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The Ordinary People of EssexEnvironment, Culture, and Economy on the Frontier of Upper Canada |
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An overview of agricultural practices and land use in early Canada.
How great is the environment's role in shaping the history of a region? The Ordinary People of Essex systematically analyzes the use of land in Upper Canada, particularly the influence of agricultural activity on the area. Presenting the findings of an impressive collection of statistical data, John Clarke creates a detailed map and rich history of the region by tracking the successes and failures of land practices commonly employed by settlers in Essex County.
Clarke covers a remarkable number of topics, including geographic factors in the choice of agricultural land, land acquisition and clearance, energy expended in clearing and planting the land, and selection of specific crops and their extent and yields in particular combinations of soils. He also investigates the geographic parameters for wheat production - which drove the local economy - and the cultural origins of farmers as it relates to their use of intensive and extensive agriculture. Brimming with detail and expert analysis, The Ordinary People of Essex is an illuminating study of settler life and the conditions that make it possible to found a community. It complements the author's award-winning Land, Power, and Economics.
Clarke covers a remarkable number of topics, including geographic factors in the choice of agricultural land, land acquisition and clearance, energy expended in clearing and planting the land, and selection of specific crops and their extent and yields in particular combinations of soils. He also investigates the geographic parameters for wheat production - which drove the local economy - and the cultural origins of farmers as it relates to their use of intensive and extensive agriculture. Brimming with detail and expert analysis, The Ordinary People of Essex is an illuminating study of settler life and the conditions that make it possible to found a community. It complements the author's award-winning Land, Power, and Economics.
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Part of the Carleton Library Series (number 218 in series)
776 Pages, 6 x 9
ISBN 9780773536746
November 2010
Formats: Paperback, Cloth, eBook
"John Clarke’s book provides a valuable optic with which to examine the 'everyday settler who, through his own sweat and that of his family, was rebuilding his world, the world of ordinary people'(p. xxix)." American Historical Review
John Clarke is a Distinguished Research Professor at Carleton University and a recent recipient of the Canadian Association of Geographers' award for service to Ontario geography.
The Ordinary People of Essex
John Clarke
Table of Contents
List of Figures, Tables, and Plates / xi
Acknowledgments / xxi
Preface / xxv
1 The Physical, Political, Social, and Economic Circumstances of Settlement / 3
2 The Peopling of Essex: Social Dimensions of the County, 1750-c.1851/52 / 56
3 Social Integration on the Upper Canadian Frontier: Community in Essex County, 1790-1850 / 114
4 Agriculture in Essex and Upper Canada / 155
5 Agriculture and the Human Condition / 213
6 Structural and Spatial Dynamics of Agriculture: Relationship to the Origins of the People / 248
7 Agriculture, Life Cycle, and Tenure / 328
8 Routes to Independence: Insights from Agricultural Structure, Clearance Rates, and Permanence/Mobility / 383
9 Conclusions / 434
APPENDICES
2.1 Population of Upper Canada and Essex County and its constituent townships, 1805 / 473
4.1 McInnis’s size categories for farms (in acres) Essex County / 475
4.2 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Colchester Township / 475
4.3 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Malden Township / 475
4.4 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Mersea Township / 475
4.5 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Sandwich Township / 475
4.6 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Colchester Township (soils 2, 3, 4, prices under 720 pence per acre) / 476
4.7 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Colchester Township (soils, 1, 5, 6, prices under 720 pence per acre) /476
4.8 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Malden Township (soils 2, 3, 4, prices under 720 pence per acre) / 476
4.9 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Malden Township, (soils 2, 3, 4, prices over 720 pence per acre) / 476
4.10 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Malden Township (soils 1, 5, 6, prices under 720 pence per acre) / 477
4.11 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Malden Township (soils, 1, 5, 6, prices over 720 pence per acre) / 477
4.12 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Mersea Township (soils, 2, 3, 4, prices under 720 pence per acre) / 477
4.13 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Mersea Township (soils 1, 5, 6, prices under 720 pence per acre) / 477
4.14 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Sandwich Township, soils 1, 5, 6, prices under 720 pence per acre) / 478
4.15 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Sandwich Township (soils 1, 5, 6, prices over 720 pence per acre) / 478
4.16 Land and livestock per capita in Ontario counties, 1851 / 479
4.17 Sheep and the size continuum / 482
5.1 Statistical results of the regression of the amount of land held and the availability of labour in specific categories / 482
5.2 Statistical results of the regression of the amount of land cultivated and the availability of labour in specific categories / 483
5.3 Statistical results of the regression of the amount of land cropped and the availability of labour in specific categories / 483
5.4 Statistical results of the regression of the number of cattle and the availability of labour in specific categories / 484
6.1 Actual and standardized scores for cereals as a percentage of cropped land and livestock for mature farmers (41-55) / 485 8.1 Landholdings as a percentage of the total for the year: Anderson Township / 487
8.2 Landholdings as a percentage of the total for the year: Colchester Township / 488
8.3 Landholdings as a percentage of the total for the year: Gosfield Township / 489
8.4 Landholdings as a percentage of the total for the year: Malden Township / 490
8.5 Landholdings as a percentage of the total for the year: Maidstone Township / 490
8.6 Landholdings as a percentage of the total for the year: Mersea Township / 491
8.7 Landholdings as a percentage of the total for the year: Rochester Township / 492
8.8 Landholdings as a percentage of the total for the year: Sandwich Township / 493
8.9 Landholdings as a percentage of the total for the year: Tilbury Township / 494
8.10 Binary logistic regression: Malden, 1820-25 / 495
8.11 Binary logistic regression: Malden, 1825-30 / 495
8.12 Binary logistic regression: Malden, 1835-41 / 495
8.13 Binary logistic regression: Malden, 1847-51 / 495
9.1 Summary statistics from random sample of white Americans / 496
9.2 Summary statistics from random sample of English / 497
9.3 Summary statistics from random sample of English Canadians / 498
9.4 Summary statistics from random sample of Scots / 499
9.5 Summary statistics from random sample of French Canadians / 500
9.6 Summary statistics from random sample of Irish Protestants / 502
9.7 Summary statistics from random sample of Irish Roman Catholics / 503
9.8 Summary statistics from random sample of black Americans / 504
Notes / 505
Bibliography / 645
Index / 705
John Clarke
Table of Contents
List of Figures, Tables, and Plates / xi
Acknowledgments / xxi
Preface / xxv
1 The Physical, Political, Social, and Economic Circumstances of Settlement / 3
2 The Peopling of Essex: Social Dimensions of the County, 1750-c.1851/52 / 56
3 Social Integration on the Upper Canadian Frontier: Community in Essex County, 1790-1850 / 114
4 Agriculture in Essex and Upper Canada / 155
5 Agriculture and the Human Condition / 213
6 Structural and Spatial Dynamics of Agriculture: Relationship to the Origins of the People / 248
7 Agriculture, Life Cycle, and Tenure / 328
8 Routes to Independence: Insights from Agricultural Structure, Clearance Rates, and Permanence/Mobility / 383
9 Conclusions / 434
APPENDICES
2.1 Population of Upper Canada and Essex County and its constituent townships, 1805 / 473
4.1 McInnis’s size categories for farms (in acres) Essex County / 475
4.2 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Colchester Township / 475
4.3 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Malden Township / 475
4.4 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Mersea Township / 475
4.5 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Sandwich Township / 475
4.6 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Colchester Township (soils 2, 3, 4, prices under 720 pence per acre) / 476
4.7 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Colchester Township (soils, 1, 5, 6, prices under 720 pence per acre) /476
4.8 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Malden Township (soils 2, 3, 4, prices under 720 pence per acre) / 476
4.9 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Malden Township, (soils 2, 3, 4, prices over 720 pence per acre) / 476
4.10 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Malden Township (soils 1, 5, 6, prices under 720 pence per acre) / 477
4.11 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Malden Township (soils, 1, 5, 6, prices over 720 pence per acre) / 477
4.12 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Mersea Township (soils, 2, 3, 4, prices under 720 pence per acre) / 477
4.13 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Mersea Township (soils 1, 5, 6, prices under 720 pence per acre) / 477
4.14 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Sandwich Township, soils 1, 5, 6, prices under 720 pence per acre) / 478
4.15 Stepwise-multiple-regression analysis, Sandwich Township (soils 1, 5, 6, prices over 720 pence per acre) / 478
4.16 Land and livestock per capita in Ontario counties, 1851 / 479
4.17 Sheep and the size continuum / 482
5.1 Statistical results of the regression of the amount of land held and the availability of labour in specific categories / 482
5.2 Statistical results of the regression of the amount of land cultivated and the availability of labour in specific categories / 483
5.3 Statistical results of the regression of the amount of land cropped and the availability of labour in specific categories / 483
5.4 Statistical results of the regression of the number of cattle and the availability of labour in specific categories / 484
6.1 Actual and standardized scores for cereals as a percentage of cropped land and livestock for mature farmers (41-55) / 485 8.1 Landholdings as a percentage of the total for the year: Anderson Township / 487
8.2 Landholdings as a percentage of the total for the year: Colchester Township / 488
8.3 Landholdings as a percentage of the total for the year: Gosfield Township / 489
8.4 Landholdings as a percentage of the total for the year: Malden Township / 490
8.5 Landholdings as a percentage of the total for the year: Maidstone Township / 490
8.6 Landholdings as a percentage of the total for the year: Mersea Township / 491
8.7 Landholdings as a percentage of the total for the year: Rochester Township / 492
8.8 Landholdings as a percentage of the total for the year: Sandwich Township / 493
8.9 Landholdings as a percentage of the total for the year: Tilbury Township / 494
8.10 Binary logistic regression: Malden, 1820-25 / 495
8.11 Binary logistic regression: Malden, 1825-30 / 495
8.12 Binary logistic regression: Malden, 1835-41 / 495
8.13 Binary logistic regression: Malden, 1847-51 / 495
9.1 Summary statistics from random sample of white Americans / 496
9.2 Summary statistics from random sample of English / 497
9.3 Summary statistics from random sample of English Canadians / 498
9.4 Summary statistics from random sample of Scots / 499
9.5 Summary statistics from random sample of French Canadians / 500
9.6 Summary statistics from random sample of Irish Protestants / 502
9.7 Summary statistics from random sample of Irish Roman Catholics / 503
9.8 Summary statistics from random sample of black Americans / 504
Notes / 505
Bibliography / 645
Index / 705
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Winner
OHS J.J. Talman Award
(2014)
OHS J.J. Talman Award
(2014)
