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Land, settlement, and politics on eighteenth-century Prince Edward Island /
In contrast to most previous works on the subject, this is not a local or regional history, but a book in colonial and/or imperial history which focuses on Prince Edward Island. This broader perspective allows Bumsted to show, for example, that the decision to distribute land to proprietors was a co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Kingston [Ont.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
1987.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In contrast to most previous works on the subject, this is not a local or regional history, but a book in colonial and/or imperial history which focuses on Prince Edward Island. This broader perspective allows Bumsted to show, for example, that the decision to distribute land to proprietors was a comprehensible and even liberal move by British government in the context of the imperial expansion of the 1760s. Bumsted demonstrates that the external influence of the American Revolution is more important than had been thought, both in isolating the island from Britain and, through the handling of Loyalist immigrants, in exacerbating the conflicts over land ownership. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 238 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773561168 0773561161 |