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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826835603321

Autore

Acheson Thomas William <1936->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto ; ; Buffalo ; ; London : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1985

©1985

ISBN

1-4426-5967-X

1-4426-5509-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

971.5/32

Soggetti

HISTORY / Canada / General

History

Saint John (N.B.) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- 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 Anatomy of Political Reform -- 10 Private Capital and Public Resources -- 11 Policing the City -- 12 The People of a Loyalist City -- Conclusion -- APPENDIX -- NOTES -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

T.W. Acheson traces the events that led to Saint John, New Brunswick's character change and analyses their impact on the community.