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Land, Power, and Economics on the Frontier of Upper Canada.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Carleton Library SeriesPublisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (786 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773568501
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Land, Power, and Economics on the Frontier of Upper CanadaDDC classification:
  • 333.3097133
LOC classification:
  • HD319.O5 C57 2001
Online resources: Summary: Land, Power, and Economics on the Frontier of Upper Canada examines Ontario's formative years, focusing on Essex County in Ontario from 1788 to 1850. Upper Canadian attitudes to land and society are shown to have been built on contemporary visions of the cosmos. John Clarke examines the actions of individuals from the perspective of the political culture and its manifestations, doing so within the constraints of geography and the cultural baggage of the settlers. Placing human action in the context of economics and laissez-faire capitalism, Clarke shows how almost unbridled acquisitiveness, and its concomitant land speculation, could promote or hinder development.
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Land, Power, and Economics on the Frontier of Upper Canada examines Ontario's formative years, focusing on Essex County in Ontario from 1788 to 1850. Upper Canadian attitudes to land and society are shown to have been built on contemporary visions of the cosmos. John Clarke examines the actions of individuals from the perspective of the political culture and its manifestations, doing so within the constraints of geography and the cultural baggage of the settlers. Placing human action in the context of economics and laissez-faire capitalism, Clarke shows how almost unbridled acquisitiveness, and its concomitant land speculation, could promote or hinder development.

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