Land, power, and economics on the frontier of the Upper Canada /

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"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clarke, John, 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montréal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2001.
©2001
Colección:Carleton library ; no. 194.
Temas:
1800-1899
Land settlement patterns > Ontario > Essex (County) > History > 19th century.
Essex (Ont. : County) > Historical geography.
Land settlement patterns > Ontario > Essex (County)
Colonisation intérieure > Types > Ontario > Essex (Comté) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Colonisation intérieure > Types > Ontario > Essex (Comté)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Land settlement patterns
Essex (Ont. : Comté) > Géographie historique.
Ontario > Essex (County)
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The land revealed: the physical background
  • Peace, order and good government: the organization of a landscape
  • Acquiring Indian land in the era of the land boards
  • European land acquisition after the first land board
  • The market for land: sales in Essex to Mid-century
  • Buying on credit: the upper Canadian dilemma
  • Who were the speculators and how extensive was speculation?
  • The strategies of speculators
  • Land and power
  • The corporate sector
  • Context and conclusion.

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