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The last best West : essays on the historical geography of the Canadian prairies / Yossi Katz, John C. Lehr.

Title
The last best West : essays on the historical geography of the Canadian prairies / Yossi Katz, John C. Lehr.
Author
Kats, Yosef, 1953-
Publication
Jerusalem : Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, c1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Israel Association for Canadian Studies.
  • Lehr, John Campbell
  • Universitaḥ ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim. Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies.
Description
243 p. ; ill., maps; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Immigrants > Prairie Provinces > History
  • Land settlement > Prairie Provinces > History
  • Minorities > Prairie Provinces > History
  • Prairie Provinces > Historical geography
Note
  • At head of title: The Israel Association for Canadian Studies ; The Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-232) and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. The Mennonite agricultural settlements of Southern Manitoba -- 2. Jewish pioneer agricultural settlements -- 3. The creation of Ukrainian block settlement -- 4. The social structure of Ukrainian settlement -- 5. Hutterite settlement in Alberta -- 6. Mormons and Jews: success and failure -- 7. Religion, culture, and settlement -- 8. Ethnicity, institutions, and landscape -- 9. Institutions and pioneer settlement -- Conclusions: time, space, and society in Prairie settlement.
ISBN
9654930285
LCCN
^^^99460742^
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