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Places of last resort : the expansion of the farm frontier into the boreal forest in Canada, c. 1910-1940
- Title
- Places of last resort : the expansion of the farm frontier into the boreal forest in Canada, c. 1910-1940 / J. David Wood.
- Author
- Wood, J. David (John David)
- Publication
- Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2006], ©2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | S451.5.A1 W66 2006 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xviii, 244 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-237) and index.
- Contents
- 1. The impulse to expand the farm frontier -- 2. New territory, new people -- 3. Old nature and the challenges to farm settlement -- 4. Frontier myth and self-serving agendas -- 5. Living the marginal experience, from Abitibi to Peace River -- 6. Reflecting on the expansion into marginal lands -- App. A. The frontier as male territory -- App. B. The Canada land inventory maps.
- ISBN
- 0773530398
- LCCN
- 9780773530393
- OCLC
- OCM63467522
- SCSB-5267414
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries