Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Plates ix
4. Figures xi
5. Tables xiv
6. Glossary xix
7. Acknowledgments xxv
8. Preface xxxi
9. The Land Revealed: The Physical Background 1
10. Peace, Order, and Good Government: The Organization of a Landscape 35
11. Acquiring Indian Land in the Era of the Land Boards 94
12. European Land Acquisition after the First Land Board 155
13. The Market for Land: Sales in Essex to Mid-century 208
14. Buying on Credit: The Upper Canada Dilemma 264
15. Who Were the Speculators and How Extensive Was Speculation? 295
16. The Strategies of Speculators 336
17. Land and Power 379
18. The Corporate Sector 424
19. Context and Conclusion 443
20. Appendices
21. Essex Soil Quality and Drainage 469
22. Survey Documents 471
23. Documentary Sources for the Reconstruction of the Crown and Clergy Reserves 474
24. Documentary and Map Sources of Patent Data for Essex County, Ontario 476
25. The McKee Treaty of 1790 477
26. Survey Systems of Essex County and Dates of Survey 479
27. Number and type of establishment in each centre 480
28. List of Speculators with at Least 400 Acres in Essex in One Period or Three Parcels of Unknown Acreage or at Least Three Transactions 481
29. Membership in Clusters, based upon Measures of Similarity of Acreage Owned, Total Number of Transactions and Length of Time Held 485
30. Essex Biographical Research 486
31. Sheriff’s Deeds in Essex County, 1818-1852 513
32. Notes 519
33. Bibliography 651
34. Index 707