During his successful campaign to become Conservative Party leader in the spring of 2004, Stephen Harper said of the Maritime provinces, "We will see the day when the region is not the place where you visit your grandparents, but instead more often than not the place where you visit your...

Introduction : market vendors and the history of capitalism in Mexico, 1867-1966 -- Taxes and compassion, 1867-1880 -- A cloak of magnificence over beggars' rags, 1880-1903 -- Vendors, workers, or pueblo? 1903-1928 -- Political experimentation in a time of crises, 1929-1945 -- Vendors'...