4 The Island’s Gambit: Mi’kmaw Territory and the Land Question

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Prologue: Debt and Land xiii
5. Introduction: Racial Capital and Settler Public Credit 1
6. PART I: PUBLIC DEBT AND COLONIALISM
7. 1 Colonial Reform: Political Economy, Labour, and Land Value 27
8. 2 Wastelands: Indigenous Lands as “Waste” on the London Stock Exchange 55
9. PART II: STRUCTURAL INDEBTEDNESS OF THE SETTLER STATE
10. 3 Expansion Unbounded: Upper Canada and Public Debt Financing 83
11. 4 The Island’s Gambit: Mi’kmaw Territory and the Land Question 112
12. 5 The New Canadian Empire: Imperial Credit and the Transfer of Sovereignty 138
13. Conclusion: Debt and Decolonization 169
14. Notes 177
15. Bibliography 213
16. Index 241