CCF colonialism in Northern Saskatchewan : battling parish priests, bootleggers, and fur sharks / David M. Quiring.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quiring, David M. (David Menno), 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Socialism--Saskatchewan, Northern--History--20th century.

Socialism.

Saskatchewan, Northern--Economic conditions.

Saskatchewan, Northern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Often remembered for its humanitarian platform and its pioneering social programs, Saskatchewan's Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) wrought a much less scrutinized legacy in the northern regions of the province during the twenty years it governed. Until the 1940s churches, fur traders, and other wealthy outsiders held uncontested control over Saskatchewan's northern region. Following its rise to power in 1944, the CCF undertook aggressive efforts to unseat these traditional powers and to install a new socialist economy and society in largely Aboriginal northern communities. The next two decades brought major changes to the region as well-meaning government planners grossly misjudged the challenges that confronted the north and failed to implement programs that would meet northern needs. As the CCF's efforts to modernize and assimilate northern people met with frustration, it was the northern people themselves that inevitably suffered from the fallout of this failure. In an elegantly written history that documents the colonial relationship between the CCF and the Saskatchewan north, David M. Quiring draws on extensive archival research and oral history to offer a fresh look at the CCF era. This examination will find a welcome audience among historians of the north, Aboriginal scholars, and general readers.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: At the Crossroads; 1 Another Country Altogether; Part Two: Building the Colonial Structure; 2 From the Top; 3 The Ultimate Solution; 4 A Deterrent to Development; Part Three: The Segregated Economy; 5 Never Before Have We Been So Poor; 6 At the Point of a Gun; 7 Just One Jump Out of the Stone Age; 8 A Pre-Industrial Way of Life; Part Four: Poverty-Stricken and Disease-Ridden; 9 Scarcely More Than Palliative; 10 Dollars Are Worth More Than Lives; Epilogue: We Will Measure Our Success; Appendices

Appendix A: Comments on Collection ofOral HistoryAppendix B: Electoral Record; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references: p. [329]-342.

ISBN:

0-7748-5100-7

OCLC:

923441427