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Promise of Eden
The Canadian Expansionist Movement and the Idea of the West, 1856-1900
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English
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1992
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Doug Owram analyses the various phases of this development, examining in particular the writings - historical, scientific, journalistic, and promotional - that illuminate one of the most significant movements in the history of nineteenth-century Canada.
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Owram Doug :
Doug Owram is Deputy Vice Chancellor and Principal at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgements
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Preface to the 1992 edition
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Introduction
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1. A far and distant corner of the Empire: the image of Rupert's Land before 1850
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2. New worlds to conquer: the opening of the expansionist campaign, 1856-57
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3. A means to empire: Canada's reassessment of the West, 1857-69
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4. Conspiracy and rebellion: the Red River resistance, 1869-70
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5. The geography of empire: the quest for settlers in the 1870s
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6. The character of empire: the Britain of the West
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7. John Macoun's Eden: the final stage of expansionism, 1878-83
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8. Disillusionment: regional discontent in the 1880s
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9. The West as past: the foundations of western history
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Conclusion
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Notes
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A note on sources
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Index
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November 13, 1992
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9781442678811
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264
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College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
