The Shiners' War: Social Violence in the Ottawa Valley in the 1830s

This article provides social, ethnic and class perspectives on the turmoil, known as the Shiners' War, in the Ottawa Valley in the 1830s. The author concludes that "...the time of the lower orders had not yet come. In the Shiners War, the ultimate victory of the [upper] classes over the masses was a near-inevitability."