University of Toronto Press
Concise Historical Atlas of Canada
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About this book
A distillation of sixty-seven of the best and most important plates from the original three volumes of the bestselling of the Historical Atlas of Canada.
Author / Editor information
William G. Dean is Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography, University of Toronto. He and John Warkentin first discussed the Historical Atlas of Canada project in 1968, and Dean was appointed director of the original Organizing Committee in 1970. He has been the director of the Atlas project since its formal beginning in 1979.Heidenreich Conrad :
Conrad Heidenreich is a professor in the Department of Geography, York University. He was a member of the editorial board for volume I of the Historical Atlas of Canada.McIlwraith Thomas :
Thomas F. McIlwraith is a professor in the Department of Geography at Erindale College, University of Toronto. He is a member of the original Organizing Committee and served as co-ordinator for the Concise Historical Atlas of Canada. He is the author of Looking for Old Ontario.Matthews Geoffrey J. :
Geoffrey J. Matthews was Chief Cartographer at the University of Toronto for more than thirty years, until his retirement in 1993. He was cartographer for twenty previous atlases, including all three volumes of the Historical Atlas of Canada, as well as the Economic Atlas of Ontario, which won the Leipzig Award for the most beautiful book in the world in 1970.Moldofsky Byron :
Byron Moldofsky is a graduate in geography and cartography of the University of Toronto and Queen's University. He has spent the past sixteen years as a cartographer and Production Co-ordinator with the Atlas project.
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Frontmatter
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Brief Contents
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Contents
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Publisher's Note
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
xx - Part One: National Perspectives
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Overview 1
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Prehistoric and Native Canada
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Exploration
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Territorial Extent
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Population
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Transport and Urbanization
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The Economy
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Society
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Part Two: Defining Episodes
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Overview 2
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The East
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The West and the North
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Notes and Sources
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