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The Politics of Development reveals the full extent of state involvement in the exploitation of natural resources in the province of Ontario and the reciprocal impact resource development has had in shaping politics in the province. H. V. Nelles offers a revised staples interpretation, exposing the resource politics at the heart of central Canadian economic development. He explains the business history of the forestry and mining industries from the mid-nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century, stressing the importance of public policy in their development.He offers a definitive interpretation of the emergence, development, and political dynamics of public ownership within the hydro-electric sector.Considered one of the seminal works on Canadian political economy The Politics of Development still has important things to say about public policy and will be of interest to historians, political scientists, economists, and those interested in environmental history. ... Read more

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Women in Canada frequently got away with murder and escaped the hangman’s noose. A few were not so fortunate. The first woman hanged in Upper Canada was Mary Osborn, who was executed for murdering her husband. Her gruesome story and those of seven other deadly women are told in this collection of spine-chilling tales from Ontario. ... Read more

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Thousands of children attended summer camps in twentieth-century Ontario. Did parents simply want a break, or were broader developments at play? The Nurture of Nature explores how competing cultural tendencies -- antimodern nostalgia and modern sensibilities about the landscape, child rearing, and identity -- shaped the development of summer camps and, consequently, modern social life in North America. A valuable resource for those interested in the connections between the history of childhood, the natural environment, and recreation, this book will also appeal to anyone who has been packed off to camp and wants to explore why. ... Read more

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Publisher: Toronto, Ryerson PressSubjects: Canada -- HistoryNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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This is an in-depth account of the New York, Ontario & Western Railway's operations to Utica and Rome, New York, through the valley of the Oriskany Creek. Starting in the post-Civil War years with the Utica, Clinton & Binghamton and the Rome & Clinton railroads to the O&W's untimely death in March 1957, this book traces the ups and downs of railroading in central New York. Large format with more than 200 illustrations. ... Read more

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Very Good Local History Book
This book is extremely well written and organized. It is better than the run of the mill railroad history. Mr. Taibi is a good writer and a cut above the average "hobbyist" author. It will undoubtedly be of great interest to any local history buffs and the hard core O&W fan. Most of the information included herein (data, maps and photos), other than what's related to the initial formation of the Utica and Rome branches, is from the post 1900 era. If you are looking for mainly pre-1900 information you are likely to be disappointed. ... Read more

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For more than a century, government policy towards Aboriginal peoples in Canada was shaped by paternalistic attitudes and an ultimate goal of assimilation. Indeed, remnants of that thinking still linger today, more than thirty years after protests against the White Paper of 1969 led to reconsideration Canada's 'Indian' policy. In A Fatherly Eye, historian Robin Brownlie examines how paternalism and assimilation during the interwar period were made manifest in the 'field', far from the bureaucrats in Ottawa, but never free of their oppressive supervision. At the same time, she reveals how the Aboriginal 'subjects' of official policy dealt with the control and coercion that lay at the heart of the Indian Act.

This groundbreaking study sheds new light on a time and a place we know little about. Brownlie focuses on two Indian agencies in southern Ontario - Parry Sound and Manitowaning (on Manitoulin Island) - and the contrasting management styles of two agents, John daly and Robert Lewis, especially during the Great Depression. In administering the lives of the Anishinabek people, the government paid inadequate attention to the protection of treaty rights and was excessively concerned with maintaining control, in part through the paternalistic provision of assistance that helped to silence critics of the system and prevent political organizing. As Brownlie concludes, the Indian Affairs system still does not work well, and 'has come to represent all that is most oppressive about the history of colonization in this country'.

Previously published by Oxford University Press

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Euphoria swept Canada, and especially Ontario, with the outbreak of World War I. But why were people excited by the prospect of war? What popular attitudes about war had become ingrained in the society? This book examines the cult of manliness as it developed in Victorian and Edwardian Ontario, revealing a number of factors that fed the eagerness of youth to prove their mettle on the battlefields of Europe. ... Read more

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Analyzing key examples of the sexual and familial regulation (through the law) of girls and women in twentieth-century Canada, this work explores the ways in which class, race, and gender shape the definition and punishment of criminality. It also examines the changing social and legal definitions of "normal" versus "criminal" sexual and family relationships, using case studies of incest, childhood sexual abuse, wife assault, prostitution, girls in conflict with the law, and Native women and the law. ... Read more

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In 1987, archaeologists working on a number of waterfront lots in Fort Erie, Ontario, discovered bones that turned out to be the remains of soldiers who had died during the American occupation of Fort Erie 173 years before.They had uncovered a U.S. military graveyard from the War of 1812.

The archaeological dig that followed attracted great public interest and media attention on both sides of the border.Historical research and scientific analysis of the bones combined to produce a remarkably detailed profile of anonymous victims in a half-forgotten conflict.The Snake Hill story culminated in a remarkable repatriation ceremony in which twenty-eight American soldiers were returned to their homeland for an honorary reburial.

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The Story of the Snake Hill Dig
Late in 1987, developers building homes near Fort Erie, Ontario were uncovering what appeared to be human remain; although the attempt was made to cover up the matter, an anonymous tip to local media initiated a series of events that resulted in one of the province's most sensational archeological digs.

It turned out that the remains were those of soldiers from the War of 1812, more specifically from 1814 when the Americans and undertaken another invasion of Upper Canada, and had established an extended fortified zone running from Fort Erie down to Snake Hill.

This book is esentially deals with the events surround the archeological dig--conducted by Ron Williamson of ASI--and a historical overview of the events of 1814.Death at Snake Hill is meant for a general readership; the scientific report of the dig was published as:Snake Hill: An Investigation of a Military Cemetery from the War of 1812, which was published by Dundurn in 1991. ... Read more

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A concise history of Ontario from the beginnings to the present day. The text will be a revised and expanded version of Ontario: Image, Identity, and Power--part of the Illustrated History of Canada series. ... Read more

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Patterns of the Past has been published to commemorate the one hundredth annivarsary of the founding of the Ontario Historical Society. Organized on 4 Sept 1888 as the Pioneer Association of Ontario, the Society adopted its current name in 1898. Its objectives, for a century, have been to promote and develop the study of Ontario's past. The purpose of this book is both to commemorate and to carry on that wrothy tradition.

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Comprehensive study of two towns on either side of the U.S.-Canadian border. ... Read more

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"For most of the nineteenth century the Irish formed the largest non-French ethnic group in central Canada. Donald Akenson analyses the process of their settlement in an eastern Ontario township and dispels some of the myths about the Irish as urban dwellers. He suggests that by using Ontario as a "historical laboratory" it is possible to make valid assessments of the real differences between Irish Protestants and Irish Catholics, characteristics that are much more precisely measurable in the neutral environment of central Canada than in the turbulent Irish homeland."--BOOK JACKET. ... Read more

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Irish Canadian claptrap.
Some interesting studies of individual settlers but essentially its revisionist history with subjective facts only there to back up his argument. Don't waste your money! ... Read more