'Union is Strength' : : W.L. Mackenzie, The Children of Peace and the Emergence of Joint Stock Democracy in Upper Canada /

'Union is Strength' : : W.L. Mackenzie, The Children of Peace and the Emergence of Joint Stock Democracy in Upper Canada / / Albert Schrauwers.

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Nineteenth-century Canada experienced two other revolutions apart from those of W.L. Mackenzie and Louis Riel: the transition to capitalism, and to responsible government. Union Is Strength argues that these major socio-political changes happened in Ontario without a revolutionary moment because of...

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Schrauwers, Albert,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2009
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: A Tale of Two Kingdoms
  • 1. Charity, Owenism, and the Toronto House of Industry
  • 2. The Bank of Upper Canada and the Economy of Debt
  • 3. The Economics of Respectability: The Farmers' Storehouse (Banking) Company
  • 4. Shepard's Hall and the Canadian Alliance Society
  • 5. The Bank Wars
  • 6. The Constitution
  • 7. The Promise of Responsible Government
  • Conclusion: The Economic Roots of Joint Stock Democracy
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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