The Towns of Lower Canada in the 1830s

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Title
The Towns of Lower Canada in the 1830s
Abstract
A tale of two cities - Montreal and Quebec - in the decade when the former overtook the latter as the economic capital of the province. The author liberally uses nineteenth century travel accounts to reconstruct the economic activities of these two cities. He also describes smaller towns and villages such as Trois-Rivières, La Prairie and St-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
Book Title
Urbanization and Its Problems: Essays in Honour of E.W. Gilbert
Place
Oxford, England
Publisher
Blackwell
Date
1968
Pages
391-425
Language
en
Citation
Parker, William H. “The Towns of Lower Canada in the 1830s.” In Urbanization and Its Problems: Essays in Honour of E.W. Gilbert, edited by R. P. Beckinsale and J. M. Houston, 391–425. Oxford, England: Blackwell, 1968.
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