books.google.com - In contrast to most previous works on the subject, this is not a local or regional history, but a book in colonial and/or imperial history which focuses on Prince Edward Island. This broader perspective allows Bumsted to show, for example, that the decision to distribute land to proprietors was a comprehensible...http://books.google.com/books/about/Land_Settlement_and_Politics_on_Eighteen.html?id=nxXRjL-d6ewC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareLand, Settlement, and Politics on Eighteenth-century Prince Edward Island