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Canadian Papers in Rural History

Volume VII (1990)

 

The Blacksmith in Upper Canada, 1784-1850: A Study of Technology, Culture and Power
by William N.T. Wylie, pp. 17-214.
William Wylie presents a detailed (almost definitive) study of the craft and of the social context of blacksmithing in Upper Canada. The work's real distinction is in the use that is made of things - real, tangible objects - and their analysis in historical context.

Canadian Papers in Rural History

Volume VIII (1992)

 

Perspectives on Ontario Agriculture, 1815-1930
- Chapter One - The Early Ontario Wheat Trade Staple Reconsidered, pp. 17-48.
- Chapter Two – Ontario Agriculture at Mid-Century, pp.49-84.
- Chapter Three – The Changing Structure of Canadian Agriculture, 1867-1897, pp.85-90.
- Chapter Four – Output and Productivity in Canadian Agriculture, 1870-71 to 1926-27, pp.91-128.
by R.M. McInnis

Canadian Papers in Rural History

Volume IX (1994)

 

The Irish Palatines in Ontario: Religion, Ethnicity and Rural Migration
by Caroline A. Heald, pp.17-186.

The Mennonites of Waterloo, Ontario and Hanover, Manitoba, 1890s: A Study of Household and Community
by Royden Loewen, pp.187-210.

Creating the Brotherhood: Status and Control in the Yarrow Mennonite Community, 1928-1960
by Harvey Neufeldt, pp.211-238.

Mobility and Rural Society in Annapolis Township, Nova Scotia, 1760-1861
by A.R. McNeil, pp.239-258.

Canadian Papers in Rural History

Volume X (1996)

 

One or Two Things I Know About Us: Rethinking the Image and Role of the “Okies”
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, pp.15-44.

The Bard in a Community in Transition and Decline, Oscar Dhu and the Hebridean Scots of the Upper St. Francis District, Quebec
by J.I. Little, pp.45-80.

Constance Lindsay Skinner and the Marketing of the Western Frontier
by Jean Barman, pp.81-116.

Dr. Kevin James

Education

B.A. (McGill), M.A. (McGill), Ph.D. (Edinburgh)

Current Research

I have had longstanding interests in systems of rural industrial production; recently, my work has focused on the hospitality sector in rural areas of Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales, focusing in particular in commercial, social and cultural histories of the inn.

Dr. Catharine Wilson, F.R.C.S., Professor Emeritus

Catharine Wilson

Education

B.A. (Guelph), M.A (Queen’s), Ph.D. (Queen’s)