William B. Munro
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| Born | William Bennett Munro 5 January 1875 |
| Died | 4 September 1957 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
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William Bennett Munro (5 January 1875[1] – 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
- 1900 The droit de banalité during the French régime in Canada
- 1904 The Revolution
- 1905 "Canada and British North America. The history of North America, vol. 11
- 1906 "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
- 1907 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 [2]
- 1909 "The custom of Paris in the New World", excerpted from Juristische Festgabe des Auslandes zu Joseph Kohlers 60. Geburtstag, Stuttgart, 1909
- 1912 The Initiative, Referendum and Recall
- 1914 Selections from the Federalist, edited with an introd. by William Bennett Munro
- 1915 A Bibliography of Municipal Government in the United States
- 1915 The seigneurs of old Canada : a chronicle of New-World feudalism
- 1918 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
- ^ Twenty-fifth Anniversary Report, 1895–1920: Harvard College (1780– ). Class of 1895. The University Press. 1920. p. 321.
- ^ Munro, William Bennett, ed. (2013). Documents Relating to the Seigniorial Tenure in Canada, 1598–1854: The Publications of the Champlain Society. doi:10.3138/9781442618176. ISBN 978-1-4426-1817-6.
- 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
- Works by William B. Munro at Project Gutenberg
- Works by William Bennett Munro at Faded Page (Canada)
- Works by or about William B. Munro at Internet Archive
- Works by William B. Munro at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- William Munro's Compilation of Seigneurial Documents, Champlain Society
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