Title The ordinary people of Essex : environment, culture, and economy on the frontier of Upper Canada / John Clarke

Published Montréal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2010 ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxxiii, 738 pages) : illustrations, facsimile, maps Series Carleton library series ; 218 Carleton library ; 218. Contents The Physical, Political, Social, and Economic Circumstances of Settlement -- The Peopling of Essex: Social Dimensions of the County, 1750-c.1851 -- Social Integration on the Upper Canadian Frontier: Community in Essex County, 1790-1850 -- Agriculture in Essex and Upper Canada -- Agriculture and the Human Condition -- Structural and Spatial Dynamics of Agriculture: Relationship to the Origins of the People -- Agriculture, Life Cycle, and Tenure -- Routes to Independence: Insights from Agricultural Structure, Clearance Rates, and Permanence/Mobility -- Conclusions Summary Clarke covers a remarkable number of topics, including geographic factors in the choice of agricultural land, land acquisition and clearance, energy expended in clearing and planting the land, and selection of specific crops and their extent and yields in particular combinations of soils. He also investigates the geographic parameters for wheat production - which drove the local economy - and the cultural origins of farmers as it relates to their use of intensive and extensive agriculture. Brimming with detail and expert analysis, The Ordinary People of Essex is an illuminating study of settler life and the conditions that make it possible to found a community. It complements the author's award-winning Land, Power, and Economics Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 645-703) and index Notes Includes some text in French Print version record Subject Agriculture -- Ontario -- Essex (County) -- History -- 19th century Land settlement patterns -- Ontario -- Essex (County) -- History -- 19th century Frontier and pioneer life -- Ontario -- Essex (County) HISTORY -- Canada -- General. Agriculture Economic history Frontier and pioneer life Historical geography Land settlement patterns Social conditions SUBJECT Essex (Ont. : County) -- Social conditions -- 19th century Essex (Ont. : County) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century Essex (Ont. : County) -- Historical geography Subject Ontario -- Essex (County) Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780773581258 0773581251

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