Drought and Depression : History of the Prairie West, Volume 6 / ed. by Gregory P. Marchildon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marchildon, Gregory P., Editor.

Series:

History of the Prairie West

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Place of Publication:

Regina : University of Regina Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Great Depression of the 1930s often recalls images of the drought-stricken Canadian Prairies. It was a region in the grips of an environmental disaster made even worse by the economic effects of the Depression. Between 1929 and 1932, per capita incomes fell by half in Manitoba, by 61 per cent in Alberta, and by an astonishing 72 per cent in Saskatchewan. The result was an enormous political and social upheaval that swept through the rest of the country. This sixth volume of the History of the Prairie West Series contains a broad range of articles bringing together the best research of the past forty years about this pivotal decade in the history of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. It features a multifaceted investigation of the Great Depression on the Canadian Prairies and covers a broad range of topics, including unemployment, ecology, coal miners' strikes, soldier settlements, school disintegration, homesteading, prairie politics, and the legacy of the rural prairie novel.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction to Drought & Depression

PART I Drought in the Dry Belt: Precursor to the Great Depression

1. The Dry Belt and Changing Aridity in the Palliser Triangle, 18952000

2. Schools and Social Disintegration in the Alberta Dry Belt of the Twenties

3. Institutional Adaptation to Drought and the Special Areas of Alberta, 19091939

4. History, Public Memory, and the Land Abandonment Crisis of the 1920s

PART II Dislocation and Conflict

5. Bienfait: Origins and Legacy of the Coal Miners Strike of 1931

6. Unemployed Struggles in Saskatchewan and Canada, 19301935

7. No Help for the Farm Help: The Farm Employment Plans of the 1930s in Prairie Canada

8. Soldier Settlement and Depression Settlement in the Forest Fringe of Saskatchewan

9. Homesteading in Northern Alberta during the Great Depression: A Life History Approach

PART III Policy, Politics, and Lasting Perceptions

10. The Red Cross and Relief in Alberta, 1920s1930s

11. From Short-Term Emergency to Long-Term Crisis: Public Works Projects in Saskatoon, 19291932

12. Robert Weir: Forgotten Farmer-Minister in R. B. Bennetts Depression-Era Cabinet

13. Alberta Social Credit Reappraised: The Radical Character of the Early Social Credit Movement

14. The Rural Prairie Novel and the Great Depression

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Jan 2024)

ISBN:

9780889775404

0889775400

OCLC:

1419789518