Popular Politics and Political Culture in Upper Canada, 1800-1850

by Carol Wilton

Wilton demonstrates that by the 1830s the political energies of Upper Canadians were far more likely to be channelled through petitioning movements than election campaigns. Petitioning movements, which were connected not only with public meetings but with demonstrations and parades, were also increasingly associated with political violence. The resulting assaults, riots, and effigy-burnings - prominent features of Tory governance - not only contributed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773520538
• ISBN13: 9780773520530
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"