In ten original studies, former students and colleagues of
Maurice Careless, one of Canada's most distinguished historians,
explore both traditional and hitherto neglected topics in the
development of nineteenth-century Ontario. Their papers incorporate
the three themes that characterize their mentor's scholarly
efforts: metropolitan-hinterland relations; urban development; and
the impact of 'limited identities' -- gender, class, ethnicity and
regionalism -- that shaped the lives of Old Ontarians.
Traditional topics -- colonial-imperial tension and the growth
of Canadian autonomy in the Union period, the making of a 'compact'
in early York, politics in pre-Rebellion Toronto, and the social
vision of the late Upper Canadian elites -- are re-examined with
fresh sensitivity and new sources. Maters about which little has
been written -- urban perspectives on rural and Northern Ontario,
Protestant revivals, an Ontario style in church architecture, the
late-nineteenth-century ready-made clothing industry,
Native-Newcomer conflict to the 1860s, and the separate and unequal
experiences of women and men student teachers at the Provincial
Normal school -- receive equally insightful treatment.
An appreciative biography of Careless, an analysis of the
relativism underpinning his approach to national and Ontario
history, and a listing of Careless's publications, complete this
stimulating collection.
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