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Author Sweeny, Robert, 1952- author

Title Why did we choose to industrialize? : Montreal, 1819-1849 / Robert C.H. Sweeny
Published Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series Studies on the history of Quebec = Études d'histoire du Québec ; 28
Studies on the history of Quebec ; 28
Contents Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE: Points of Departure -- CHAPTER TWO: Colonial States -- CHAPTER THREE: Internal Dynamics -- CHAPTER FOUR: Cuvier's Feather -- CHAPTER FIVE: Agency and Constraint -- CHAPTER SIX: "C'est un travail dont je n'avais pas d'idée!" -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Towards a Cubist Portrait -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Imaginary Lines -- CHAPTER NINE: An Industrial City -- Conclusion
Summary A new analysis of the factors and human choice at the heart of industrialization and social change
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Industrialization -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- History
Industrialization -- Social aspects -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal
Industrial revolution -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal
Industrial revolution.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
Economic history
Industrial revolution
Industrialization
Industrialization -- Social aspects
SUBJECT Montréal (Québec) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
Subject Québec -- Montréal
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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