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Search out the land : the Jews and the growth of equality in British colonial America, 1740-1867 /
Mapping the history of Canadian Jews from the arrival of the first settlers before 1750 through to the 1860s, Search Out the Land introduces a new set of colourful players on Canada's stage. Ezekiel Solomons, John Franks, Jacob Franks, Chapman Abraham, Rachel Myers, Moses David, Samuel Hart, El...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montréal [Que.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©1995.
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| Colección: | McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- setting the Stage. 1. Obstacles to Equality for Religious Minorities in Britain in 1750. 2. The New World before 1740. 3. The Plantation Act, 1740: An Invitation to the Thirteen Colonies and the West Indies. 4. The Characters Take Their Places, 1747
- Act One: British North America, 1749-1790. 5. Remember Halifax. 6. Founding People, 1760-1763. 7. The "Protestant" Jews of Quebec, 1763-1774. 8. The Liberty Boys. 9. Cries of War and Peace: The Establishment of a Permanent Jewish Community in Canada, 1775-1790
- Entr'acte. 10. Exemptions from Oaths and Declarations: The Balancing Act for Colonial Equality, 1750-1790
- Act Two: British North America, 1791-1860. 11. The Retrenchment: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back. 12. The Upper Canada Proving Ground. 13. Beyond the Wilderness: The Jews of Lower Canada, 1791-1831. 14. Colonial Legislatures and the Demise of the State Oaths and the Declaration, 1820-1860. 15. The Last "Little Spot" 16. From Toleration to Equality.