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Article: Land, Power and Economics on the Frontier of Upper Canada. (Reviews).(Book Review)
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- Journal of Social History
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- March 22, 2003
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Land, Power and Economics on the Frontier of Upper Canada. By John Clarke (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001. x plus 752pp. $75.00).
"Upper Canada, from the time of its formation until the mid 19th century was a preindustrial, agrarian community in which access to land was of primary importance to settlers and residents because it was the basis [both] of life and of economic and social prestige." (p.xxxiii) In Land, Power and Economics on the Frontier of Upper Canada, John Clarke argues that British land policy and its implementation and manipulation by various individuals reflected an Upper Canadian mentality that rejected the unruly ...