Sites of Power: A Concise History of Ontario

Archive

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Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

Name/Title

Sites of Power: A Concise History of Ontario

Entry/Object ID

2022.101.01

Tags

Ontario History, Railway History, Indigenous History, Social History, Confederation, War History

Scope and Content

Book describing a history of the Province of Ontario, specifically between approximately 9000 BC to 2003, with a focus on major historical events.

Context

The book discusses the history of the development and creation of the Province of Ontario. Specifically, it focuses on: Indigenous history, European settlement, European Colonialism, immigration, development of industries, urbanization, and growth. The book is broken down into chapters, they are as follows: 1. Weblike Relations: Early Ontario, 9000 BC-AD 1500 2. The Transformation of Ontario's Cultural Landscape, 1580-1653 3. Contested Terrain: Cultural Mixing in Early Ontario, 1653-1763 4. The "Men with Hats": Defining Upper Canada, 1763-91 5. Native Peoples, Nature, and Newcomers: The Making of Rural Upper Canada, 1791-1871 6. Place, Power, and Polity: The Emergence of Upper Canada and the Canadian Confederation, 1791-1867 7. Ontario in the New Dominion, 1867-1905 8. "A New Order of Things", 1905-23 9. "The Inequality of Our System": Boom, Bust, and War: 1923-40s 10. Modern Ontario: 1940s-2003

Collection

Ontario History Collection

Cataloged By

Matthew Gill

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Oxford University Press

Date(s) of Creation

1904

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Sites of Power: A Concise History of Ontario

Description

Book describing a history of the Province of Ontario, specifically between approximately 9000 BC to 2003, with a focus on major historical events.

Creator

Peter A. Baskerville

Date(s) of Creation

2005

Subjects

History, Colonialism, Settlements, Indigenous peoples, Land development, War, Fur trade, Government, Immigrants, Immigration

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Toronto, Ontario

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

13851

Number Type

ISBN Number

Other Number

0-19-541892-1

Dimensions

Width

6 in

Length

9 in

Location

Location

Shelf

Ontario History Section (General)

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

January 27, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Date Examined

Jan 27, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink, plastic, binding

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Ontario History (General)

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged on March 2, 2015 by Matthew Gill, re-cataloged on January 27th, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

January 27, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

January 31, 2022