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A People's History of Prince Edward Island
Sharpe, Errol
Publisher: Steel Rail, Toronto, CanadaYear Published: 1976 Pages: 252pp ISBN: 0-88791-003-3 Library of Congress Number: FC2611.S43 Dewey: 971.7 Resource Type: Book Cx Number: CX7565 The history of Prince Edward from a people's perspective, looking at how tenant farmers, independent merchants, fishermen, workers, and farmers fought ti improve their conditions and improve their society. Abstract: - Table of Contents Preface 1. The first people The Micmac 2. The first Europeans The conquerors - La Compaignie de la Nouvelle France- Emerging empires 3. The French regime Breadbasket for Louisbourg - Expulsion and conquest - The Acadiens - Life on Ile St Jean - The conquest 4. Establishing British control British North America - The land lottery - The Acadiens - New settlement 5. The American Revolution - pillagers and profiteers Raids on the Island-The United Empire Loyalists-The struggle for land 6. The Family Compact The Fanning regime 7. Nation Building - Invasion repulsed The Society of Loyal Electors - The War of 1812-1814 - The Island in 1812 8. Land monopolies and big business Life of the early settlers- Lumbering and shipbuilding 9. Education and public demands Education - demands 1825-1832 10. The fight for land The tenants organise - Our country's freedom and farmer's right - Hay River meeting - Threatening the establishment - Revolution in the Canadas 11. Victory and defeat Lord Durham's report - Expanding the liberated zone 12. Responsible government The new forms - No power, no pay 13. Land reform at the farmer's expense New political alliances - Confiscation or expropriation - Religion brought into the fray 14. Warfare in the country Social and political structures- The land commission- The Island Tenants' League 15. Confederation The golden age- The confederation debates- The railway brings confederation 16. Resource hinterland for imperialism The bourgeois dream is shattered - The railway- The end of feudalism- The growth of the fishing industry- The decline of manufacturing - Forced depopulation 17. The politics of education and religion The school system - The Separate School question- The rural district schools 18. People's organisations - Co-operatives and trade unions Co-operation, a way of life- The farmer's bank- The grain banks- Other co-operatives- The fisherman organise- The trade union movement begins 19. A farmer's diary A year on the farm 20. Changing empires Imperialist expansion- Mackenzie King: friend of Rockefeller 21. The years between the wars New masters- New industry- The great depression- The co-operative movement 22. World war and aftermath World War II (1939-1945) - The war economy- After the war- Trade unions 23. The merchants' last stand J Walter Jones, Would be dictator - Jones is over-ruled 24. New rulers gain control Industrial plunder, the beginning - Potato marketing board- Federal provincial relations 25. Conservative premier- Liberal gifts The industry robbed - The international unions- The farmers 26. The plan Researched and planned exploitation- Canadian agriculture, the federal plan - The development plan 27. The plan in operation 28. The struggle- A new stage The National Farmers' Union, NFU- Public Order Act, Bill 55- Workers and farmers unite 29. The people fight back Land ownership and control- Control of marketing- The NFU marketing plan- The struggle continues- Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index Subject Headings |