Author: Tucker, Gilbert Norman
Title: The Canadian Commercial Revolution 1845 -1851
Description: Hamden, Archon Books, 1971. Reprint, orig.cloth. 22x14cm, xi,258,(3) pp, A facsimile reprint of the 1936 Yale University Press edition.. 2pp illus. & 1 map. Minor rubbing, VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: Introduction; The Improvement of the Waterways; Montreal versus New York; The Public Finances; Tariffs; The Navigation Laws and the Opening of the St. Lawrence; Reciprocity; The Famine Migration of 1847; Montreal in 1849, and the Annexation Movement; Conclusion, Appendixes: Address of the Provincial Legislative Council & Assembly asking for Repeal of the Navigation Laws; The Annexation Manifesto; A Table of Population; A Table showing Tonnage & Tolls on the Erie, St. Lawrence & Welland Canals; Bibliographical Note.

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