Title Tenants in time : family strategies, land, and liberalism in Upper Canada, 1799-1871 / Catharine Anne Wilson

Published Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 375 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits Contents Contents -- Maps and Tables -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES AND IDEOLOGIES -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Ideology of Landholding -- PART TWO: TENANTS AND THEIR LIVES -- 3 Tenancy and Tenants -- 4 Their Landlords and the Landlord-Tenant Relationship -- 5 Their Rent -- 6 Their Lives within a Legal Framework: Distraint and Eviction -- 7 Their Legal and Customary Rights -- 8 Their Farms, Families, and Agricultural Practices -- 9 Their Aspirations, Successes, and Failures -- Conclusion -- APPENDICES A: Note on the Database and SourcesB: Statistical Tables -- Abbreviations -- 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 Summary "The freeholding pioneer is a powerful image in settlement history, Tenants in Time tells a different story. Tenancy, though relegated to the periphery by the liberal idealization of ownership, was a common and vital part of the economy and society. Against a background of international land agitation and using an inter-disciplinary approach, Catharine Wilson looks at life as a tenant farmer, providing new insights into family strategies, land markets, and the growth of liberalism." "Using evidence from across Upper Canada she shows how tenancy transformed the landscape and tied old and new settlers together in a continuum of mutual dependence that was essential to settlement, capital creation, and social mobility. Her analysis of customary rights reveals a landlord-tenant relationship - and a concept of ownership - more complex and flexible than previously understood. Landlords, from ordinary farmers to absentee aristocrats, are also part of the story and the much-criticized clergy reserves take a positive role. An intimate exploration of Northumberland County follows tenants over the generations as they supported their families and combined liberal ideas with household-centered ways."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-353) and index Notes Print version record Subject Tenant farmers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century Land tenure -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century Landlord and tenant -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century Tenant farmers -- Ontario -- Social conditions -- 19th century Farm tenancy -- Economic aspects -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century Farm tenancy -- Social aspects -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century Agriculture -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. Agriculture Farm tenancy -- Economic aspects Farm tenancy -- Social aspects Land tenure Landlord and tenant Tenant farmers -- Legal status, laws, etc. Tenant farmers -- Social conditions Ontario Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780773575134 0773575138 0773534253 9780773534254

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