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The debt of a nation : land and the financing of the Canadian settler state, 1820-73 /

"You've got to speculate to accumulate. We apply that notion to individuals in pursuit of wealth, but what about countries? The Debt of a Nation is the first comprehensive history of Canada's nineteenth-century public debt. Beginning in the 1820s, loans gave British North American set...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tozer, Angela C. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Vancouver : UBC Press, [2025]
Subjects:
Debts, Public > Canada > History > 19th century.
Settler colonialism > Economic aspects > Canada > History > 19th century.
Credit > Canada > History > 19th century.
Loans > Canada > History > 19th century.
Land tenure > Canada > History > 19th century.
Colonists > Canada > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Indigenous peoples > Land tenure > Canada > History > 19th century.
Dettes publiques > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Colonialisme de peuplement > Aspect économique > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Crédit > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Prêts > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Propriété foncière > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Colons (Colonisation) > Canada > Conditions économiques > 19e siècle.
Autochtones > Terres > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Table of Contents:
  • Colonial Reform: Political Economy, Labour, and Land Value
  • Wastelands: Indigenous Lands as "Waste" on the London Stock Exchange
  • Expansion Unbounded: Upper Canada and Public Debt Financing
  • The Island's Gambit: Mi'kmaw Territory and the Land Question
  • The New Canadian Empire: Imperial Credit and the Transfer of Sovereignty.