The Prairie West: Historical ReadingsR. Douglas Francis, Howard Palmer The Prairie West presents thirty-five articles on key topics in the history of prairie Canada. The second edition, which includes new topics and readings, continues to meet the needs of students by contributing to tutorial discussions and complementing course lectures. |
Contents
Historical Writing on the Prairie West | 5 |
V | 9 |
A Century of Plain and Parkland | 27 |
Native Peoples and the Fur Trade | 43 |
Traders and Indians | 68 |
A Review of Literature | 82 |
The Metis the Red River Colony and Canada | 101 |
The Manitoba Land Question 18701882 | 118 |
The Autonomy Question and the Creation of Alberta | 364 |
J WILLIAM BRENNAN | 378 |
21 | 405 |
Rural and Agricultural Society of Prairie Canada | 451 |
Prairie Farmers and the Adoption | 475 |
Rural Local History and the Prairie West | 497 |
Urban Society and Labour in Prairie Canada | 511 |
Early WorkingClass Life on the Prairies | 544 |
Dispossession or Adaptation? Migration | 136 |
The West and Confederation | 163 |
From Riel to the Métis | 185 |
Law and Order | 205 |
The NorthWest Mounted Police | 225 |
The Economics of Settlement | 239 |
VII | 283 |
The Rise of Nativism | 308 |
VIII | 314 |
The Settlement Experience and the Creation | 335 |
Utopian Ideals and Community Settlements in Western | 352 |
Agrarian ReformRevolt | 557 |
CryptoLiberalism | 573 |
Prairie Society and Politics in the Great Depression | 627 |
The Pattern of Prairie Politics | 640 |
The Radical Character | 661 |
Politics and Economics | 681 |
A Regional Economic Overview of the West Since 1945 | 697 |
Literature and Art | 715 |
Fictions of the American and Canadian Wests | 740 |
Common terms and phrases
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