Invention of the City as a Corporation: 13th-14th Centuries
p. 23
Incorporation of the City: 15th-18th Centuries
p. 28
City as a Government Franchise: 19th Century
p. 44
Modern City: An Apparatus of Governance?
p. 55
History of Corporations in Colonial America: An Outline
p. 66
Colonial Question: 'Government at a Distance'
p. 67
Colonial American Cities as Corporations
p. 69
Cities in the Early American Republic
p. 91
Cities in British North America: A Colonial Legacy
p. 99
Colonial Cities Without Citizens: A Tension
p. 101
Antagonism Toward Cities
p. 108
Necessity of Governing Through Cities
p. 115
Tension Released: Rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada
p. 131
Birth of the Modern Canadian City as a Corporation
p. 140
First Modern Cities in British North America
p. 142
New Liberal Colonial Politics
p. 154
Modern City within a Municipal System
p. 167
Birth of the Modern Canadian City as a Corporation
p. 173
Conclusion: Past and Present
p. 182
Appendix 1: Anglo-Saxon Origins of English Cities
p. 193
Appendix 2: American Colonies and Cities
p. 201
Bibliography
p. 205
Government Documents
p. 205
Published Archival Documents
p. 207
Political and Legal Treatises and Works
p. 209
Other References
p. 212
Index
p. 231
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