Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. 'Chiefly landholders, farmers, and others': The Loyalist Reality 14
6. 2. 'An ancestry of which any people might be proud': Official History, the Vernacular Past, and the Shaping of the Loyalist Tradition at Mid-Century 26
7. 3. 'Loyalism is not dead in Adolphustown': Community Factionalism and the Adolphustown Loyalist Centennial Celebrations of 1884 48
8. 4. A sacred trust': The 1884 Toronto, Niagara, and Six Nations Loyalist Centennial Celebrations and the Politics of Commemoration 67
9. 5. 'Fairy tales in the guise of history': The Loyalists in Ontario Publications, 1884-1918 91
10. 6. 'Object lessons': Loyalist Monuments and the Creation of Usable Pasts 115
11. 7. 'A further and more enduring mark of honour': The Middle Class and the United Empire Loyalist Association of Ontario, 1896-1914 139
12. Conclusion 163
13. Appendices 173
14. Notes 183
15. Select Bibliography 213
16. Picture Credits 235
17. Index 237