This book is a collection of essays on Kingston during the nineteenth century, following the end of the War of 1812. It seeks to explain and illustrate some of the most significant aspects of life in the city during the years when Kingston's special character was formed and became deeply imprinted on the structure and fabric of the community.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 971.3/72/02
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-on
- ISBN
- 9780773585126 0773502149
- LCCN
- F5499.K5 FC3099.K55
- LCCN Item number
- T627 1976eb T627 1976eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xiv, 402 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00230141 (OCoLC)806255539 (CaOOCEL)436091
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Contents 9
- Illustrations 11
- Preface 14
- Contributors 16
- Introduction 18
- I: The Shape of the City 32
- The Character of Kingston 34
- Architecture for a Boom Town: The Primitive and the Neo-baroque in George Browne's Kingston Buildings 54
- The Settlement of Kingston's Hinterland 80
- II: Fortress Kingston 98
- Kingston and the Defence of British North America 100
- Garrison and Community, 1815–1870 120
- The British Influence of RMC 136
- III: Economic Development 156
- John A. Macdonald and the Kingston Business Community 158
- The Canadian Locomotive Company 174
- The Failure of the Commercial Bank 186
- IV: Politics in Kingston 200
- John Macaulay: Tory for All Seasons 202
- Hugh C. Thomson: Editor, Publisher, and Politician, 1791–1834 220
- Municipal Government and Politics, 1800–1850 240
- The Orange Order and the Election of 1861 in Kingston 262
- Kingstonians in the Second Parliament: Portrait of an Elite Group 278
- V: Social Change 296
- The Poor in Kingston, 1815–1850 298
- John Travers Lewis and the Establishment of the Anglican Diocese 316
- Immigrants in the City: Kingston as Revealed in the Census Manuscripts of 1871 328
- Queen's University: Town and Gown to 1877 348
- Notes 360
- Index 405
- A 405
- B 405
- C 406
- D 408
- E 408
- F 409
- G 409
- H 410
- I 410
- J 411
- K 411
- L 412
- M 413
- N 414
- O 414
- P 415
- Q 415
- R 416
- S 417
- T 418
- U 419
- V 419
- W 419
- Y 419
