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Statistical account of Upper Canada / Robert Gourlay ; abridged and with an introduction by S. R. Mealing.
Ebscohost Ebooks University Press Collection (North America) Available online
Ebscohost Ebooks University Press Collection (North America)- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gourlay, Robert, author.
- Series:
- Carleton library ; no. 75.
- The Carleton Library ; Number 75
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ontario--Statistics.
- Ontario--Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (409 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1974.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This account was compiled originally in 1822 to promote an immigration scheme for Upper Canada, but its disclosures of backward development and governmental mismanagement made it the focal point of a violent controversy.
- Contents:
- From General Introduction to the Statistical Account
- From Statistical Account of Upper Canada, I. Sketches of Upper Canada
- Township Reports
- From Statistical Account of Upper Canada, II. Review
- Parliament and the People
- Principles and Proceedings of the Inhabitants of the Dirstrict of Niagrara (II, 579-88, 591-94, 609-12).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 19, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 0-7735-9539-2
- OCLC:
- 893231439
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