Political unrest in Upper Canada, 1815-1836 / Aileen Dunham ; with an introduction by A.L. Burt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dunham, Aileen, author.

Contributor:

Burt, Alfred LeRoy, 1888-1971, writer of introduction.

Carleton University. Institute of Canadian Studies, issuing body.

Series:

Carleton library ; no. 10.

Imperial studies ; no. 1.

Carleton library ; number 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ontario--Politics and government.

Ontario.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2014

Place of Publication:

Toronto [Ontario] : Published by McClelland and Stewart Limited in associated with the Institute of Canadian Studies, Carleton University, [1963]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1927, this account of the political struggles of Upper Canada prior to the Rebellion of 1837 remains a classic piece of Canadian historical scholarship.

Contents:

Preface to the Carleton Library edition

Preface to the original edition

I. Introduction

II. The Government of Upper Canada

III. The Aftermath of the War of 1812

IV. Commercial Strife With Lower Canada

V. The Alien Question

VI. The Clergy Reserves

VII. The Administration of Sir Peregrine Maitland 1818-1828

VIII. The Agitation of William Lyon Mackenzie

IX. Democracy and Republicanism

X. The Dawn of a New Conception

XI. The Crisis Under Sir Francis Bond Head

Conclusion

Notes

Suggestions for further reading

Index.

Notes:

Reprint of the 1927 ed. published for the Royal Colonial Institute by Longmans, Green, London, which was issued as no. 1 of the Imperial studies.

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of London.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [192]-206) and index.

ISBN:

0-7735-9122-2

OCLC:

887633688