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Book Synopsis Land, Settlement, and Politics on Eighteenth-Century Prince Edward Island by : J. Bumsted
Download or read book Land, Settlement, and Politics on Eighteenth-Century Prince Edward Island written by J. Bumsted and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1987-06-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contrast to most previous works on the subject, this is not a local or regional history, but a book in colonial and/or imperial history which focuses on Prince Edward Island. This broader perspective allows Bumsted to show, for example, that the decision to distribute land to proprietors was a comprehensible and even liberal move by British government in the context of the imperial expansion of the 1760s. Bumsted demonstrates that the external influence of the American Revolution is more important than had been thought, both in isolating the island from Britain and, through the handling of Loyalist immigrants, in exacerbating the conflicts over land ownership. Previously, Prince Edward Island's crucial formative period from 1763 to the end of the eighteenth century has not received sufficient attention, while the proprietorial system has received too much attention without sufficient critical analysis. Land, Settlement, and Politics on Eighteenth-Century Prince Edward isalnd redresses the balance.
Book Synopsis Land, Settlement and Politics on Eighteenth-century Prince Edward Island by : J. M. Bumsted
Download or read book Land, Settlement and Politics on Eighteenth-century Prince Edward Island written by J. M. Bumsted and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Land, Settlement, and Politics on Eighteenth-century Prince Edward Island by J.M. Bumsted by : William G. Godfrey
Download or read book Land, Settlement, and Politics on Eighteenth-century Prince Edward Island by J.M. Bumsted written by William G. Godfrey and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Land, Settlement, and Politics on Eighteenth-century Prince Edward Island by : J. M. Bumsted
Download or read book Land, Settlement, and Politics on Eighteenth-century Prince Edward Island written by J. M. Bumsted and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1987 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon after Prince Edward Island was transferred from French to British sovereignty in 1763, virtually the entire land surface was turned over to private proprietors on the understanding that they would finance both settlement and the administration of the territory. While the proprietors did not fulfil their obligations, they clung tenanciously to their privileges, ultimately becoming an anachronistic group of landlords on a North American continent where freehold tenure was the norm. J.M. Bumsted goes beyond the previous "heroes" (residents) and "villains" (landlords) approach of much of Island historiography by demonstrating the intimate interweaving of the issues of land, politics, and settlement.
Book Synopsis The Atlantic Provinces in Confederation by : E. R. Forbes
Download or read book The Atlantic Provinces in Confederation written by E. R. Forbes and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Atlantic Provinces cover New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland.
Book Synopsis Lady Landlords of Prince Edward Island by : Rusty Bittermann
Download or read book Lady Landlords of Prince Edward Island written by Rusty Bittermann and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2014-06-22 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively look at estate management and resistance to land reform in nineteenth-century Prince Edward Island through the life stories of four elite British women landowners.
Book Synopsis A Very Fine Class of Immigrants by : Lucille H. Campey
Download or read book A Very Fine Class of Immigrants written by Lucille H. Campey and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2007-05-15 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous studies of early Scottish emigration to the New World have tended to concentrate on the miseries of evictions and the destruction of old communities. In this groundbreaking study of the influx of Scots to Prince Edward Island, the widely held assumption that emigration was solely a flight from poverty is challenged. By uncovering previously unreported ship crossings, as well as a wide range of manuscripts and underused sources such as customs records and newspaper shipping reports, the book provides the most comprehensive account to date of the influx of Scots to the Island. “A Very Fine Class of Immigrants” is essential reading for individuals wishing to trace family links or deepen their understanding of how and why the Island came to acquire its distinctive Scottish communities. And by accessing, for the first time, shipping sources like Lloyd’s List and the Lloyd’s Shipping Register, the author brings a new dimension to our understanding of emigrant travel. Campey demonstrates that far from sailing on disease-ridden leaky tubs, as popularly imagined, the Island’s Pioneer Scots usually crossed the Atlantic on the best available ships of the time.
Book Synopsis Eighteenth-Century Environmental Humanities by : Jeremy Chow
Download or read book Eighteenth-Century Environmental Humanities written by Jeremy Chow and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-11 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking new volume unites eighteenth-century studies and the environmental humanities, showcasing how these fields can vibrantly benefit one another. In eleven chapters that engage a variety of eighteenth-century texts, contributors explore timely themes and topics such as climate change, new materialisms, the blue humanities, indigeneity and decoloniality, and green utopianism. Additionally, each chapter reflects on pedagogical concerns, asking: How do we teach eighteenth-century environmental humanities? With particular attention to the voices of early-career scholars who bring cutting-edge perspectives, these essays highlight vital and innovative trends that can enrich both disciplines, making them essential for classroom use.
Book Synopsis Canadian History: Beginnings to Confederation by : Martin Brook Taylor
Download or read book Canadian History: Beginnings to Confederation written by Martin Brook Taylor and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In these two volumes, which replace the Reader's Guide to Canadian History, experts provide a select and critical guide to historical writing about pre- and post-Confederation Canada, with an emphasis on the most recent scholarship" -- Cover.
Book Synopsis The Oxford History of the British Empire: The Eighteenth Century by : Alaine Low
Download or read book The Oxford History of the British Empire: The Eighteenth Century written by Alaine Low and published by Oxford History of the British Empire. This book was released on 2001 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records.
Book Synopsis The Last Happy Year by : Rod Coneybeare
Download or read book The Last Happy Year written by Rod Coneybeare and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1993 with total page 1264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Last Happy Year: A Novel by Rod Coneybeare
Book Synopsis Lord Dufferin, Ireland and the British Empire, c. 1820–1900 by : Annie Tindley
Download or read book Lord Dufferin, Ireland and the British Empire, c. 1820–1900 written by Annie Tindley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-29 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the life and career of Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826–1902). Dufferin was a landowner in Ulster, an urbane diplomat, literary sensation, courtier, politician, colonial governor, collector, son, husband and father. The book draws on episodes from Dufferin’s career to link the landowning and aristocratic culture he was born into with his experience of governing across the British Empire, in Canada, Egypt, Syria and India. This book argues that there was a defined conception of aristocratic governance and purpose that infused the political and imperial world, and was based on two elements: the inheritance and management of a landed estate, and a well-defined sense of ‘rule by the best’. It identifies a particular kind of atmosphere of empire and aristocracy, one that was riven with tensions and angst, as those who saw themselves as the hereditary leaders of Britain and Ireland were challenged by a rising democracy and, in Ireland, by a powerful new definition of what Irishness was. It offers a new perspective on both empire and aristocracy in the nineteenth century, and will appeal to a broad scholarly audience and the wider public.
Download or read book Big Worlds written by Jared J. Wesley and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rural Protest on Prince Edward Island by : Rusty Bittermann
Download or read book Rural Protest on Prince Edward Island written by Rusty Bittermann and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "Rural Protest on Prince Edward Island", Rusty Bittermann examines this conflict and the dynamic of rural protest on the Island from its establishment as a British colony in the 1760s to the early 1840s. The focus of Bittermann's study is the remarkable mass movement known as the Escheat movement, which emerged in the 1830s in the context of growing popular challenges elsewhere in the Atlantic World. The Escheat movement aimed at resolving the land question in favour of tenants by having the state resume (escheat) the large grants of land that created landlordism on the Island. Although it ultimately gained control of the assembly in the late 1830s, the Escheat movement did not produce the land policies that tenants and their allies advocated.
Book Synopsis All Things in Common by : Ruth Compton Brouwer
Download or read book All Things in Common written by Ruth Compton Brouwer and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first decade of the twentieth century, a few closely related families established a utopian community in Canada’s smallest province. Known officially as B. Compton Limited but described by a journalist in 1935 as "Prince Edward Island’s unique ‘brotherly love’ community," this utopia owed its longevity to the cohesion provided by its communal organization, dense kin ties, and long-held millenarianism – and to a decidedly pragmatic approach to business. All Things in Common demonstrates how "un-utopian" such a community could be while problematizing the contention that the inevitable end of all utopian experiments is a full-blown dystopia. Beginning with a compelling backstory and locating the Compton community in the historiography of North American utopias, the author goes on to explore the community’s business endeavours, its religious, familial, and transgressive aspects, and its brief period of international fame before assessing the factors that led to its dissolution in 1947. Providing a strong narrative framework, All Things in Common draws on rich family and archival records and diverse secondary sources, concluding with a consideration of the community’s legacy for its alumni and their descendants.
Book Synopsis Essays in the History of Canadian Law: In honour of R.C.B. Risk by : Philip Girard
Download or read book Essays in the History of Canadian Law: In honour of R.C.B. Risk written by Philip Girard and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collected essays in this volume represent the highlights of legal historical scholarship in Canada today. All of the essays refer back in some form to Risk's own work in the field.
Book Synopsis Atlantic Canada's Irish Immigrants by : Lucille H. Campey
Download or read book Atlantic Canada's Irish Immigrants written by Lucille H. Campey and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2016-08-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A transformative work that explodes assumptions about the importance of the Great Irish Potato Famine to Irish immigration. In this major study, Lucille Campey traces the relocation of around ninety thousand Irish people to their new homes in Atlantic Canada. She shatters the widespread misconception that the exodus was primarily driven by dire events in Ireland. The Irish immigration saga is not solely about what happened during the Great Potato Famine of the 1840s; it began a century earlier. Although they faced great privations and had to overcome many obstacles, the Irish actively sought the better life that Atlantic Canada offered. Far from being helpless exiles lacking in ambition who went lemming-like to wherever they were told to go, the Irish grabbed their opportunities and prospered in their new home. Campey gives these settlers a voice. Using wide-ranging documentary sources, she provides new insights about why the Irish left and considers why they chose their various locations in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland. She highlights how, through their skills and energy, they benefitted themselves and contributed much to the development of Atlantic Canada. This is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the history of the Irish exodus to North America and provides a mine of information useful to family historians.
