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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.
- 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--Canada--History--20th century.
- Farmers.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 244 p. : ill., maps, ports.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Northerly locations were desperately sought out after more accessible land further south was taken up. Wood identifies the demographic characteristics of the surging population of land-seekers, showing how some aspects echoed those of earlier settlers. The northern settlers of the interwar years grappled with demanding conditions, which required new adaptations. They were supported in their efforts by politicians, bureaucrats, and religious leaders who had less than innocent reasons for endorsing what were questionable settlement experiments in unopened or abandoned areas. The book includes a series of gripping case studies to illustrate both the face of failure and what appear to have been the ingredients for success in marginal areas.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- List of Figures, Tables, and Illustrations
- Preface
- The Impulse to Expand the Farm Frontier
- New Territory, New People
- Old Nature and the Challenges to Farm Settlement
- Frontier Myth and Self-serving Agendas
- Living the Marginal Experience, From Abitibi to Peace River
- Reflecting on the Expansion into Marginal Lands
- The Frontier as Male Territory
- The Canada Land Inventory Maps
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612850073
- 9780773578098
- 0773578099
- 9781282850071
- 1282850075
- 9780773560109
- 0773560106
- OCLC:
- 311308039
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