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"Dominion lands" policy / Chester Martin ; edited and with an introduction by Lewis H. Thomas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Chester, 1882-1958.
- Series:
- Carleton library ; 69.
- Carleton library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Land grants--Canada--History.
- Land grants.
- Public lands--Northwest, Canadian--History.
- Public lands.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 259 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1973.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- First published in 1938, this work is important for an understanding of the settlement of the three prairie provinces and of the implementation of the National Policy initiated by Sir John A. Macdonald.
- Contents:
- 1. The Surrender of Rupert's Land
- 2. "The Purposes of the Dominion"
- 3. Railway Land Grants: The C.P.R.
- 4. Railway Land Grants: Colonization Railways
- 5. Railway Land Grants: Policies And By-Products
- 6. School Lands
- 7. The Free Homestead System: The Background in the United States
- 8. The Free-Homestead System: The British Provinces
- 9. The Free-Homestead System for "Dominion Lands"
- 10. Pre-Emptions and Purchased Homesteads: The Passing of the Free-Homestead System
- 11. Swamp Lands, Grazing, Timber, Mining and Water Rights
- 12. "The Natural Resources Question": The Transfer of 1930
- 13. Federal Policies and Provincial Problems.
- Notes:
- Originally published in 1938 in a volume which also included A. S. Morton's History of prairie settlement.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-53103-8
- 9786613843487
- 0-7735-8319-X
- OCLC:
- 746100555
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