Plunder, Profit and Paroles : A Social History of the War of 1812 in Upper Canada

x, 334pp. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Bumped spine ends and top corners. Bottom text block edge sun faded. Dark pink endpapers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some sun fading at bottom edge, mirrors book damage. 8vo. Demonstrates that the colony was a fragmented and pluralistic community before the war and remained so after it. Using garrison records, muster rolls, diaries, newspapers, and damage claims registered after the war, the author delves beyond the rhetoric of wartime loyalties and reveals how the legacy of war complicated colonial politics.