Promise of Eden: The Canadian Expansionist Movement and the Idea of the West, 1856-1900
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Through the last half of the nineteenth century, numbers of Canadians began to regard the West as a land of ideal opportuniy for large-scale agricultural settlement. This belief, in turn, led Canada to insist on ownership of the region and on immediate development. Underlying the expansionist movement was the assumption that the West was to be a hinterland to central Canada, both in its economic relationship and in its cultural development...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0802073905
ISBN13:9780802073907
Release Date:November 1992
Publisher:University of Toronto Press
Length:264 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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