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The empire of the St. Lawrence.
- Title
- The empire of the St. Lawrence.
- Author
- Creighton, Donald Grant, 1902-1979.
- Publication
- Toronto : Macmillan, 1956.
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Details
- Description
- 441 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- First published 1937 as "The commercial empire of the St Lawrence, 1760-1850"
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Originally published in 1937 under title: The commercial empire of the St. Lawrence, 1760-1850.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Pt. I. The first unity of the St. Lawrence -- I. The economy of the North -- II. The merchants' political programme -- III. Canada and the American Revolution -- Pt. II. Transition in the region of the Lower Lakes -- IV. The consequences of 1783 -- V. The rise of the new staple trades -- VI. The clash with the French Canadians -- VII. The end of the fur trade -- Pt. III. The struggle for the second commercial empire -- VIII. The failure of Union -- IX. THe reform of the old colonial system -- X. Commerce versus agriculture -- XI. Breakdown -- XII. The last recovery -- XIII. Final collapse.
- ISBN
- 0770503438
- 9780770503437
- 0770500692
- 9780770500696
- LCCN
- 57001322
- OCLC
- ocm01864736
- 1864736
- SCSB-8990177
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries