Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vi
3. List of Figures, Tables, and Plates xi
4. Acknowledgments xxi
5. Preface xxviii
6. The Physical, Political, Social, and Economic Circumstances of Settlement 1
7. The Peopling of Essex: Social Dimensions of the County, 1750-0.1851/52 56
8. Social Integration on the Upper Canadian Frontier: Community in Essex County, 1790-1850 114
9. Agriculture in Essex and Upper Canada 155
10. Agriculture and the Human Condition 213
11. Structural and Spatial Dynamics of Agriculture: Relationship to the Origins of the People 248
12. Agriculture, Life Cycle, and Tenure 328
13. Routes to Independences Insights from Agriculture Structure, Clearance Rates, and Permanence/Mobility 383
14. Conclusions 434
15. Appendices 471
16. Notes 505
17. Bibliography 645
18. Index 705