{"product_id":"9780776641669","title":"Population, Employment, Social Composition, and Urban Structure in Northern Ontario","description":"Author: Professor David Leadbeater\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780776641669\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Ottawa Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Jan 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on original historical tables, \u003ci\u003eNorthern Ontario in \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistorical Statistics, 18712021 \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an overview of major long-term population, social composition, employment, and urban concentration trends over 150 years in the region now called \"Northern Ontario\" (or \"Nord de l'Ontario\"). David Leadbeater and his collaborators compare Northern Ontario relative to Southern Ontario, as well as detail changes at the district and local levels. They also examine the employment population rate, unemployment, economic dependency, and income distribution, particularly over recent decades of decline since the 1970s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough deeply experienced by Indigenous peoples, the settler-colonial structure of Northern Ontario's development plays little explicit analytical role in official government discussions and policy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorthern Ontario in Historical Statistics, 18712021\u003c\/i\u003e, therefore, aims to provide context for the long-standing hinterland colonial question: How do ownership, control, and use of the land and its resources benefit the people who live there?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeadbeater and his collaborators pay special attention to foundational conditions in Northern Ontario's hinterland-colonial development including Indigenous relative to settler populations, treaty and reserve areas, and provincially controlled \"unorganized territories.\" Colonial biases in Canadian censuses are discussed critically as a contribution towards decolonizing changes in official statistics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919018606750,"sku":"ING-9780776641669","price":64.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780776641669.jpg?v=1782803075","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780776641669","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}