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7 Railways and Homesteading on the Prairies: Sharing the Public Lands
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Peter A. Russell
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Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Abbreviations ix
- Agricultural Crises in the Canadas in the Nineteenth Century 3
- Farm Families and Markets - Peasants, Pioneers, and Profit Maximizers 12
- Quebec: An Agricultural Crisis and Its Critics 36
- Comparisons of Agriculture in Nineteenth-Century Quebec and Ontario 82
- The Staples Thesis Expounded, Critiqued, and Modified 96
- Gagan and the “Critical Years” in Canada West: A Second Agricultural Crisis? 142
- Land-Hungry Nationalisms on the Prairies 168
- Railways and Homesteading on the Prairies: Sharing the Public Lands 190
- Native Farming on the Prairies 209
- Prairie Agriculture’s Historiographic Debates 229
- What Historiographic Debates Can Tell Us 277
- Notes 287
- Other Sources Used 365
- Index 385
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Abbreviations ix
- Agricultural Crises in the Canadas in the Nineteenth Century 3
- Farm Families and Markets - Peasants, Pioneers, and Profit Maximizers 12
- Quebec: An Agricultural Crisis and Its Critics 36
- Comparisons of Agriculture in Nineteenth-Century Quebec and Ontario 82
- The Staples Thesis Expounded, Critiqued, and Modified 96
- Gagan and the “Critical Years” in Canada West: A Second Agricultural Crisis? 142
- Land-Hungry Nationalisms on the Prairies 168
- Railways and Homesteading on the Prairies: Sharing the Public Lands 190
- Native Farming on the Prairies 209
- Prairie Agriculture’s Historiographic Debates 229
- What Historiographic Debates Can Tell Us 277
- Notes 287
- Other Sources Used 365
- Index 385
