The Early Settlement of Emily Township, Victoria County, Ontario, by Michael Stephenson (1995)

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The Early Settlement of Emily Township

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Table of Contents (i)

Table of Contents (ii)

Table of Contents (iii)

List of Figures (i)

List of Figures (ii)

List of Tables

Page 1 - Chapter One - Introduction- Settlement Research - Thesis Statement

Page 2 - Research Objectives - Research Design

Page 3 - Hypothesis - Definitions

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Page 5 - Chapter 2 - Literature Review - Historical Geography

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Page 7 - Pre-Settlement Emily

Page 8 - Settler Location

Page 9 - Persistence

Page 10 - Land Clearance

Page 11 - Propinquity - The Wheat Economy

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Page 13 - Chapter 3 - Field Study Area

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Page 17 - Data Collection

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Page 22 - Chapter 4 - Data Analysis and Discussion

Page 23 - Settlement Pattern 1820-1825

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Page 53 - Tests For Association 1821-1825

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Page 55 - The Arrival of the Robinson Emigrants 1825

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Page 70 - Tests for Association 1826-1830

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Page 73 - Settlement Pattern 1826-1841

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Page 87 - Robinson, Non-Robinson, Persistent, Successful Settlers - 1830-1841-1851

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Page 102 - Tests For Association 1841-1851

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Page 109 - Tests For Difference - Robinson vs. Non-Robinson

Page 110 - Analysis of Variance Tests

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Page 113 - Regression Analysis

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Page 115 - Multiple Regression Analysis

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Page 117 - Residual Analysis

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Page 124 - Summary of Hypotheses Tests

Page 125 - Emily Township - 1851

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Page 128 - Chapter 5 - Conclusion

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Page 130 - References

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Page 136 - Appendix One - Data Set - Emily Township Census and Assessments 1820-1851

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Page 165 - Appendix 2 - Emily Township Settlement Statistics 1820-1851

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