Scoundrels, Dreamers & Second Sons: British Remittance Men in the Canadian West
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Beginning in 1880, thousands of young, upper-class British men with few prospects were sent to the Canadian West to distance them from British society. Still supported by their families, thus earning them the title remittance men, these men set out to continue their lives of leisure in this new land. With education, respectable breeding and the belief from birth that they were superior beings, the remittance men descended upon Western...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1550177451
ISBN13:9781550177459
Release Date:May 2016
Publisher:Harbour Publishing
Length:232 Pages
Weight:0.86 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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