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Between damnation and starvation : priests and merchants in Newfoundland politics, 1745-1855

Title: Between damnation and starvation : priests and merchants in Newfoundland politics, 1745-1855 / John P. Greene.
Author: Greene, John Carrick, 1939-
Publication: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999.

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Description

xii, 339 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits; 24 cm.

Summary

"Until the 1950s and 1960s Newfoundland was characterized by an electoral map drawn to denominational specifications, with cabinet and civil service positions allocated on a per capita sectarian basis, and government expenditures divided according to denominational proportions of the total population. It was not until 1997 that the Canadian constitution was amended to remove the denominational rights of Newfoundland churches regarding education, erasing the last vestiges of a uniquely organized society.
While some scholars have focused on various aspects of the denominational origins of the education system, and others have revealed the influence of religion on the electoral results of the pre-1864 period, Between Damnation and Starvation offers an in-depth look at the foundation and structure of Newfoundland's sectarian establishment."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion

Uniform Title

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Contents

1. Religious Competition, 1745-1825 -- 2. The Anglican Response, 1820-34 -- 3. Bishop Fleming and Newfoundland Catholicism, 1829-37 -- 4. Religion and Politics, 1832-36 -- 5. The Catholic Crusade, 1836-38 -- 6. Checkmating Reform, 1837-41 -- 7. Constitutional Change, 1837-47 -- 8. The Rise of Philip Little, 1848-52 -- 9. Religion and Electoral Representation, 1852-54 -- 10. The Election of 1855 -- App. 1. Exhibiting the extent of the "exclusive system" in Newfoundland -- App. 2. Distribution of members, by districts, according to the Representation Bill produced by Philip Little in the House of Assembly, St. John's, February 20, 1852 -- App. 3. The electoral division of Conception Bay according to W.B. Row, Legislative Council, March 19, 1852 -- App. 4. Probable returns under the bill passed by the House of Assembly and sent to the Council for their concurrence on the 28th March, 1853 according to the census of 1845 --
App. 5. Legislative Council amendments to the Representation Bill passed by the House of Assembly, March 28, 1853 -- App. 6. Representation bill passed by the Assembly, April 11, 1854 -- App. 7. Legislative Council amendments to the Representation Bill passed by the Assembly, April 1854 -- App. 8. The Representation Bill passed by the Assembly and finally accepted by the Legislative Council, Nov. 9, 1854.

ISBN

0773518800 (bound) :

LCCN

cn 99900907

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Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries