| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 227 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits |
| Series |
McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 27 |
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McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 27.
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| Contents |
A long while between dog teams: climate, communications, and isolation -- Meatless, wheatless, and sweetless days: the domestic arrangements of a northern home -- "Speaking of me and Franklin": women travellers in the arctic -- Travels with the "more realistic" sex in the 1920's and 1930's -- "Standing in the gap": anglican women and the northern mission -- "Faith inspires, distinguishes, and explains it": the grey nuns' mission in the north -- White women have strange ways: connections and distinctions between cultures -- "A certain amount of unpleasantness": one woman's encounter with the Holy Trinity of the north |
| Summary |
This book details the struggles of the over 500 European women who travelled or lived in Canada's Northwest Territories before 1940 to set up a home in the harsh environment. The geography also forced them to adjust they way they worked. For instance, letters and reports of the Grey Nuns who worked alongside the Oblate Fathers in the Mackenzie indicate the hardships imposed by their situation but also show how driven they were by their missionary purpose |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Women, White -- Canada, Northern -- History
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Europeans -- Canada, Northern -- History
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HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Rural.
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Europeans.
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Social conditions
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Women, White.
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Europäerin
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Vrouwen.
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Europeanen.
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Blanches -- Canada (Nord) -- Histoire.
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Européens -- Canada (Nord) -- Histoire.
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Geschichte 1900-1940.
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| SUBJECT |
Canada, Northern -- Social conditions
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Northwest Territories -- History
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| Subject |
Northern Canada.
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Northwest Territories.
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Kanada -- Nord
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Canada (Nord) -- Conditions sociales.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773569294 |
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0773569294 |
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1282859382 |
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9781282859388 |
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9786612859380 |
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6612859385 |
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