Making Ontario: Agriculture, Colonization and Landscape Re-Creation Before the Railway
Name/Title
Making Ontario: Agriculture, Colonization and Landscape Re-Creation Before the RailwayEntry/Object ID
2013.067.002Tags
Ontario History, Indigenous History, Colonialism, Railway History, Farming, Lumber HistoryScope and Content
Book discussing the history of the development of the Province of Ontario, specifically between the 1780s and 1850s.Context
The book discusses the history of Ontario covering a period between 1780 and the 1850s. During this period, the province is in its development and settlement stage, therefore the book discusses elements of this history such as: European settlement, Colonialism, Indigenous relations, the fur trade, and eventually the development of the railway. The book is broken down into chapters, they are as follows: 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 a 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 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 landCollection
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