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The ordinary people of Essex : environment, culture, and economy on the frontier of Upper Canada / John Clarke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clarke, John, 1943-
- Series:
- Carleton library ; no. 218.
- Carleton library series ; 218
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture--Ontario--Essex (County)--History--19th century.
- Agriculture.
- Land settlement patterns--Ontario--Essex (County)--History--19th century.
- Land settlement patterns.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Ontario--Essex (County).
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Essex (Ont. : County)--Social conditions--19th century.
- Essex (Ont. : County).
- Essex (Ont. : County)--Economic conditions--19th century.
- Essex (Ont. : County)--Historical geography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (773 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Clarke covers a remarkable number of topics, including geographic factors in the choice of agricultural land, land acquisition and clearance, energy expended in clearing and planting the land, and selection of specific crops and their extent and yields in particular combinations of soils. He also investigates the geographic parameters for wheat production - which drove the local economy - and the cultural origins of farmers as it relates to their use of intensive and extensive agriculture. Brimming with detail and expert analysis, The Ordinary People of Essex is an illuminating study of settler life and the conditions that make it possible to found a community. It complements the author's award-winning Land, Power, and Economics.
- Contents:
- The Physical, Political, Social, and Economic Circumstances of Settlement
- The Peopling of Essex: Social Dimensions of the County, 1750-c.1851
- Social Integration on the Upper Canadian Frontier: Community in Essex County, 1790-1850
- Agriculture in Essex and Upper Canada
- Agriculture and the Human Condition
- Structural and Spatial Dynamics of Agriculture: Relationship to the Origins of the People
- Agriculture, Life Cycle, and Tenure
- Routes to Independence: Insights from Agricultural Structure, Clearance Rates, and Permanence/Mobility
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7735-8125-1
- OCLC:
- 767670439
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