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Places of last resort : the expansion of the farm frontier into the boreal forest in Canada, c. 1910-1940 / J. David Wood.
LIBRA S451.5.A1 W66 2006
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wood, J. David (John David)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculturally marginal lands--Canada--History--20th century.
- Agriculturally marginal lands.
- Agriculturally marginal lands--Government policy--Canada.
- Clearing of land--Canada--History--20th century.
- Clearing of land.
- Land settlement--Canada.
- Land settlement.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Canada.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Farmers.
- History.
- Government policy.
- Canada.
- Farmers--Canada--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 244 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2006]
- Summary:
- A retelling of the colonization of marginal lands among the boreal fringes of Canada.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references: pages [219]-237.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0773530398
- 0773530975
- OCLC:
- 63467522
- Publisher Number:
- 9780773530393
- 9780773530973
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