Land, power and economics on the frontier of Upper Canada

Main Author: Clarke, John, 1943-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Montreal & Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10132764
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245 1 0 |a Land, power and economics on the frontier of Upper Canada  |c John Clarke. 
260 |a Montreal & Kingston :  |b McGill-Queen's University Press,  |c 2001. 
300 |a xxxvii, 747 p. :  |b ill., maps, ports. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [651]-706) and index. 
505 8 |a Machine generated contents note: 1 The Land Revealed: The Physical Background / 3 -- 2 Peace, Order, and Good Government: -- The Organization of a Landscape / 35 -- 3 Acquiring Indian Land in the Era -- of the Land Boards / 94 -- 4 European Land Acquisition after the First -- Land Board / 155 -- 5 The Market for Land: Sales in Essex to -- Mid-century / 208 -- 6 Buying on Credit: The Upper Canadian -- Dilemma / 264 -- 7 Who Were the Speculators and How Extensive -- Was Speculation? / 295 -- 8 The Strategies of Speculators / 336 -- 9 Land and Power / 379 -- 10 The Corporate Sector / 424 -- 11 Context and Conclusion / 443 -- Appendices -- 1. Essex Soil Quality and Drainage / 469 -- 2.1 Survey Documents / 471 -- 2.2 Documentary Sources for the Reconstruction of the -- Crown and Clergy Reserves / 474 -- 2.3 Documentary and Map Sources of Patent Data for Essex -- County, Ontario / 476 -- 2.4 McKee Treaty of 1790 / 477 -- 2.5 Survey Systems of Essex County and Dates of -- Survey / 479 -- 2.6 Number and Type of Establishment in Each -- Centre / 480 -- 2.7 List of Speculators with at Least 400 Acres in -- One Period or Three Parcels of Unknown Acreage -- or at Least Three Transactions / 481 -- 7.2 Membership in Clusters, Based upon Measures -- of Similarity of Acreage Owned, Total Number -- of Transactions, and Length of Time Held / 485 -- 7.3 Essex Biographical Research / 486 -- 8.1 Sheriff's Deeds in Essex County, 1818-52 / 513. 
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