Great Britains's woodyard : British America and the timber trade, 1763-1867

Cover Title Copyright Contents Illustrations Abbreviations Preface I The History of the Trade 1 The British Metropolis The Expansion of Great Britain's Economy Metropolitanism and Metropolitan Status Wood in the Metropolitan Economy 2 The Baltic Supply Region The Sub-Regions of the Baltic The Baltic as a Semi-Colony Trade Practices and Techniques 3 The British American Hinterland The Rivers and Forests The Forest as Plunder 4 New Empires for Old, 1763-1795 A United Empire A New Empire on the St. Lawrence A New Empire on Other Rivers 5 Wood and War The War with the French Republic The Crisis of 1808-1809 Creation of a British American Timber Trade Doubling the Differential Duties Effect of the Tariff on Prices During the Wars 6 The New Trade and Those who Established It The Port Merchants The First Lumbermen Philemon Wright on the Ottawa The Routes to Salt Water 7 A Generation of Monopoly The Course of Trade, 1814-1846 Boom and Crash in the 1820s Relative Stability in the 1830s A New Depression, 1837-1842 Recovery in 1843 8 The Course of the Differential Duties The First Reduction, 1821 The Colonial Trade Acts of the 1820s The Attempted Whig Reduction of 1831 The Timber Committee of 1835 The Report of 1840 The Second Whig Attempt at Reduction Sir Robert Peel's Reduction of 1842 The Approach of Free Trade The Reduction of 1846 The Colonial Revolution The Loss of Protection Rearrangement of the British American Trade 9 The Timber Duties and Mercantilist Ideas The `Colonial System' Arguments upon the Differential Duties For the Duties Against the Duties 10 From Mercantilism to Free Trade Readjustment and Realignment, 1846-1867 An Alternative Market A Period of Readjustment: 1846-1854 The Crimean War The Crisis of 1857 The Triumph of the Baltic 11 Timber Trade Without Preference End of the Square Timber Trade Rearrangements in the British Market The Distant Future II The Anatomy of the Trade Prefatory Note 12 Timber Dealers and their Roles The Organization of the Trade in Great Britain Historic Firms The Trade in British North America The Price Family The Trade in New Brunswick Trading Conditions and Arrangements Business Practice What Determined Price? 13 Timbermakers: Their Rise and Decline Square Timbers vs. Deals The Amateur Timbermaker The First Timbermakers Timbermakers Grow in Stature Timbermakers in New Brunswick Producer and Capitalist End of the Square Timber Trade 14 The Deal Manufacturer Nature of the Industry Technical Progress John R. Booth The Hamiltons of Hawkesbury 15 Shantyman and Raftsman The Folklore of Lumbering The Shantymen Rafsmans et Draveurs Were les Rafsmans Rascals? 16 In the Bush and on the River Public Policy The Winter Campaign Rafting the Timber down the Rivers Westward over the Lakes The Timber Slide 17 The Port of Quebec in the Nineteenth Century The Timber Coves The Rafts Arrive Culling the Timber Timber Grading 18 From River to Ship Loading the Timber Ships Port Labour The Timber Fleets Charters and Freights 19 'Leather Ships and Sailors' Coffins' Sea-going Slums Colonial Ships The Size of the Ships The Guilt of the Shipowners The Emigrant Trade and its Tragedies Outward Cargoes Conclusion Glossary Charts Index