Description |
1 online resource (258 pages) : maps |
Series |
Themes in Canadian history ; 13 |
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Themes in Canadian history ; 13.
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Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- CANADA'S RURAL MAJORITY: HOUSEHOLDS, ENVIRONMENTS, AND ECONOMIES, 1870-1940 -- 1. Introduction: Rediscovering Canada's Rural Majority, 1870-1940 -- 2. The Canadian Shield -- 3. The St. Lawrence Valley and Southern Great Lakes Region -- 4. The Canadian Central Plain -- 5. The Mountains -- 6. The Coast -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- References and Further Reading -- Index |
Summary |
"Before the Second World War, Canada was a rural country. Unlike most industrializing countries, Canada's rural population grew throughout the century after 1871--even if it declined as a proportion of the total population. Rural Canadians also differed in their lives from rural populations elsewhere. In a country dominated by a harsh northern climate, a short growing season, long distances, and poor land, they typically relied on three ever-shifting pillars of support: the sale of cash crops, subsistence from the local environment, and wage work off the farm. Canada's Rural Majority is an engaging and accessible history of this distinctive experience, including not only Canada's farmers, but also the hunters, gardeners, fishers, miners, loggers, and cannery workers who lived and worked in rural Canada. Focusing on the household, the environment, and the community, Canada's Rural Majority is a compelling classroom resource and an invaluable overview of this understudied aspect of Canadian history."-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 29, 2016) |
Subject |
Agriculture -- Canada -- History -- 19th century
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Agriculture -- Canada -- History -- 20th century
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Land use, Rural -- Canada -- History -- 19th century
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Land use, Rural -- Canada -- History -- 20th century
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Community life -- Canada -- History -- 19th century
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Community life -- Canada -- History -- 20th century
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Sociology, Rural -- Canada
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Rural.
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HISTORY / Canada / General
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Agriculture
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Community life
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Land use, Rural
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Rural conditions
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Sociology, Rural
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SUBJECT |
Canada -- Rural conditions
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Subject |
Canada
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781487510589 |
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1487510586 |
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9781487510596 |
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1487510594 |
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