National Capital Commission jurisdiction, according to the constitution of Canada. Others have criticized the group for what they perceive to be poor or misguided planning decisions. National Capital Commission The National Capital Commission (NCC; , CCN) is the Canadian Crown corporation responsible for planning, as well as taking part in the development, conservation and improvement of Canada’s Capital Region. It administers a large number of federally owned lands and buildings in the National Capital Region (Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec). The NCC was created by Canada's Parliament in 1959 under the National Capital Act to replace the Federal District Commission (FDC), created in
The Age of Capital: 1848–1875 and (through the connections of colonialism and imperialism) world history. The Age of Capital: 1848–1875 The Age of Capital: 1848–1875 is a book by Eric Hobsbawm, first published in 1975. It is the second in a trilogy of books about "the long 19th century" (coined by Hobsbawm), preceded by "" and followed by "". A fourth book, "The Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914–1991", acts as a sequel to the trilogy. Hobsbawm analyzed the 19th and 20th century processes of modernization using what he calls the dual revolution thesis, which recognized the dual importance of the French Revolution