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A 6 page review of Creighton’s seminal work. Creighton (1956) manages to produce a highly readable account not only of the facts surrounding the historical development of the St. Lawrence area, he also incorporates the attitudes and positions of specific stakeholder groups to contribute a new perspective on the reasons underlying the importance of the St. Lawrence to the economic development of 19th century Canada. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KShiBkRevStL.rtf
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Donald Creighton (1902-1979) first published The Empire Of The St. Lawrence in 1937, and it was published again by Macmillan in 1956. In 2002, the University of
Toronto Press released another edition of Creightons work that is as much literature as it is history. Creighton (1956) provides the dates and facts required of a historian, of
course, but he also provides that which not all historians address. That is an engaging narrative filled with word pictures creating the context in which events took place and
Eastern Canadian economic society was born. The Book Creighton (1956) divided his seminal work into three defining sections: The First Unity of
the St. Lawrence; Transition in the Region of the Lower Lakes; and The Struggle for the Second Commercial Empire. These transitions occurred between 1763 and 1850. Individual chapters
within these larger divisions address specific historical events, generally major events that would have the ability to directly influence developments in the region of the lower lakes, as well as
color the rising conflict between commerce and agriculture. A quality that elevates Creightons (1956) book above most other historical accounts of any specific
region is his awareness of the influence of commerce and the manner by which it shapes history. Certainly other historians realize this fact, and some even mention it.
Most, however, seem to place the matter of economic development into a compartment that remains separate from individuals. They focus on politics and policy, without giving great enough credence
to the matter of the economic considerations leading to the development of those policies. Such is not the case in Creightons (1956) account of the development of the St.
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