Rural Protest on Prince Edward Island: From British Colonization to the Escheat Movement - Bittermann, Rusty

Clean, tight, unmarked; a few very light scratches to upper front corner of cover; otherwise absolute minimal wear; appears unread; The history of the Escheat movement is, in part, the history of a series of remarkable popular achievements. Despite many obstacles, including poor roads, dispersed settlement, a population divided by religion, ethnicity, and language, and the concerted opposition of landlords, land agents, and leading members of the Island's business and professional community, the Escheat movement of protest that combined the efforts of squatters, tenants, and freeholders. This study looks at the means whereby thousands of Islanders, from a variety of ethnic backgrounds, some speaking French, others Irish Gaelic, others Scots Gaelic, and yet others English, forged the strongest challenge to the status quo that the colony had ever seen. From the introduction.
Near Fine
Soft cover
University of Toronto Press
2006
Toronto. ON