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Places of Last Resort
The Expansion of the Farm Frontier into the Boreal Forest in Canada, c. 1910-1940
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English
Published/Copyright:
2006
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Tens of thousands of Canadian settlers faced the challenge of starting a farm in the near North in the 1910s, twenties, and thirties. In Places of Last Resort David Wood documents this last significant expansion of farm settlement in Canada and the often painful process of discovering that there was a limit to how far traditional farming could go.
Author / Editor information
Wood J. David :
J. David Wood is professor emeritus of geography, York University, and the author of several books, including Making Ontario: Agricultural Colonization and Landscape Re-Creation before the Railway.J. David Wood is professor emeritus of geography, York University, and the author of several books, including Making Ontario: Agricultural Colonization and Landscape Re-Creation before the Railway.
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Front Matter
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Contents
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List of Figures, Tables, and Illustrations
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Preface
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The Impulse to Expand the Farm Frontier
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New Territory, New People
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Old Nature and the Challenges to Farm Settlement
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Frontier Myth and Self-serving Agendas
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Living the Marginal Experience, From Abitibi to Peace River
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Reflecting on the Expansion into Marginal Lands
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The Frontier as Male Territory
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The Canada Land Inventory Maps
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
239
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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
July 6, 2006
eBook ISBN:
9780773560109
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
264
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10 b&w photographs
eBook ISBN:
9780773560109
Audience(s) for this book
College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
