When the prairie region was transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, the central government acquired control over a territory that had a 200-year history of economic and cultural interchange between Indians mixed-bloods, and whites. The federal government was determined to administer the new lands in the interests of the dominion as a whole, and to that end the relationship of the prairie west to the central government was to be that of a colony, a statement borne out by the acts establishing Manitoba and later Saskatchewan and Alberta as provinces, for control over the public lands and resources in all three provinces was retained by the federal government until as late as 1930. Furthermore, the federal government wished to see established in the prairie west a society based on the values that were thought to be embodied in Central Canada, the values of a peaceful, ordered, and law-abiding community-essentially British values.
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: University of Alberta
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,
Type: BOOK - Published: 1975 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
When the prairie region was transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, the central government acquired control over a territory that had a 200-year history of economic and cultural interchange between Indians mixed-bloods, and whites. The federal government was determined to administer the new lands in the interests of
Authors: Mary E. Bond, Martine M. Caron, Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, National Library of Canada
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: UBC Press
In parallel columns of French and English, lists over 4,000 reference works and books on history and the humanities, breaking down the large divisions by subject, genre, type of document, and province or territory. Includes titles of national, provincial, territorial, or regional interest in every subject area when available. The
Type: BOOK - Published: 1985-01-01 - Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
The New Practical Guide to Canadian Political Economy is a handy reference to the vast range of research and writing that political economists in Canada have completed to the date of publication. The book is divided into twenty-five subject bibliographies, each one compiled and introduced by an expert in the
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: University of Calgary Press
For much of its 122-year history, the Bar U ranch can claim to have been one of the most famous ranches in Canada. This title integrates the history of ranching in Alberta with larger issues of ranch historiography in the American and Canadian West and contributes greatly to the overall