Forging the Prairie West

Thompson, John Herd 1946- (Author).

Summary: The word "prairie" calls to mind a vista of golden grain, or Red River carts crossing a sea of waving grass. Canadians forget that the provinces sometimes called "prairie" span enormous geographical diversity, from the grasslands to the poplar bluffs of the "park belt," from the Canadian shield to the Rocky Mountains. The human geography of these provinces is equally diverse. Like any politically defined region, the Prairie West is much more the product of human activity and imagination than of physical geography. Forging the Prairie West explores the histories of the peoples who, over the past four centuries, have transformed the Prairies into a 'region of the mind'.--adapted from publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 0195410491
ISBN: 9780195410495
Physical Description: xii, 212 pages, [14] pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm.
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Publisher: Toronto : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-203) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Imag[in]ing a Region -- 2. "Ever...useless to cultivate man" -- 3. Culture in Contact, 1670 to 1821 -- 4. Fur Trade to Settlemenet, 1821-70 -- 5. Making the Prairie West Canadian, 1870-1900 -- 6. The Twentieth Century Belongs to the Canadian West, 1901-21 -- 7. Harsh Realities of Region, 1921-39 -- 8. Prairie Canada Recast, 1940-70 -- 9. The Prairie West and the Nation, 1971-94
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:	Donation (copy 2 only) ; 2006/11.