Prairie West: Historical Readings - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 088864227X ISBN 13: 9780888642271

Publisher: University of Alberta Press, 1987

Synopsis

The Prairie West presents thirty-five articles on key topics in the history of prairie Canada. The second edition, which includes new topics and readings, continues to meet the needs of students by contributing to tutorial discussions and complementing course lectures.

About this title

Book Description:

Essays on key topics in the history of prairie Canada.

From the Back Cover:

The Prairie West: Historical Readings is a collection of thirty-five articles on Canadian prairie history written by Canada's leading historians, political scientists and economists. This newly expanded and revised edition of The Prairie West will continue to provide a selection of articles, which present both overview interpretation and current research, for use by scholars and students of prairie Canada. The articles are divided into fifteen topics--Interpretations and Historiography; Native People and the Fur Trade; The Métis, The Red River Colony and Canada; The West and Confederation; Indian Treaties and the Establishment of Canadian Law and Order; The Economics of Settlement; Ethnic Groups and Prairie Society; The Settlement Experience and the Creation of Prairie Institutions; Prairie Women; Rural and Agricultural Society of Prairie Canada; Urban Society and Labour in Prairie Canada; Agrarian Reform/Revolt; Prairie Society and Politics in the Great Depression; The Modern West: Politics and Economics; and Literature and Art.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 088864227X
• ISBN 13: 9780888642271
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 760
• Editor: Francis R., Palmer Howard