Old Ontario - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Old Ontario write by David Ross Keane. This book was released on 1990-01-06. Old Ontario available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In ten original studies, former students and colleagues of Maurice Careless, one of Canada's most distinguished historians, explore both traditional and hitherto neglected topics in the development of nineteenth-century Ontario. Their papers incorporate the three themes that characterize their mentor's scholarly efforts: metropolitan-hinterland relations; urban development; and the impact of 'limited identities' -- gender, class, ethnicity and regionalism -- that shaped the lives of Old Ontarians. Traditional topics -- colonial-imperial tension and the growth of Canadian autonomy in the Union period, the making of a 'compact' in early York, politics in pre-Rebellion Toronto, and the social vision of the late Upper Canadian elites -- are re-examined with fresh sensitivity and new sources. Maters about which little has been written -- urban perspectives on rural and Northern Ontario, Protestant revivals, an Ontario style in church architecture, the late-nineteenth-century ready-made clothing industry, Native-Newcomer conflict to the 1860s, and the separate and unequal experiences of women and men student teachers at the Provincial Normal school -- receive equally insightful treatment. An appreciative biography of Careless, an analysis of the relativism underpinning his approach to national and Ontario history, and a listing of Careless's publications, complete this stimulating collection.
Looking for Old Ontario
Looking for Old Ontario - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Looking for Old Ontario write by Thomas F. McIlwraith. This book was released on 1997-01-01. Looking for Old Ontario available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The slogan on Ontario's licence plates, 'Yours to Discover,' was designed to promote travel opportunities within the province. Every year, thousands of tourists drive along country roads, past farmyards and through hamlets, en route to popular vacation spots. In Looking for Old Ontario, Thomas McIlwraith shows that many destinations are closer at hand than one might imagine, and invites travellers to rediscover familiar countryside landmarks by 'reading' them as chapters in a rich historical narrative. Surveyors long ago scored Ontario's land, and generations have since inscribed it with residences, businesses, and institutions. This book, the result of thirty years of field work and archival research, is a reflection on and an interpretation of the ways in which the land and its inhabitants interrelate. Looking for Old Ontario guides readers through the vernacular landscape of the province, examining barns, fences, jails, post offices, inns, mills, canals, railways, roadsides, cemeteries, and much more. McIlwraith emphasizes ordinary features of the cultural landscape which communicate social meaning to the observant eye. The landscape tells us that Ontario has been inhabited by thrifty people; this we can conclude by looking at the economical use and reuse of construction materials. Yet the landscape also tells us that Ontario's residents have been inclined to show off: consider the province's unusually large number of elegant brick dwellings. To read a landscape is to think about such connections, and McIlwraith's contemplative style differentiates his work from manuals or handbooks. Since landscape interpretation is a highly visual subject, Looking for Old Ontario is extensively illustrated with photographs, drawings, and maps. It will be useful to general readers interested in recognizing the broader meanings of their communities' heritage, as well as to students of geography, history, and planning.
Ontario's Old-growth Forests
Ontario's Old-growth Forests - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ontario's Old-growth Forests write by Michael Henry. This book was released on 2021. Ontario's Old-growth Forests available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Ontario's Old- Growth Forests, with its atlas of over 50 old-growth forests, and over 100 photographs, is an invaluable discovery guide for anyone fascinated with the history, ecology, and the wonder of trees."--
The Pioneers of Old Ontario
The Pioneers of Old Ontario - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Pioneers of Old Ontario write by William Loe Smith. This book was released on 1923. The Pioneers of Old Ontario available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Ontario 1610-1985
Ontario 1610-1985 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ontario 1610-1985 write by Randall White. This book was released on 1996-07-26. Ontario 1610-1985 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. If Ontario is the land that is ours to discover then surely Randall White has written a book of discovery. Ontario 1610-1985 fulfills the need for a comprehensive text that chronicles the history of one of the founding provinces of Confederation, a province that has provided a vital legacy for Canada. Ontario 1610-1985 is for the general reader and an invaluable text for teachers and students of Canadian and Ontario history. Randall white concentrates his account of Ontario's past and present on the political and economic events that have shaped the province. The book is supplemented with annotated photographs and illustrations that highlight the social and cultural context.
