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Union is strength : W.L. Mackenzie, the Children of Peace and the emergence of joint stock democracy in Upper Canada

Title: Union is strength : W.L. Mackenzie, the Children of Peace and the emergence of joint stock democracy in Upper Canada / Albert Schrauwers.
Author: Schrauwers, Albert.
Publication: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2009.

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Description

viii, 320 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Nineteenth-century Canada experienced two other revolutions apart from those of W.L. Mackenzie and Louis Riel: the transition to capitalism, and to responsible government. "Union Is Strength" argues that these major socio-political changes happened in Ontario without a revolutionary moment because of the intertwined relationship of reformers with capitalists. Examining a small, utopian socialist group named the Children of Peace, Albert Schrauwers traces the emergence of a vibrant democratic culture in the province from the decade before the Rebellions of 1837.
Schrauwers shows how the overlapping boards of unincorporated joint stock companies managed by both Toronto reformers and the Children of Peace produced a culture of deliberative democracy in competition with the "gentlemanly capitalism" of chartered corporations. Noting the ways in which Ontario's capitalist and democratic revolutions were linked through cooperative joint stock operations, he also situates these revolutions in an international context and links them to the development of Owenite socialism and Chartism in the United Kingdom. "Union Is Strength" is an insightful study of both nineteenth century Canada and the ways in which regional political cultures arise."--Pub. desc.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-311) and index.

Contents

Introduction: A Tale of Two Kingdoms -- Charity, Owenism, and the Toronto House of Industry -- Bank of Upper Canada and the Economy of Debt -- Economics of Respectability: The Farmers' Storehouse (Banking) Company -- Shepard's Hall and the Canadian Alliance Society -- Bank Wars -- Constitution -- Promise of Responsible Government -- Conclusion: The Economic Roots of Joint Stock Democracy.

ISBN

9780802099273
0802099270

LCCN

2010285756

OCLC

ocn276340918
276340918
SCSB-1516741

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library