This book offers a detailed account, based on primary source materials from Britain, Canada, and Australia, of the process by which the Empire settlement programme and the Ottawa Agreements were devised. It also traces the effects of both, placing them in the general contexts of British economic...

From the time of Confederation into the twentieth century, Ontario hurtled headlong into prosperity, reaping the benefits of abundant natural resources, favourable conditions for agriculture, access to shipping routes, proximity to American markets, and burgeoning markets of its own. In this...

Cover -- Contents -- The Ontario Historical Studies Series -- General Preface -- Preface -- Tables -- Part One: Overview -- 1 Introduction -- 2 What People Did -- Part Two: The Land and the New Frontiers -- 3 Agriculture, 1867-1941 -- 4 Ontario's Mining Industry, 1870-1940 -- 5 The North and the...