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Alienating Agreements; or Treaties as Thievery — Early Capitalism at Work in the 1870s and 1880s
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From: Colonialism and Capitalism Canada's Origins 1500-1890
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This chapter looks at John A. MacDonald’s National Policy in the 1870s ‘ and 1880s’ post-Confederation Canada in the form of railroads, tariffs and immigration, as well as the settlement of the West and the "Indian/Metis question" in the Canadian North-West.
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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.
