Making Ontario 9780773568044
In Making Ontario David Wood shows that the most effective agent of change in the first century of Ontario's develo
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Table of contents :
Contents
Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Preface
Illustrations
1 "Progress" and the Confrontation with Nature
A colony for farm settlers
The language of landscape change
2 Changing the Face of the Earth
The mechanics of transformation
Superimposed geometry
3 Agents of Transformation: An Expanding Population
Loyalists, refugees, pioneers
Characteristics of a pioneer population
The 1840s: the modern census arrives
A New World mosaic
4 Building a Social Structure
From refuge to colony
Landscape as society's re-creation
Intensity of social structuring
Dimensions of a social geography
5 Making a Living
Agriculture as the way of life
The other economy: timber
Small seeds of industry
Variation in affluence and socio-economic status
6 Circulation of Goods, People, and Information
Getting around in early Ontario
Beyond road construction: making connections
Waiting for the train
7 The Urban Role in an Agricultural Colony
The functions of urban places
Circumscribed roles
A gradually emerging urban system
8 Conclusion: A New Land, Handmade
The extent of transformation
The ethics of making a new land
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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Contents
Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Preface
Illustrations
1 "Progress" and the Confrontation with Nature
A colony for farm settlers
The language of landscape change
2 Changing the Face of the Earth
The mechanics of transformation
Superimposed geometry
3 Agents of Transformation: An Expanding Population
Loyalists, refugees, pioneers
Characteristics of a pioneer population
The 1840s: the modern census arrives
A New World mosaic
4 Building a Social Structure
From refuge to colony
Landscape as society's re-creation
Intensity of social structuring
Dimensions of a social geography
5 Making a Living
Agriculture as the way of life
The other economy: timber
Small seeds of industry
Variation in affluence and socio-economic status
6 Circulation of Goods, People, and Information
Getting around in early Ontario
Beyond road construction: making connections
Waiting for the train
7 The Urban Role in an Agricultural Colony
The functions of urban places
Circumscribed roles
A gradually emerging urban system
8 Conclusion: A New Land, Handmade
The extent of transformation
The ethics of making a new land
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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