Tenants in Time
Family Strategies, Land, and Liberalism in Upper Canada, 1799-1871
Published on 4. November 2008
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-0-7735-3425-4 (ISBN)
Description
Life as a tenant farmer in a society where ownership was revered but tenancy was of vital importance
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"An important contribution to Canadian historiography, drawing attention to an under-examined, indeed almost unknown aspect of Canadian settlement history." Ruth Sandwell, University of Toronto "A rich and innovative study." Brian Osborne, Queen's UniversityMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal
Canada
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
724 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7735-3425-4 (9780773534254)
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Catharine Anne Wilson
Tenants in Time
Family Strategies, Land, and Liberalism in Upper Canada, 1799-1871
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Catharine Anne Wilson
Tenants in Time
Family Strategies, Land, and Liberalism in Upper Canada, 1799-1871
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Tenants in Time
Family Strategies, Land, and Liberalism in Upper Canada, 1799-1871
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Person
Catharine Anne Wilson is professor of history, University of Guelph, and the author of the award-winning works A New Lease on Life and Reciprocal Work Bees and the Meaning of Neighbourhood.
Content
Maps and Tables; Illustrations; Acknowledgments Part one Perspectives and ideologies1 Introduction; 2 The Ideology of LandholdingPart two Tenants and their lives3 Tenancy and Tenants; 4 Their Landlords and the Landlord-Tenant Relationship; 5 Their Rent; 6 Their Lives within a Legal Framework: Distraint and Eviction; 7 Their Legal and Customary Rights; 8 Their Farms, Families, and Agricultural Practices; 9 Their Aspirations, Successes, and Failures; Conclusion Appendices: A Note on the Database and Sources; B Statistical Tables Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index