Land, power and economics on the frontier of Upper Canada
By: John Clarke.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Montreal & Kingston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 747
Subjects: Land settlement patterns -- Ontario -- Essex (County) -- History -- 19th century; Essex (Ont. : County) -- Historical geography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [651]-706) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 The Land Revealed: The Physical Background / 3; title: 2 Peace, Order, and Good Government:; title: The Organization of a Landscape / 35; title: 3 Acquiring Indian Land in the Era; title: of the Land Boards / 94; title: 4 European Land Acquisition after the First; title: Land Board / 155; title: 5 The Market for Land: Sales in Essex to; title: Mid-century / 208; title: 6 Buying on Credit: The Upper Canadian; title: Dilemma / 264; title: 7 Who Were the Speculators and How Extensive; title: Was Speculation? / 295; title: 8 The Strategies of Speculators / 336; title: 9 Land and Power / 379; title: 10 The Corporate Sector / 424; title: 11 Context and Conclusion / 443; title: Appendices; title: 1. Essex Soil Quality and Drainage / 469; title: 2.1 Survey Documents / 471; title: 2.2 Documentary Sources for the Reconstruction of the; title: Crown and Clergy Reserves / 474; title: 2.3 Documentary and Map Sources of Patent Data for Essex; title: County, Ontario / 476; title: 2.4 McKee Treaty of 1790 / 477; title: 2.5 Survey Systems of Essex County and Dates of; title: Survey / 479; title: 2.6 Number and Type of Establishment in Each; title: Centre / 480; title: 2.7 List of Speculators with at Least 400 Acres in; title: One Period or Three Parcels of Unknown Acreage; title: or at Least Three Transactions / 481; title: 7.2 Membership in Clusters, Based upon Measures; title: of Similarity of Acreage Owned, Total Number; title: of Transactions, and Length of Time Held / 485; title: 7.3 Essex Biographical Research / 486; title: 8.1 Sheriff's Deeds in Essex County, 1818-52 / 513.