Rural Protest on Prince Edward Island – From British Colonization to the Eschea…

Rural Protest on Prince Edward Island\nby Rusty Bittermann\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Rusty Bittermann\nTitle: Rural Protest on Prince Edward Island\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: History of the Americas\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press\nPublication year: 2006\nISBN-13: 9780802072290\nISBN-10: 0802072291\nRRP: \u00A335.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nWho has the more legitimate claim to land, settlers who occupy and improve it with their labour, or landlords who claim ownership on the basis of imperial grants? This question of property rights, and their construction, was at the heart of rural protest on Prince Edward Island for a century. Tenants resisted landlord claims by squatting and refusing to pay rent. They fought for their vision of a just rur.