“Enclosure,” Land Policy, Social Differentiation, and Early Class Formation, 1795–1850

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This chapter discusses land enclosure in Canada I the first part of the nineteenth century as settlement and development continued in relation to Indigenous populations and early class formation.

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Bryan D. Palmer

Bryan D. Palmer is Professor Emeritus and former Canada Research Chair, Canadian Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, former editor of Labour/Le Travail, and has published extensively on the history of labour and the revolutionary left. Among his many books are Canada’s 1960s and the co-authored, Toronto's Poor: A Rebellious History. He lives in Warkworth, Ontario.