Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Early History of the Selkirk Settlement 1
5. Hudson’s Bay Company versus Sayer 18
6. Annual Routine In Red River Settlement 28
7. The Battle at the Grand Coteau, July 13 and 14,1851¹ 45
8. John A. Macdonald, Confederation, and the Canadian West 60
9. Big Bear, Indian Patriot 71
10. Canadian Nationalism In Western Newspapers 89
11. A Mennonite Community In the East Reserve: Its Origin and Growth 99
12. Expansion of Settlement In Manitoba, 1870-1900 120
13. The Hutterians: History and Communal Organization of a Rural Group 131
14. The Patrons of Industry in Manitoba, 1890-1898 142
15. W.R. Motherwell: The Emergence of a Farm Leader 166
16. Liberal Politics, Federal Policies, and the Lieutenant-Governor: Saskatchewan and Alberta, 1905¹ 179
17. History of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers’ Association 191
18. The Reform Movement in Manitoba, 1910-1915 215
19. J.S. Woodsworth And A Political Party For Labour, 1896-1921¹ 230
20. The Origin of the Farmers’ Union of Canada 254
21. The Saskatchewan Relief Commission, 1931-34¹ 267
22. The Bias of Prairie Politics 289
23. Select Bibliography on the History of the Prairie Provinces 301
24. Note on the Editor 313
25. The Contributors 315
26. The Carleton Library 317