1 Notes toward a History of Rural Canada, 1870–1940

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. History, Trends, and Territory
7. Notes toward a History of Rural Canada, 1870–1940 21
8. Globalization and Rural Change in Canada’s Territorial North 43
9. Destination Rural 67
10. Structure and Discourse
11. Rural-Urban Interdependence 91
12. Labour Migration and Mobility in Newfoundland 110
13. Producing Globalization 131
14. Changes in the Social Imaginings of the Landscape 148
15. Logic of Land and Power 169
16. Including Youth in an Aging Rural Society 189
17. Culture and Identity
18. It’s Who We Are 211
19. Visions of Rootedness and Flow 232
20. Governing Transformation and Resilience 249
21. Mill Town Identity Crisis 269
22. The Social Transformation of Agriculture 291
23. Voice and Action
24. “That’s No Way to Run a Railroad” 309
25. “It’s the Largest, Remotest, Most Wild, Undisturbed Area in the Province” 327
26. Newfoundland and Labrador’s Poverty Reduction Strategy 346
27. Cultural and Creative Economy Strategies for Community Transformation 368
28. Postscript 387
29. Contributors 390
30. Index 393