Author: R. Cuthbertson MuirPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Burford (Ont.)
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
The Early Political and Military History of Burford
Author: R. Cuthbertson MuirPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Burford (Ont.)
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada
Author: Champlain SocietyPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0886290260
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
This volume presents a broad documentary coverage of the rebellions and material on areas of Upper Canada not directly threatened by them. A judicious reading should provide a sound knowledge of the uprisings.
Serpent in Eden
Author: Tyson ReederPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197628591
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
"Between Dissent and Disloyalty traces early America's troubled history of foreign meddling and political conflict through the career of James Madison. Spanning the period from the American Revolution to the War of 1812, it reveals a nation ensnared by partisanship and foreign hostility. Foreign governments exploited party distrust and interfered in U.S. elections to advance their own agendas and weaken the United States. As political hostility mounted, Americans confused dissent with disloyalty, imperiling the United States. As a leading delegate at the Constitutional Convention, Republican congressional leader, secretary of state, and president, Madison grappled with foreign meddling over three decades. At the same time, he emerged as a party leader, feeding the very partisanship that bred foreign intrigues. His career embodies the calamitous barrage of accusations and counteraccusations of foreign collusion that culminated in the War of 1812. Madison left a complicated legacy as a fierce adversary of foreign meddling and determined champion of political debate-but also as a partisan operative who facilitated the first by inflaming the second. Forged in partisan conflict, the United States remains vulnerable to foreign powers that aggravate political discord. Americans continue to test whether the constitutional system Madison was so central in implementing can withstand foreign interference while accommodating intense political hostility. That question remained inconclusive during his lifetime, but his successes and failures, along with his original vision of the Constitution and party politics, may help Americans chart a path away from political hysteria and polarization"--
History of the County of Brant
Author: F. Douglas RevillePublisher: [Brantford, Ont.? : s.n.], 1920 (Brantford, Ont. : Hurley Printing Company)
ISBN:
Category : Brant (Ont. : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Author: William Stewart WallacePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Early Educational History of Norfolk County
Author: J. A. BannisterPublisher: Toronto, U. P
ISBN:
Category : EDUCATION ONTARIO NORFOLK CO. HISTORY
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The Valley of the Six Nations
Author: Charles M. JohnstonPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487590601
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
This volume traces the history of the Indians in the Grand River Valley from the first written record in 1627 until the middle of the nineteenth century. Much of the book is devoted to the Six Nations Indians who, dispossessed of their homes in the Mohawk River Valley because of their allegiance to the British cause during the American War of Independence, were granted lands on the Grand River in Ontario after the war. From this grant arose many problems—the Indians' right to sell their land, the difficulties of such sales, their transition from a fur to an agricultural economy, the position of the Six Nations in the War of 1812 and the Rebellion of 1837, and the adjustment of the Indians to a European way of life, religion, and education. All of this is told in the words of the missionaries, travellers, army officers, government officials and settlers, as well as in the vigorous letters and speeches of the Indians themselves. (Ontario Series of the Champlain Society, Volume 7)
Herons and Cobblestones: A History of Bethel and the Five Oaks Area of Brantford Township, County of Brant
Author: Publisher: Brant County Library
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
Elections in Oxford County, 1837-1875
Author: George Neil EmeryPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442644044
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Elections in Oxford County, 1837-75 is a unique exploration of the forms, practices, and issues of democracy in a mid-nineteenth-century colonial setting. In this case study of thirty-eight elections in Oxford County first as part of the United Province of Canada, then in early Ontario George Emery delves into the advances, setbacks, and flaws of a partially democratic system. Emery demonstrates that while its forms and issues evolved, the net amount of democracy remained stable over time. Elections in Oxford County, 1837-75 breaks new ground with its detailed treatment of the county's voice-vote method of election, which ended with the adoption of the secret ballot in 1874. Employing an idealized parliamentary democracy as an explanatory model, Emery captures both geographically specific details and general features of this era's electoral process to enrich current understandings of nineteenth-century Canadian democracy.
Author: British Library