Tracey L. Adams is a professor in the Department of Sociology at Western University. Her earlier work, A Dentist and a Gentleman, is also published by University of Toronto Press.

"In this deeply researched and well-argued book, Tracey Adams provides a valuable comparative examination of professions in four Canadian provinces with an eye to testing several key sociological theories. It is historical sociology done well, and the book should be essential reading for anyone examining the history of professions in the Anglo-American world." - Dan Malleck, Brock University (Social History of Medicine)

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Theorizing Professions2. The Emergence of Self-Regulating Professions in Pre-Confederation Canada3. Self-Regulating Professions Post-Confederation4. Case Studies in Self-Regulation: Medicine, Dentistry, and Land Surveying5. The Expansion and Alteration of Professional Self-Regulation, 1900−1930s6. Contests over the Regulation of "Drugless Healers," 1900−1930sConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

Tracey L. Adams is a professor in the Department of Sociology at Western University. Her earlier work, A Dentist and a Gentleman, is also published by University of Toronto Press.

"In this deeply researched and well-argued book, Tracey Adams provides a valuable comparative examination of professions in four Canadian provinces with an eye to testing several key sociological theories. It is historical sociology done well, and the book should be essential reading for anyone examining the history of professions in the Anglo-American world." - Dan Malleck, Brock University (Social History of Medicine)

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Theorizing Professions2. The Emergence of Self-Regulating Professions in Pre-Confederation Canada3. Self-Regulating Professions Post-Confederation4. Case Studies in Self-Regulation: Medicine, Dentistry, and Land Surveying5. The Expansion and Alteration of Professional Self-Regulation, 1900−1930s6. Contests over the Regulation of "Drugless Healers," 1900−1930sConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

Tracey L. Adams is a professor in the Department of Sociology at Western University. Her earlier work, A Dentist and a Gentleman, is also published by University of Toronto Press.

"In this deeply researched and well-argued book, Tracey Adams provides a valuable comparative examination of professions in four Canadian provinces with an eye to testing several key sociological theories. It is historical sociology done well, and the book should be essential reading for anyone examining the history of professions in the Anglo-American world." - Dan Malleck, Brock University (Social History of Medicine)

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Theorizing Professions2. The Emergence of Self-Regulating Professions in Pre-Confederation Canada3. Self-Regulating Professions Post-Confederation4. Case Studies in Self-Regulation: Medicine, Dentistry, and Land Surveying5. The Expansion and Alteration of Professional Self-Regulation, 1900−1930s6. Contests over the Regulation of "Drugless Healers," 1900−1930sConclusionNotesReferencesIndex