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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460206703321

Autore

Acheson Thomas William <1936->

Titolo

Saint John : the making of a colonial urban community / / T.W. Acheson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, Ontario ; ; Buffalo, New York ; ; London, England : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1985

©1985

ISBN

1-4426-5967-X

1-4426-5509-7

Edizione

[First paperback edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

971.5/32

Soggetti

HISTORY / Canada / General

Electronic books.

Saint John (N.B.) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Map -- Introduction -- 1. The Urban Economy -- 2. The Common Council -- 3. The Merchant and the Social Order -- 4. Bone and Sinew: The Artisans and the Social Order -- 5. Irishmen and Bluenoses -- 6. The Evangelical Movement -- 7. Temperance -- 8. Education -- 9. The Anatomy of Political Reform -- 10. Private Capital and Public Purposes -- 11. Policing the City -- 12. The People of a Loyalist City -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Saint John, New Brunswick, was a small, stagnant mercantile town in 1800. Its character was set by its British garrison, a few prominent Loyalist officials, and a small merchant elite. But that character changed quickly and dramatically in the first half of the nineteenth century. T.W. Acheson traces the events that lead to the change and analyses their impact on the community.