Ontario, 1610-1985 : a political and economic history / Randall White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Randall, 1945- author.

Series:

Ontario Heritage Foundation local history series ; Number 1.

Local History Series ; Number 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ontario--Politics and government.

Ontario.

Ontario--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario ; London, England : Dundurn Press, 1985.

Summary:

This book begins with the earliest aboriginal inhabitants, details early European settlement, and describes the remarkable economic transition over the years.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part One: Wilderness Romance, 1610-1791; 1: The Territory; The Native Waterways; The Virgin Forest and the Canadian Shield; Settlement Areas off the Shield; Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall; 2: Ontario's Forgotten History; The Algonkian and Iroquoian Peoples; Huronia: The Country of the Wendat; The Early Canadian Fur Trade and the Ontario Regional Economy; The Culture of French and Indian Ontario and its Fate; 3: The Struggle for Mastery in the Great Lakes; The Last French and Indian War and Pontiac's Conspiracy; The Second Wave of Change

The Loyalists of Upper Canada: Red, White, and BlackPart Two: Southern Frontier, 1791-1867; 4: Pioneer Settlement; The Birth of a New Province; The Anglo-American Frontier in Upper Canada; The War of 1812; Regional Economy: New Wine in Old Bottles; 5: Growth and Conflict; The New Migrations; The New Staples; The Tory Oligarchy; The Rise of Reform; The Beginnings of Political Change; 6: ""This Progressive, Well-Farmed Country...""; The New World of Canada West; The Age of Steam and the Rise of Toronto; The Achievement of Responsible Government; The Emergence of Modern Provincial Institutions

The New Political ForcesSectional and Sectarian Disputes; Confederation and the American Civil War; Part Three: Old Ontario, 1867-1905; 7: Reform in Power; The Patent Combination; The Early 1870s: Ontario and the West; Oliver Mowat's Political Base; The New Democracy and the Great Reform Machine; 8: Economy and Society in Transition; Ontario and the Canadian ""Arduous Destiny""; The Movement from Farm to City; Light at the End of the Tunnel; The Sage of the Grange on Ontario Society; 9: The Regional State; Ontario and the Revolt of the Provinces; The Great Reform Programme

Winds of Political Change""Remember Ross.... He is Building up New Ontario""; Part Four: New Frontier, 1905-1943; 10: New Industrialism and New Northwest; Reciprocity, National Policy, and Imperial Preference; Manufacturing and the New Service Sector; New and Old Frontiers; The Anglo Mass Society North of the Lakes; 11: Empire Ontario and its Opponents; The Loyal Regional State; Problems of Empire; The Northern Premier and the First World War; The Light that Failed; 12: Last Hurrahs; Howard Ferguson's Loyalist Normalcy; End of Old Empires ... New Hard Times

The Boy from Yarmouth Gets a ChanceWarfare on Various Fronts; Part Five: Canadian Region, 1943-1985; 13: A New Society; The New North; The Newest Migrations; From Colony to Nation to Colony?; The World has Changed; 14: A New Compromise; The Rise of the CCF; Imperial Twilight; Old Man Ontario; Federal-Provincial Co-operation and the New Party; 15: PC Dynasty; The Rise of the Service State; The Confederation of Tomorrow; The Big Blue Machine and its Rivals; The Slow Retreat; 16: Modern Times; Ontario and National Unity; Ontario's Forgotten History

Ontario, Canada, and the North American Economy

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786611957810

9781281957818

128195781X

9781554882557

1554882559

OCLC:

699474474