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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455815703321

Titolo

Concise historical atlas of Canada / / edited by William G. Dean [and three others] ; cartography by Geoffrey J. Matthews and Byron Moldofsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , [1998]

©[1998]

ISBN

1-282-02570-8

9786612025709

1-4426-7320-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

Historical Atlas of Canada

Disciplina

911.71

Soggetti

HISTORY / Canada / General

Electronic books.

Canada Historical geography Maps

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The Concise historical atlas of Canada is based on the three-volume Historical atlas of Canada"--P. [iii].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- Publisher's Note -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Overview 1 -- Prehistoric and Native Canada -- Exploration -- Territorial Extent -- Population -- Transport and Urbanization -- The Economy -- Society -- Part Two: Defining Episodes -- Overview 2 -- The East -- The West and the North -- Notes and Sources

Sommario/riassunto

The Concise Historical Atlas of Canada is a beautiful record of Canada's peoples and development. The book combines text and graphic material to create an extraordinarily rich picture of Canada's past, and presents a splendid visual record of the roots of our society and the evolution of the intensely regional, culturally diverse nation we know today. Based on the best-selling three-volume Historical Atlas of Canada, the Concise distills the best and most important plates into a single, comprehensive, thematically organized volume. It represents more than 20 years of collaborative effort between highly accomplished



cartographers and a wide range of scholars.The goal of the Concise Historical Atlas of Canada is simple: to summarize Canadian history from prehistory through to the latter part of the twentieth century. To accomplish this goal, the editors selected 67 plates from the nearly 200 plates found in the full set. Each plate is a double-page spread of maps, graphics, legends, and text on a single subject or theme, and is accompanied by a bibliographical note at the end of the volume. Collectively, the plates represent both the crucial events and the continuity of life that made Canada. The editors intend their selection to mirror the social and economic experiences of ordinary people more than the political and military activities associated with individual heroes.While the plates selected from the full three-volume set are used without modification, the Concise Historical Atlas of Canada follows its own organizational structure. Plates have been grouped under three headings: 'National Perspectives,' 'Defining Episodes,' and 'Regional Patterns,' each with a new introductory essay. 'National Perspectives' gives overarching views of the land mass and the process of nation building. Among the topics covered are prehistoric and Native Canada, exploration, the establishment of boundaries, settlement and population patterns, and the development of t