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Settling the Canadian Colonies: A Comparison of Two Nineteenth-Century Land Companies
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Settling the Canadian Colonies: A Comparison of Two Nineteenth-Century Land Companies
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| Abstract |
Compares the performance of two British land companies – the Canada Company and the British American Land Company – chartered to sell land and encourage immigration to Upper and Lower Canada respectively during the 1820s to the 1840s. The author maintains that the Canada Company was fiscally responsible, aware of Canadian conditions and engaged in strategic planning for its operations in Upper Canada. The British American Land Company was badly managed, undertook little in the way of strategic planning and was managed solely for the benefit of the company’s proprietors. The Canada Company succeeded in its mission of facilitating emigration to Upper Canada after 1815, while the British American Land Company failed in this endeavor in Lower Canada.
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Business History Review
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Vol. 76
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no. 2
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299-335
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Summer 2002
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en
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| Citation |
Browde, Anatole. “Settling the Canadian Colonies: A Comparison of Two Nineteenth-Century Land Companies.” Business History Review Vol. 76, no. 2 (Summer 2002): 299–335.
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