Idea of Loyalty in Upper Canada, 1784-1850
"Mills has provided a compelling re-evaluation of Upper Canadian history...His ability to disentangle in such a clear-headed way the various and changing meanings of loyalty brings fresh understanding to familiar terrain...It is the work of a master craftsman who has identified an important topic and written about it knowledgeably, sensibly and clearly." Gordon T. Stewart, Department of History, Michigan State University
Tory loyalty, in addition to demanding unquestioning adherence to the imperial connection, was exclusive. It was used both to distinguish Loyalists from the American late-comers and to differentiate supporters of the political status quo from opponents of the administration. Les mer
Moderate Toryism developed because other groups, who were not prepared to give up their political and social exclusion, had been drawn into the debate. The moderate Reformers survived through the 1840s and entered the administration. Tories also prospered through adoption of the Reform position permitting new groups to enter the High Tory elite. The result was the formation of a conservative consensus which dominated Upper Canada, whose conservatism lay in a new definition of loyalty which had evolved through the initiatives of moderate Reformers.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 256
- ISBN
- 9780773506602
- Utgivelsesår
- 1988
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"Mills has provided a compelling re-evaluation of Upper Canadian history...His ability to disentangle in such a clear-headed way the various and changing meanings of loyalty brings fresh understanding to familiar terrain...It is the work of a master craftsman who has identified an important topic and written about it knowledgeably, sensibly and clearly." Gordon T. Stewart, Department of History, Michigan State University