William Bennett Munro

William Bennett Munro (5 January 1875 – 4 September 1957) was a Canadian historian and political scientist. He taught at Harvard University and the California Institute of Technology. He was known for research on the seigneurial system in New France and on municipal administration in the United States.

Works

*190
''The'' droit de banalité during the French régime in Canada
*1904 ''The Revolution''
*190
"Canada and British North America
''The history of North America'', vol. 11
*190
"The office of intendant in New France: a study in French Colonial policy"
In: ''The American Historical Review'', Volume 12, no. 1, October 1906.
*1907 ''Some Merits and Defects of the French Colonial System''
*1907 ''The Galveston Plan of City Government''
*190
The seigniorial system in Canada : a study in French colonial policy
*1908 ''Documents Relating to Seigneurial Tenure in Canada, 1598–1894'', as part of the Champlain Society's General Series
*190
"The custom of Paris in the New World"
excerpted fro
''Juristische Festgabe des Auslandes zu Joseph Kohlers 60. Geburtstag''
Stuttgart, 1909
*1912 ''The Initiative, Referendum and Recall''
*191
''Selections from the Federalist''
edited with an introd. by William Bennett Munro
*1915 ''A Bibliography of Municipal Government in the United States''
*191
''The seigneurs of old Canada : a chronicle of New-World feudalism''
*191
''Crusaders of New France: a chronicle of the Fleur-de-lis in the wilderness''
*1919 ''Public Ownership of Public Utilities'' 1919, with Samuel Orace Dunn, John Martin, and Delos Franklin Wilcox
*1919 ''Government of the United States'' (5 editions, 2 title changes through 1946)
*1926 ''A selected bibliography on municipal government in Great Britain''
*1927 ''The Money Power in Politics''
*1927 ''The Resurgence of Autocracy''
*1928 ''The Invisible Government, and Personality in Politics''
*1929 ''American Influences on Canadian Government''
*1930 ''American Government To-day''
*1931 ''The Government of Europe: Supplement''
*1932 ''The Significance of Our State and Local Elections''
*1932 ''The Government of European Cities''
*1934 ''Municipal Administration''
*1935 ''The New Philippine Commonwealth''

References

* Damien-Claude Bélanger
"William Bennett Munro"
In: ''Biographies of prominent Quebec and Canadian historical figures'', Marianopolis College, 2004
* Harvey Eagleson
"William Bennett Munro"
In: ''Engineering and Science'', Jan. 1960, p. 31–36

External links

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William Munro's Compilation of Seigneurial Documents, Champlain Society

1875 births
1957 deaths
Canadian eugenicists
Canadian social scientists
20th-century Canadian historians
People from Almonte, Ontario

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