Title Canada's rural majority : households, environments, and economies, 1870-1940 / R.W. Sandwell

Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (258 pages) : maps Series Themes in Canadian history ; 13 Themes in Canadian history ; 13. 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 Agriculture -- Canada -- History -- 20th century Land use, Rural -- Canada -- History -- 19th century Land use, Rural -- Canada -- History -- 20th century Community life -- Canada -- History -- 19th century Community life -- Canada -- History -- 20th century Sociology, Rural -- Canada SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Rural. HISTORY / Canada / General Agriculture Community life Land use, Rural Rural conditions Sociology, Rural SUBJECT Canada -- Rural conditions Subject Canada Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781487510589 1487510586 9781487510596 1487510594

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