Land, Settlement, and Politics on Eighteenth-Century Prince Edward Island

by J.M. Bumsted and Bumsted

Soon after Prince Edward Island was transferred from French to British sovereignty in 1763, virtually the entire land surface was turned over to private proprietors on the understanding that they would finance both settlement and the administration of the territory. While the proprietors did not fulfil their obligations, they clung tenanciously to their privileges, ultimately becoming an anachronistic group of landlords on a North American continent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773505660
• ISBN13: 9780773505667
• Release Date: June 1987
• Publisher: Carleton University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"