Author: Arthur Reginald Marsden LowerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Land, Power, and Economics on the Frontier of the Upper Canada
Author: John ClarkePublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773520627
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 787
Book Description
Blending qualitative and quantitative approaches, John Clarke measures the pulse of Ontario's pre-industrial society."--BOOK JACKET.
Historical Atlas of Canada: The land transformed, 1800-1891
Author: Geoffrey J. MatthewsPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 0802034470
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Uses maps to illustrate the development of Canada from the last ice sheet to the end of the eighteenth century
Technology on the Frontier
Author: Dianne NewellPublisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774843284
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
This book tells about a frontier region in economic transition. Its focus is the successful adoption of new technology to the particular economic and engineering circumstances associated with the newness or frontier nature of Ontario mining to 1890.
Miscellaneous Publication
Author: The Professionalization of History in English Canada
Author: Donald A. WrightPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442629304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
The study of history in Canada has a history of its own, and its development as an academic discipline is a multifaceted one. The Professionalization of History in English Canada charts the transition of the study of history from a leisurely pastime to that of a full-blown academic career for university-trained scholars - from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century. Donald Wright argues that professionalization was not, in fact, a benign process, nor was it inevitable. It was deliberate. Within two generations, historians saw the creation of a professional association - the Canadian Historical Association - and rise of an academic journal - the Canadian Historical Review. Professionalization was also gendered. In an effort to raise the status of the profession and protect the academic labour market for men, male historians made a concerted effort to exclude women from the academy. History's professionalization is best understood as a transition from one way of organizing intellectual life to another. What came before professionalization was not necessarily inferior, but rather, a different perspective of history. As well, Wright argues convincingly that professionalization inadvertently led to a popular inverse: the amateur historian, whose work is often more widely received and appreciated by the general public.
History of Agriculture in Ontario 1613-1880
Author: Robert Leslie JonesPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487590628
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This comprehensive history of Ontario's agricultural development, first published in 1946, is a classic of scholarship and readability. It will appeal not only to agriculturalists and historians but also to anyone interested in life in early Ontario.
Les Écossais
Author: Lucille H. CampeyPublisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 189704514X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
This is the first fully documented account, produced in modern times, of the migration of Scots to Lower Canada. Scots were in the forefront of the early influx of British settlers, which began in the late eighteenth century. John Nairne and Malcolm Fraser were two of the first Highlanders to make their mark on the province, arriving at La Malbaie soon after the Treaty of Paris in 1763. By the early 1800s many Scottish settlements had been formed along the north side of the Ottawa River, in the Chateauguay Valley to the southwest of Montreal, and in the Gaspe region. Then, as economic conditions in the Highlands and Islands deteriorated by the late 1820s, large numbers of Hebridean crofters settled in the Eastern Townships. The first group came from Arran and the later arrivals from Lewis. Les Ecossais were proud of their Scottish traditions and customs, those living reminders of the old country which had been left behind. In the end they became assimilated into Quebec's French-speaking society, but along the way they had a huge impact on the province's early development. How were les Ecossais regarded by their French neighbours? Were they successful pioneers? In her book, Lucille H. Campey assesses their impact as she unravels their story. Drawing from a wide range of fascinating sources, she considers the process of settlement and the harsh realities of life in the New World. She explains how Quebec province came to acquire its distinctive Scottish communities and offers new insights on their experiences and achievements.
Canada's Forests
Author: Ken DrushkaPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773526609
Category : Forest management
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
"Looking back over 10,000 years, from the end of the last glacial period to the beginning of the twenty-first century, Ken Drushka explores how human use of our forests has changed and combines, for the first time, an overall description of the ten forest regions of Canada with an overview of their historical uses and their current conditions."--Back cover.
Company Towns in the Americas
Author: Oliver Jürgen DiniusPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820336823
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Company towns were the spatial manifestation of a social ideology and an economic rationale. The contributors to this volume show how national politics, social protest, and local culture transformed those founding ideologies by examining the histories of company towns in six countries: Argentina (Firmat), Brazil (Volta Redonda, Santos, Fordl ndia), Canada (Sudbury), Chile (El Salvador), Mexico (Santa Rosa, R o Blanco), and the United States (Anaconda, Kellogg, and Sunflower City). Company towns across the Americas played similar economic and social roles. They advanced the frontiers of industrial capitalism and became powerful symbols of modernity. They expanded national economies by supporting extractive industries on thinly settled frontiers and, as a result, brought more land, natural resources, and people under the control of corporations. U.S. multinational companies exported ideas about work discipline, race, and gender to Latin America as they established company towns there to extend their economic reach. Employers indeed shaped social relations in these company towns through education, welfare, and leisure programs, but these essays also show how working-class communities reshaped these programs to serve their needs. The editors' introduction and a theoretical essay by labor geographer Andrew Herod provide the context for the case studies and illuminate how the company town serves as a window into both the comparative and transnational histories of labor under industrial capitalism.
Environmental Policies (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Chris C. ParkPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134670699
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
The importance of the effective management of the natural environment has become vital over the past few decades. In different countries, varying policies are implemented by governments to manage the environment, both to foster growth and reduce pollution and destruction. Employing a broad country-based approach, this edited collection, first published in 1986, surveys the growth, nature and effectiveness of the environmental management policies implemented by governments around the world. The overarching argument is that a coherent international approach is needed to deal with the problems surrounding environmental sustainability. This title will be of great value to students of the natural environment, sustainability and resource management.