigrants in the City: Kingston as Revealed in the Census Manuscripts of 1871""
- ""Queen's University: Town and Gown to 1877""""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""