LEADER 03747nam 2200661 450 001 9910456531403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-99481-2 010 $a9786611994815 010 $a1-4426-8091-1 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442680913 035 $a(CKB)2430000000001915 035 $a(EBL)4672035 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000292712 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11228997 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000292712 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10269630 035 $a(PQKB)11560868 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00601008 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3258441 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672035 035 $a(DE-B1597)464941 035 $a(OCoLC)979743334 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442680913 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672035 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257721 035 $a(OCoLC)958579664 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000001915 100 $a20160914h20032003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe conventional man $ethe diaries of Ontario Chief Justice Robert A. Harrison, 1856-1878 /$fedited with an introduction by Peter Oliver 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2003. 210 4$dİ2003 215 $a1 online resource (692 p.) 225 1 $aOsgoode Society for Canadian Legal History 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-8842-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tForeword -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tDIARIES,1856-1878 -- $tAppendix: Biographical Sketches 330 $aBetween 1856 and 1878, Robert A. Harrison kept a diary. Harrison, a Toronto lawyer often described as the outstanding common law lawyer of his generation, was Chief Justice of Ontario during that time and his diary is one of the most remarkable documents bequeathed to us by the nineteenth century. In it, Harrison provides detailed and intimate accounts of life and love among Toronto's upper crust, accounts that resound with ambition, passion, jealousy and rage as his life proceeds through courtships, marriages, deaths and all the throes and challenges of routine existence among the privileged classes. Not least important are behind-the-scenes insights into scores of courtroom battles fought before judges sometimes described as ignorant and thick-headed and juries who frequently succumbed to Victorian prejudices of race, gender bias, and religion.Although unusual in his driving ambitions and his consuming need to accumulate a fortune, Harrison remained in most respects thoroughly conventional and Victorian, and his diary offers unrivalled insights into the voice of the mid-nineteenth century Toronto male: confident, conventional, and smug. Harrison is forthright in his opinions on love, courtship, marriage, sexuality, medical practice, death, drinking habits, class, servants, technology, opera, and theatre in the city. In an extended biographical introduction, Peter Oliver provides an explanation and a critical assessment of Harrison's life and career which further illuminates one man's extraordinary record of an era. 410 0$aOsgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series. 606 $aJudges$zOntario$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aJudges 676 $a347.71303534 702 $aOliver$b Peter$f1939- 712 02$aOsgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456531403321 996 $aThe conventional man$92485344 997 $aUNINA