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Old Ontario: Essays in Honour of J M S Careless

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Description for Old Ontario: Essays in Honour of J M S Careless hardcover.

In ten original studies, former students and colleagues of Maurice Careless, one of Canada’s most distinguished historians, explore both traditional and hitherto neglected topics in the development of nineteenth-century Ontario. Their papers incorporate the three themes that characterize their mentor’s scholarly efforts: metropolitan-hinterland relations; urban development; and the impact of ’limited identities’ — gender, class, ethnicity and regionalism — that shaped the lives of Old Ontarians.

Traditional topics — colonial-imperial tension and the growth of Canadian autonomy in the Union period, the making of a ’compact’ in early York, politics in pre-Rebellion Toronto, and the social vision ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Dundurn Press Canada
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781550020601
SKU
V9781550020601
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About David Keane
Formerly a visiting professor of Canadian history at the University of Victoria and post-doctoral fellow in the history of medicine at McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario, David Keane is now a research associate in educational development in McMaster's Health Sciences Faculty. His current work on nineteenth century Ontario is on the social history of medical education and the medical profession. ... Read more

Reviews for Old Ontario: Essays in Honour of J M S Careless
"A collection of ten quite able essays on a wide variety of subjects in nineteenth-century Ontario history. But is it more than that. It is also a reflection of the influence of an extremely gifted senior historian."
A.D. Gilbert

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