Promise of Eden: the Canadian expansionist movement and the idea of the West, 1856-1900
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Main Author: Owram, Doug (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto, Ont. University of Toronto Press 1992
Edition:Repr. with new pref. 1992
Series:Reprints in Canadian history
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
1. A far and distant corner of the Empire: the image of Rupert's Land before 1850 -- 2. New worlds to conquer: the opening of the expansionist campaign, 1856-57 -- 3. A means to empire: Canada's reassessment of the West, 1857-69 -- 4. Conspiracy and rebellion: the Red River resistance, 1869-70 -- 5. The geography of empire: the quest for settlers in the 1870s -- 6. The character of empire: the Britain of the West -- 7. John Macoun's Eden: the final stage of expansionism, 1878-83 -- 8. Disillusionment: regional discontent in the 1880s -- 9. The West as past: the foundations of western history
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 264 p.)
ISBN:0802063853
0802073905
144267881X
9780802063854
9780802073907
9781442678811

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