Patrons, Clients, Brokers : : Ontario Society and Politics, 1791–1896 / / S.J.R. Noel.

At the heart of social and economic structures in Ontario at the end of the eighteenth century was land. The relationships that centred around land – who controlled it, who needed it, who got access to it – developed along patron/client lines. Professor Noel argues that these relationships eventuall...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]
©1990
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (344 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: The Culture of Clientelism
  • Part One. Upper Canada
  • 1. The Upper Canadian Outlook
  • 2. Political Ideals and Economic Realities
  • 3. Patrons and Clients
  • 4. Clientelism and Reform
  • Part Two. Canada West
  • 5. The Broker's Art
  • 6. The Reign of Harmony
  • 7. Francis Hincks and the Politics of Accommodation
  • 8. The Juggling of Men and Money
  • 9. Brokerage and the Politics of Power-Sharing
  • 10. The Majoritarian Challenge
  • 11. George Brown, the Great Reform Convention, and the Transition to Federalism
  • Part Three. Ontario
  • 12. The Patent Combination
  • 13. Oliver Mowat and the Politics of Husbandry
  • 14. Northern Ontario: The Boundary Issue and the Bribery Plot
  • 15. The Mowat Machine
  • 16. The Anti-Party Reaction
  • Conclusion: Clientelism in Practice and Theory
  • Index