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Hubert C. Kennedy, Biographical sketch of Giuseppe Peano. Selected works of Giuseppe Peano, translated and edited with a biographical sketch and bibliography by Hubert C. Kennedy, University of Toronto Press, Toronto and Buffalo1973, pp. 3–10. - Hubert C. Kennedy. Chronological list of the publications of Giuseppe Peano. Selected works of Giuseppe Peano, translated and edited with a biographical sketch and bibliography by Hubert C. Kennedy, University of Toronto Press, Toronto and Buffalo1973, pp. 11–29. - Hubert C. Kennedy. Bibliography on the life and works of Giuseppe Peano. Selected works of Giuseppe Peano, translated and edited with a biographical sketch and bibliography by Hubert C. Kennedy, University of Toronto Press, Toronto and Buffalo1973, pp. 30–33. - Giuseppe Peano. The operations of deductive logic. English translation of introductory chapter of 711. Selected works of Giuseppe Peano, translated and edited with a biographical sketch and bibliography by Hubert C. Kennedy, University of Toronto Press, Toronto and Buffalo1973, pp. 75–90. - Giuseppe Peano. The principles of arithmetic, presented by a new method (1889). English translation of 712. Selected works of Giuseppe Peano, translated and edited with a biographical sketch and bibliography by Hubert C. Kennedy, University of Toronto Press, Toronto and Buffalo1973, pp. 101–134. - Giuseppe Peano. The principles of mathematical logic (1891). English translation of 715. Selected works of Giuseppe Peano, translated and edited with a biographical sketch and bibliography by Hubert C. Kennedy, University of Toronto Press, Toronto and Buffalo1973, pp. 153–162. - Giuseppe Peano. The most general question in the mathematical sciences (1896). English translation of a reply to question no. 719, L'intermédiaire des mathématiciens, vol. 3 (1896), p. 169. Ibid., p. 189. - Giuseppe Peano. Studies in mathematical logic (1897). English translation of 7124. L'intermédiaire des mathématiciens, vol. 3 (1896), pp. 190–205. - Giuseppe Peano. Supplement to ‘On the Cantor–Bernstein theorem' (1906). English translation of 7144. L'intermédiaire des mathématiciens, vol. 3 (1896), pp. 206–218. - Giuseppe Peano. On the foundations of analysis (1910). English translation of 7146. L'intermédiaire des mathématiciens, vol. 3 (1896), pp. 219–226. - Volume 45 Issue 1

Resolutions and Decisions of the Communist Party of the Soviet UnionRobert H. McNeal, General Editor Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974. - The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, 1898–October, 1917Ralph C. Elwood, ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974, Vol. I, pp. xxxi, 306. - The Early Soviet Period, 1917–1929Richard Gregor, ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974, Vol. 2, pp. xi, 382. - The Stalin Years, 1929–1953Robert H. McNeal, ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974, Vol. 3, pp. x, 280. - The Khrushchev Years, 1953–64Grey Hodnett, ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974, Vol. 4, pp. x, 328. - Volume 10 Issue 2

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R.B. BENNETT: THE CALGARY YEARS. James H. Gray. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991.THE LONER: THREE SKETCHES OF THE PERSONAL LIFE AND IDEAS OF R.B. BENNETT, 1870-1947. P.B. Waite. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992.REACTION AND REFORM: THE POLITICS OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY UNDER R.B. BENNETT, 1927-1938. Larry A. Glassford. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992.ABERHART: OUTPOURINGS AND REPLIES. Ed. David R. Elliott. Calgary: Historical Society of Alberta, 1991.JUST CALL ME MITCH: THE LIFE OF MITCHELL F. HEPBURN. John T. Saywell. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991.DUFF PATTULLO OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. Robin Fisher. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991.Over the last two decades, the strictures levelled by the new social historians towards politics and its practitioners has not been without justification; certainly the many Whiggish hagiographies which permeated our national literature throughout the first half of this century left such a poor aftertaste as to mar both the legitimacy and value of political biography as a worthy field of historical inquiry. As yet few have taken seriously Gertrude Himmelfarb's call to redress the imbalance posed by an exclusive presentation towards social history.(f.1) While it is undoubtedly true that the lives and experiences of the masses is crucial to our understanding of the past, there is equal value in studying those individuals (and the political culture surrounding them) who possessed the power to manage and administer the state. This becomes all the more imperative when studying this century's most discordant decade -- the 1930s -- when ordinary people were attempting to eke out a living. How, to paraphrase Trevelyan, can we write a true history of the social impact of, in this case, the Dirty Thirties, with the politicians left out?Thankfully, six recent studies attempt to fill this void. When, in 1985, John Thompson and Alan Seager completed their general study of Canada during the interwar years, there were few biographical studies of depression-era leaders.(f.2) If one discounts the mildly hagiographic output of Beaverbrook and Watkins, R.B. Bennett and the Conservative party had not yet received serious scholarly attention.(f.3) Although Mitch Hepburn of Ontario appeared adequately covered in Neil McKenty's 1967 biography, a more thorough and indepth study awaited, commissioned in the following decade by the Ontario Historical Studies Series.(f.4) As for William Aberhart of Alberta and Duff Pattullo of British Columbia, neither had been taken seriously, at least not until very recently. Now, these four Depression leaders are the subject of six monographs.With the possible exception of the now retired Tory incarnation from Baie Comeau, there has been no Canadian prime minister more unpopular than R.B. Bennett (1930-1935). Perceived by the general public as far too pompous and wealthy to be leading the country through the ravages of a severe depression, Bennett has long since suffered from the searing images of cartoonist Arch Dale's quarter-truth caricatures: that of the arrogant and overbearing politician whose spats, wing-collars and walking stick imparted a distinctive robber-baronesque hue. Taking the measure of such men is not always an appealing prospect for historians and biographers, but we must at least attempt to understand them. Commendably, two recent studies have succeeded in scraping away some of Bennett's hard-shelled exterior and, more importantly, in explaining the underpinnings of his much-criticized management of the Canadian economy during the early Depression years.For anyone familiar with the enormity of the Bennett Papers (627,000 separate microfilm entries), the biographer's task is, to say the least, daunting. For this reason alone James Gray and Peter Waite are collaborating on a two-volume rendering of Bennett's life. James Gray's R.B. Bennett: The Calgary Years addresses Bennett's upbringing and walks the reader through R. …

R.B. BENNETT: THE CALGARY YEARS. James H. Gray. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991.THE LONER: THREE SKETCHES OF THE PERSONAL LIFE AND IDEAS OF R.B. BENNETT, 1870-1947. P.B. Waite. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992.REACTION AND REFORM: THE POLITICS OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY UNDER R.B. BENNETT, 1927-1938. Larry A. Glassford. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992.ABERHART: OUTPOURINGS AND REPLIES. Ed. David R. Elliott. Calgary: Historical Society of Alberta, 1991.JUST CALL ME MITCH: THE LIFE OF MITCHELL F. HEPBURN. John T. Saywell. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991.DUFF PATTULLO OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. Robin Fisher. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991.Over the last two decades, the strictures levelled by the new social historians towards politics and its practitioners has not been without justification; certainly the many Whiggish hagiographies which permeated our national literature throughout the first half of this century left such a poor aftertaste as to mar both the legitimacy and value of political biography as a worthy field of historical inquiry. As yet few have taken seriously Gertrude Himmelfarb's call to redress the imbalance posed by an exclusive presentation towards social history.(f.1) While it is undoubtedly true that the lives and experiences of the masses is crucial to our understanding of the past, there is equal value in studying those individuals (and the political culture surrounding them) who possessed the power to manage and administer the state. This becomes all the more imperative when studying this century's most discordant decade -- the 1930s -- when ordinary people were attempting to eke out a living. How, to paraphrase Trevelyan, can we write a true history of the social impact of, in this case, the Dirty Thirties, with the politicians left out?Thankfully, six recent studies attempt to fill this void. When, in 1985, John Thompson and Alan Seager completed their general study of Canada during the interwar years, there were few biographical studies of depression-era leaders.(f.2) If one discounts the mildly hagiographic output of Beaverbrook and Watkins, R.B. Bennett and the Conservative party had not yet received serious scholarly attention.(f.3) Although Mitch Hepburn of Ontario appeared adequately covered in Neil McKenty's 1967 biography, a more thorough and indepth study awaited, commissioned in the following decade by the Ontario Historical Studies Series.(f.4) As for William Aberhart of Alberta and Duff Pattullo of British Columbia, neither had been taken seriously, at least not until very recently. Now, these four Depression leaders are the subject of six monographs.With the possible exception of the now retired Tory incarnation from Baie Comeau, there has been no Canadian prime minister more unpopular than R.B. Bennett (1930-1935). Perceived by the general public as far too pompous and wealthy to be leading the country through the ravages of a severe depression, Bennett has long since suffered from the searing images of cartoonist Arch Dale's quarter-truth caricatures: that of the arrogant and overbearing politician whose spats, wing-collars and walking stick imparted a distinctive robber-baronesque hue. Taking the measure of such men is not always an appealing prospect for historians and biographers, but we must at least attempt to understand them. Commendably, two recent studies have succeeded in scraping away some of Bennett's hard-shelled exterior and, more importantly, in explaining the underpinnings of his much-criticized management of the Canadian economy during the early Depression years.For anyone familiar with the enormity of the Bennett Papers (627,000 separate microfilm entries), the biographer's task is, to say the least, daunting. For this reason alone James Gray and Peter Waite are collaborating on a two-volume rendering of Bennett's life. James Gray's R.B. Bennett: The Calgary Years addresses Bennett's upbringing and walks the reader through R. …

R.B. BENNETT: THE CALGARY YEARS. James H. Gray. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991.THE LONER: THREE SKETCHES OF THE PERSONAL LIFE AND IDEAS OF R.B. BENNETT, 1870-1947. P.B. Waite. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992.REACTION AND REFORM: THE POLITICS OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY UNDER R.B. BENNETT, 1927-1938. Larry A. Glassford. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992.ABERHART: OUTPOURINGS AND REPLIES. Ed. David R. Elliott. Calgary: Historical Society of Alberta, 1991.JUST CALL ME MITCH: THE LIFE OF MITCHELL F. HEPBURN. John T. Saywell. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991.DUFF PATTULLO OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. Robin Fisher. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991.Over the last two decades, the strictures levelled by the new social historians towards politics and its practitioners has not been without justification; certainly the many Whiggish hagiographies which permeated our national literature throughout the first half of this century left such a poor aftertaste as to mar both the legitimacy and value of political biography as a worthy field of historical inquiry. As yet few have taken seriously Gertrude Himmelfarb's call to redress the imbalance posed by an exclusive presentation towards social history.(f.1) While it is undoubtedly true that the lives and experiences of the masses is crucial to our understanding of the past, there is equal value in studying those individuals (and the political culture surrounding them) who possessed the power to manage and administer the state. This becomes all the more imperative when studying this century's most discordant decade -- the 1930s -- when ordinary people were attempting to eke out a living. How, to paraphrase Trevelyan, can we write a true history of the social impact of, in this case, the Dirty Thirties, with the politicians left out?Thankfully, six recent studies attempt to fill this void. When, in 1985, John Thompson and Alan Seager completed their general study of Canada during the interwar years, there were few biographical studies of depression-era leaders.(f.2) If one discounts the mildly hagiographic output of Beaverbrook and Watkins, R.B. Bennett and the Conservative party had not yet received serious scholarly attention.(f.3) Although Mitch Hepburn of Ontario appeared adequately covered in Neil McKenty's 1967 biography, a more thorough and indepth study awaited, commissioned in the following decade by the Ontario Historical Studies Series.(f.4) As for William Aberhart of Alberta and Duff Pattullo of British Columbia, neither had been taken seriously, at least not until very recently. Now, these four Depression leaders are the subject of six monographs.With the possible exception of the now retired Tory incarnation from Baie Comeau, there has been no Canadian prime minister more unpopular than R.B. Bennett (1930-1935). Perceived by the general public as far too pompous and wealthy to be leading the country through the ravages of a severe depression, Bennett has long since suffered from the searing images of cartoonist Arch Dale's quarter-truth caricatures: that of the arrogant and overbearing politician whose spats, wing-collars and walking stick imparted a distinctive robber-baronesque hue. Taking the measure of such men is not always an appealing prospect for historians and biographers, but we must at least attempt to understand them. Commendably, two recent studies have succeeded in scraping away some of Bennett's hard-shelled exterior and, more importantly, in explaining the underpinnings of his much-criticized management of the Canadian economy during the early Depression years.For anyone familiar with the enormity of the Bennett Papers (627,000 separate microfilm entries), the biographer's task is, to say the least, daunting. For this reason alone James Gray and Peter Waite are collaborating on a two-volume rendering of Bennett's life. James Gray's R.B. Bennett: The Calgary Years addresses Bennett's upbringing and walks the reader through R. …

The Progressive Party in Canada. By W. L. Morton. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1950. Pp. xiii, 331. $4.75.) - The Winnipeg General Strike. By D. C. Masters. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1950. Pp. xv, 159. $3.50.) - Volume 44 Issue 4

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<i>Elizabeth Baldwin, Lawrence M. Clopper, and David Mills,</i> Cheshire Including Chester<i>Cheshire Including Chester</i>. Edited by Elizabeth Baldwin , Lawrence M. Clopper , and David Mills . Records of Early English Drama. 2 vols. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007. Pp. x+1231.

TAKING STOCK: CANADIAN STUDIES IN THE NINETIES. David Cameron (Montreal: Association for Canadian Studies, 1996) 238 pp. GEORGE GRANT. SELECTED LETTERS. Edited with an introduction by William Christian (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996) 402 pp. GEORGE GRANT AND THE SUBVERSION OF MODERNITY: ART, PHILOSOPHY POLITICS, RELIGION, AND EDUCATION. Edited by Arthur Davis (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996) 346 pp. THE SOCIAL SCIENCES IN CANADA: 50 YEARS OF NATIONAL ACTIVITY BY THE SOCIAL SCIENCE FEDERATION OF CANADA. Donald Fisher (Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier Press, 1991) 115 pp. THE POLITICS OF COLLEGIALITY: RETRENCHMENT STRATEGIES IN CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES. Cynthia Hardy (Montreal and Kingston: McGillQueen's University Press, 1996) 232 pp. SOCIAL CRITICISM: THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND OTHER ESSAYS. Stephen Leacock. Edited and introduced by Alan Bowker (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996) 145 pp. WORKING IN ENGLISH: HISTORY, INSTITUTION, RESOURCES. Heather Murray (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996) 253 pp. OUTSIDE THE LINES: ISSUES IN INTERDISCIPLANARY RESEARCH. Liora Salter and Alison Hearn (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996) 212 pp. The eight volumes listed above cover a range of years and diverse topics, yet raise many similar issues. Donald Fisher examines the of the Social Science Federation of Canada, which brought together the several disciplines that fell under the label of social science. Liora Salter and Alison Hearn discuss the nature of disciplines and the problems of doing interdisciplinary work. David Cameron unravels the of one interdiscipline: Canadian Studies. Heather Murray uses an interdisciplinary methodology to analyse the discipline of English. In addition, she draws considerably on the work of George Grant in her discussions regarding the nature of curriculum. William Christian's collection of Grant's letters, combined with the volume of essays about Grant edited by Arthur Davis, provides access to Grant's personal writings and analysis of his work. The reprinted collection of Stephen Leacock's essays, edited by Alan Bowker, makes his non-fiction work more readily accessible. As academics, both Grant and Leacock had considerable influence on universities and on their particular disciplines. Finally, Cynthia Hardy addresses the politics of retrenchment policies in the 1980s those policies that are having an impact on universities now and that will continue to do so in the future - and the role played by collegiality in the implementation of retrenchment strategies in Canadian universities. Donald Fisher's The Social Sciences in Canada, spanning 50 years of the Social Science Federation of Canada (SSFC), takes an historical, sociological approach with the intention of creating a structural of the society. He argues that the history of this organization is probably the best barometer that we have for recording the changes that have occurred in the relation between social scientists and Canadian society (1). In charting the activities and significant events of the SSFC, he also illustrates the increasing involvement of the government in universities; in particular, its role in the setting of research agendas and the recent shift towards decreased funding. Fisher's research is divided chronologically into three chapters. Chapter I, entitled A Council of Independent Researchers, covers the period 1940 to 1958; Chapter II spans the years 1958 to 1977 and focusses on the Social Science Research Council of Canada (SSRC) and the Canada Council; and Chapter III looks at the very recent past, examining the SSFC and the Social Sciences and humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) during the period 1977 to 1990. The Canadian Social Science Research Council (CSSRC) was formally established in 1940 as the Canadian Research Council in the Social Sciences. …

Challenging Public/Private Divide: Feminism, Law and Public Policy. Ed. Susan B. Boyd. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997. Images of Justice. Dorthy Harley Eber. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997. Policing Risk Society. Richard W. Ericson and Kevin D. Haggerty. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997. Crimes, Laws and Communities. Eds., John McMullan, David Perrier, Stephen Smith and Peter Swan. Toronto: Fernwood Publishing, 1997. Mounties, Moose and Moonshine: Patterns and Content of Outport Crime. Norman R. Okihiro. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997. Law and Markets: Is Canada Inheriting America's Litigious Legacy? Eds. John Robson and Owen Lippert. Vancouver: The Fraser Institute, 1997. Blaming Children: Youth Crime, Moral Panics and Politics of Hate. Bernard Schissel. Toronto: Fernwood Publishing, 1997. The Role of Law in Natural Resource Management. Eds. Joep Spiertz and Melanie G. Wiber. VUGA, Netherlands, 1996. Making Good: Law and Moral Regulation in Canada,1867-1939. Carolyn Strange and Tina Loo. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997. Race, Rights and Law in Supreme Court of Canada: Historical Case Studies. James W. St. G. Walker. Waterloo: The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History and Wilfred Laurier University Press, 1997. These fine books on aspects of law and criminality support platitude that crime does not pay - except for lawyers, criminologists and insurance companies. Canadian criminals put in more time in jail per dollar stolen in other countries, although these statistics predate conviction of Alan Eagleson. Another statistic, even less likely to stir patriotic pride, is that Canadian youth, as Bernard Schissel points out, have highest per capita rate of incarceration of any country in world. If crime rates in Canada have dropped off in recent years, corresponding to diminishing ratio of youth in Canadian population, we still have a lot more lawyers. Prior to Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Canadians had less than half as many lawyers per capita as Americans but now we approach two-thirds of American ratio (Law and Markets 77-81) creating the danger of supply-driven and socially harmful increases in litigation(85). Virtually, all of contributors to Law and Markets bemoan Canada's increasing litigiousness; none defend very quality that brought one of Canada's most honoured citizens to jail. The Fraser Institute has brought together an interesting volume that seems to bear message of Adam Egoyan's movie The Sweet Hereafter; namely, that lawyers as ambulance-chasers are bad news. Law and Markets is concerned not with corporate criminality but with prospect that enterprising lawyers, instigating class action salts on contingency fees, will be able to dupe civil juries, and cut into profit margins. Indeed, Richard Hazelton, CEO of Dow Corning which filed for bankruptcy because of silicone breast implant suit, tells a cautionary tale for Canadian businesspeople. Contributors point out that jurors lack competence to assess scientific and technical evidence about toxic emissions, risks to health, relationship of causality and legal accountability; prejudices about dioxin spills may skew assessment of personal injury caused by spillage. The one exception to anti-litigation view of 17 contributors to Law and Markets is Mark Mattson, an environmental litigator, who argues convincingly that Canadian Environmental Protection Act needs radical revision or abolition. Mattson argues that federal government should either enforce environmental standards or leave private litigators like himself to engage in civil ligation against environmental polluters. Mattson recommends that public interest groups and their lawyers split fine levied on offending corporations or municipalities (135). …

Collected Works of John Stuart MillJohn M. Robson, ed. Introduction by Alan Ryan Vol. 9. An Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1979, pp. 625 - Collected Works of John Stuart MillJohn M. Robson, ed. Introduction by Francis Sparshott Vol. 11. Essays on Philosophy and the Classics Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978, pp. 577 - Volume 13 Issue 4

Looking for Old Ontario: Two Centuries of Landscape Change. Thomas F. McIlwraith. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997. Ninety Fathoms Down: Canadian Stories of the Great Lakes. Mark Bourrie. Toronto: Hounslow Press, 1995. Free Books for All. The Public Library Movement in Ontario, 1850-1930. Lome Bruce. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994. Property and Inequality in Victorian Ontario. Structural Patterns and Cultural Communities in the 1871 Census. Gordon Darroch and Lee Soltow. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994. Public Men and Virtuous Women: The Gendered Language of Religion and Politics in Upper Canada, 1791-1850. Cecilia Morgan. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996. Inventing the Loyalists: The Ontario Loyalist Tradition and the Creation of Usable Pasts. Norman Knowles. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997. The primary aim of the University of Toronto Press's Ontario Historical Studies Series (1971-1993) was to describe and analyse the historical development of Ontario as a distinct region within Canada. This was necessary, it was argued, because for many years the main theme in English-Canadian historiography was the emergence of the Canadian nation. Ontario's role in the country's development precluded it from being perceived as a region. Contributor Paul Craven claimed, Almost unconsciously, historians have equated the role of the province with that of the nation and have often depicted the interests of other regions as obstacles to the unity and welfare of Canada (vii). The series also hoped to encourage historians not directly involved in the project to turn their attention to the province. Judging by the books reviewed here, its directors succeeded as writers continue to be interested in Ontario's past. While several aspects of the province are studied, however, in the works reviewed the extent to which the authors convey a sense of a distinct province varies from book to book. In Looking for Old Ontario: Two Centuries of Landscape Change, geographer Thomas McIlwraith examines vernacular features of southern Ontario's built environment and the social meanings they convey. The result is a highly readable and well-illustrated book with chapters on surveying building materials, houses, barns, fences, grave markers and many other seemingly mundane topics. As McIlwraith points out, it is regrettable that the ordinary is often taken for granted because routine features of the human environment provide insights into the way in which people interacted with their environment. It will be difficult for anyone who reads this book to look at roads, mills, houses, etc., without trying to determine when they were constructed, by whom and for purposes. Choosing sections of McIlwraith's book to highlight in a review is not easy, because most of them are worth mentioning. One chapter, for example, provides a good account of surveying techniques and the problems associated with the profession in the province's early years.1 McIlwraith adds a human dimension by observing that place names reflect what successive administrators deemed to be meaningful in their (65). There is a useful map and a table tracing the types of place names these officials used. In his chapter on building materials, McIlwraith points out some of Ontario's particularities. In 1931, for example, 27 per cent of the buildings in the province were made of brick, compared with six per cent for Quebec and between one and two per cent for the rest of Canada.2 McIlwraith's ideological position is not explicit but it is clear that his sympathies are with those whose lives and accomplishments usually go unmentioned. In his discussion of grave markers, for example, McIlwraith notes that extant markers identify a biased sample of Ontarians (230) because paupers and those less well-off (half the population, he estimates) could not afford stone monuments. …