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003			OCoLC
005			20240726105422.0
008			930719s1994 qucabc ob 001 0 eng d
010			_a95113592
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015			_aC93-90479-6
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020			_a9780773564428 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aE359 _b.P586 1994
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aSheppard, George Christopher, _d1959- _e1
245	1	0	_aPlunder, profit, and paroles : _ba social history of the War of 1812 in Upper Canada / _cGeorge Sheppard.
260			_aMontreal, Que. : _bMcGill-Queen's University Press, _c(c)1994.
300			_a1 online resource (x, 334 pages) : _billustrations, maps, portrait
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
504			_a2
505	0	0	_aA motley population: prewar Upper Canada -- _tCool calculators: Brock's militia -- _tA parcel of Quakers? Militia service, 1812-15 -- _tA grand attack on the onions: provisions and plundering -- _tEnemies at home: treacherous thieves -- _tSuccess to commerce: costs and claims -- _tThe most puzzling question: war losses politics -- _tA greater degree of patriotism: developing nationalism.
520	0		_aThe War of 1812 is often credited with having aroused fierce anti-American sentiment among Upper Canadians, creating a unity which ensured continued loyalty to Britain and played an important role in the defence of the colony. It is also claimed that all of Upper Canada benefited from British military spending, setting the colony on a course towards prosperity. In this revisionist history George Sheppard challenges these assumptions. Sheppard demonstrates that the colony was a fragmented and pluralistic community before the war and remained so after it. Upper Canadians were divided by racial, religious, linguistic, and class differences, and the majority of settlers had no strong ties to either the United States or Britain, with most men avoiding military service during the war. Reviewing the claims submitted for damages attributed to the fighting, he argues that British forces as well as enemy troops were responsible for widespread destruction of private property and concludes that this explains why there was little increase in anti-American feeling after the war. Much of the wartime damage occurred in areas west of York (now Toronto). This was the cause of grievances harboured by settlers in the western part of Upper Canada against their eastern counterparts long after the war had ended. As well, some Upper Canadians profited from wartime activities while others suffered greatly. Only later, in the 1840s when these issues had faded from memory, did Canadians begin to create a favourable version of wartime events. Using garrison records, muster rolls, diaries, newspapers, and damage claims registered after the war, the author delves beyond the rhetoric of wartime loyalties and reveals how the legacy of war complicated colonial politics.
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655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=627115&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell