Historical atlas of Canada. Volume 2, The land transformed, 1800-1891 / R. Louis Gentilcore, editor ; Don Measner, associate editor ; Ronald H. Walder, associate editor ; Geoffrey J. Matthews, illustrator ; Byron Moldofsky, contributor.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Gentilcore, R. Louis, 1924- editor.
• Measner, Don, editor.
• Walder, Ronald H., editor.
• Matthews, Geoffrey J., illustrator.
• Moldofsky, Byron, 1953- contributor.

Series:

• Historical atlas of Canada ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Canada--Historical geography--Maps.
• Canada--History--19th century.

Genre:

• Maps.
• History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Momentous events of the time are captured in this volume, which provides a splendid visual record of the drama of nation building and the roots of the diverse nation we know today.

Contents:

• Contents
• Donors
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Canada in the Nineteenth century
• 1 Images of Canada
• 2 Exploration to mid-century
• 3 Exploration and assessment to 1891
• 4 Eastern Canada in 1800
• 5 Canada in 1891
• 6 The look of domestic building, 1891
• Part one: extending the frontier: settlement to mid-century
• an immigrant population
• 7 The coming of the loyalists
• 8 Origins of the newfoundland population, 1836
• 9 Transatlantic migrations, to 1851
• 10 Population in the Canadas and the maritimes to 1851 expanding economies
• 11 Timber production and trade to 1850
• 12 Agriculture in Atlantic Canada, 1851
• 13 an established agriculture: lower Canada to 1851
• 14 The new agriculture: upper Canada to 1851
• 15 Trade to mid-century
• 16 By hand and by water: manufacturing to 1851
• 17 The fur trade northwest to 1870
• 18 The red river settlement
• 19 The fur trade in the cordillera to 1857
• 20 Urban places to mid-century
• Part two: building a nation: Canada to the end of the century forging the links
• 21 From sea to sea: territorial growth to 1900
• 22 Invasion repulsed, 1812-1814
• 23 Unrest in the Canadas
• 24 British garrisons to 1871
• 25 Emergence of a transportation system, 1837-1852
• 26 The railway age, 1834-1891
• 27 Linking Canada, 1867-1891
• 28 Politics and parties, 1867-1896
• the people
• 29 The Canadian population, 1871,1891
• 30 The fertility transition, 1851-1891
• 31 The exodus: migrations, 1860-1900
• 32 Native reserves of eastern Canada to 1900
• 33 Native reserves: names and descriptions
• 34 Native reserves of western Canada to 1900
• 35 Dispersal of the Manitoba Matis and the Northwest rebellion, 1870-1885
• 36 The gold rushes in British Columbia, 1858-1881
• 37 Canadian fisheries, 1850-1900
• 38 The forest industry, 1850-1890
• 39 Ships and shipping, 1863-1914
• 40 Agricultural change in Québec to 1891
• 41 Agricultural change in Ontario, 1851-1891
• 42 Homesteading and agriculture in the west, 1872-1891
• 43 International trade to 1891: urbanization and manufacturing
• 44 Banking and finance
• 45 An emerging urban system, 1845,1885
• 46 From firewood to coal: fueling the nation to 1891
• 47 Elements of industrial transition, 1851-1871
• 48 The developing industrial heartland, 1871-1891
• 49 Social change in Montreal, 1842-1901
• 50 Commerce in the core: Toronto, 1881
• a changing society
• 51 The printed word
• 52 Religious denominations, 1891
• 53 Defining sacred space
• 54 Education: variety and separateness, 1851-1891
• 55 The quest for universal schooling, 1851-1891
• 56 Responses to poverty to 1891.

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-184)
• Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 26, 2016).

ISBN:

• 1-282-01194-4
• 9786612011948
• 1-4426-7575-6

OCLC:

944178129