Research Catalog

Title

"Toil and peaceful life" : Doukhobor village settlement in Saskatchewan, 1899-1918 / Carl J. Tracie.

Author

Tracie, Carl J. (Carl Joseph), 1939-

Publication

Regina : Canadian Plains Research Center, 1996.

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Additional Authors

University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center

Description

xii, 230 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

The Doukhobors, a persecuted and impoverished Russian sect, came to Canada in 1899 as one of the largest cohesive groups in the government's campaign to draw experienced farmers to unoccupied western land. This book provides a detailed examination of the Doukhobors' unique cultural landscapes, with the geographical focus on the three blocks of land set aside for them by the government in Saskatchewan. It considers the factors influencing the location of the original village sites and describes the form and pattern of the villages and fields. It also traces inter-village, inter-reserve, and interprovincial movement, and village consolidation as it became clear that direct conflict with government was unavoidable. The book identifies and analyzes thevalues which prevented Doukhobor/government compromise and ends withthe final dispersal of the government-held village lands in the original reserves in 1918.

Subject

• Dukhobors > Saskatchewan > History
• Dukhobors > Saskatchewan > Social life and customs
• Dukhobors > Canada > Government relations
• Agricultural colonies > Saskatchewan > History
• Doukhobors > Saskatchewan > Histoire
• Doukhobors > Saskatchewan > Moeurs et coutumes
• Doukhobors > Canada > Relations avec l'État
• Colonies agricoles > Saskatchewan > Histoire
• Saskatchewan > Social life and customs
• Saskatchewan > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Preparation -- 2. Beginning, 1899 -- 3. The North Colony, 1899 -- 4. The South Colony and Annex, 1899 -- 5. The Saskatchewan Colony, 1899 -- 6. Flux, 1899-1905 -- 7. Stasis, 1905 -- 8. The North Colony, 1905 -- 9. The South Colony and Annex, 1905 -- 10. The Saskatchewan Colony, 1905 -- 11. Decline, 1906-1913 -- 12. Transition, 1913 -- 13. The North Colony, 1913 -- 14. The South Colony and Annex, 1913 -- 15. The Saskatchewan Colony, 1913 -- 16. Dissolution, 1913-1918 -- 17. Conclusion -- App. A. Doukhobor Villages, Legal and File Location -- App. B. Surveyor's Notebooks.

ISBN

0889771006 :

LCCN

cn^96920141^

OCLC

35974620

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library