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Back to topThe Capacity to Judge: Public Opinion and Deliberative Democracy in Upper Canada,1791-1854 (Heritage) (Paperback)
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Description
Arguing that voluntary associations and the press created a reading public capable of reasoning on matters of state, McNairn traces the emergence of 'public opinion' as a new form of authority in mid-19th century Upper Canada.
About the Author
Jeffrey L. McNairn is an associate professor in the Department of History at Queen's University and winner of the John Bullen Prize awarded by the Canadian Historical Association for the best doctoral dissertation.