Tenants in time : family strategies, land, and liberalism in Upper Canada, 1799-1871

Tenants in time : family strategies, land, and liberalism in Upper Canada, 1799-1871 /

"The freeholding pioneer is a powerful image in settlement history, Tenants in Time tells a different story. Tenancy, though relegated to the periphery by the liberal idealization of ownership, was a common and vital part of the economy and society. Against a background of international land ag...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Wilson, Catharine Anne, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2009
Subjects:
Tenant farmers > Legal status, laws, etc. > Ontario > History > 19th century.
Land tenure > Ontario > History > 19th century.
Landlord and tenant > Ontario > History > 19th century.
Tenant farmers > Ontario > Social conditions > 19th century.
Farm tenancy > Economic aspects > Ontario > History > 19th century.
Farm tenancy > Social aspects > Ontario > History > 19th century.
Agriculture > Ontario > History > 19th century.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Maps and Tables
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES AND IDEOLOGIES
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Ideology of Landholding
  • PART TWO: TENANTS AND THEIR LIVES
  • 3 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 SourcesB: Statistical Tables
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y

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