Canada's Rural Majority : Households, Environments, and Economies, 1870-1940 / R.W. Sandwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sandwell, R.W., Author.

Series:

Themes in Canadian history ; 13.

Themes in Canadian History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Canada--History--19th century.

Agriculture.

Agriculture--Canada--History--20th century.

Land use, Rural--Canada--History--19th century.

Land use, Rural.

Land use, Rural--Canada--History--20th century.

Community life--Canada--History--19th century.

Community life.

Community life--Canada--History--20th century.

Sociology, Rural--Canada.

Sociology, Rural.

Canada--Rural conditions.

Canada.

Genre:

Libros electronicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Before the Second World War, Canada was a rural country. Unlike most industrializing countries, Canada's rural population grew throughout the century after 1871--even if it declined as a proportion of the total population. Rural Canadians also differed in their lives from rural populations elsewhere. In a country dominated by a harsh northern climate, a short growing season, long distances, and poor land, they typically relied on three ever-shifting pillars of support: the sale of cash crops, subsistence from the local environment, and wage work off the farm. Canada's Rural Majority is an engaging and accessible history of this distinctive experience, including not only Canada's farmers, but also the hunters, gardeners, fishers, miners, loggers, and cannery workers who lived and worked in rural Canada. Focusing on the household, the environment, and the community, Canada's Rural Majority is a compelling classroom resource and an invaluable overview of this understudied aspect of Canadian history."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

CANADA'S RURAL MAJORITY: HOUSEHOLDS, ENVIRONMENTS, AND ECONOMIES, 1870-1940

1. Introduction: Rediscovering Canada's Rural Majority, 1870-1940

2. The Canadian Shield

3. The St. Lawrence Valley and Southern Great Lakes Region

4. The Canadian Central Plain

5. The Mountains

6. The Coast

7. Conclusion

Notes

References and Further Reading

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-245) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-1059-4

1-4875-1058-6

OCLC:

944187300