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UNINA9910818674503321 |
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Autore |
Careless J. M. S (James Maurice Stockford), <1919-2009, > |
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Titolo |
Frontier and metropolis : regions, cities, and identities in Canada before 1914 / / J. M. S. Careless |
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Toronto ; ; Buffalo ; ; London : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1989 |
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©1989 |
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1-4426-5445-7 |
1-282-05661-1 |
9786612056611 |
1-4426-7510-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (147 pages) |
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Collana |
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The Donald G. Creighton lectures ; ; 1987 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cities and towns - Canada - History |
History |
Canada |
Canada Histoire |
Canada History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""LECTURE ONE: Matters of Structure and Perception""; ""LECTURE TWO: Frontierism and Metropolitanism: Concepts Revisited""; ""LECTURE THREE: The Metropolis and Identity in Canadian Experience""; ""LECTURE FOUR: External Metropolitanism in Canada's Opening Age"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The regional character of Canada and the crucial role of metropolitan development in its history have been recurring themes in the work of J.M.S. Careless. In these essays he returns to those themes, discussing how national and regional identity in Canada show vital links with metropolitan-hinterland relationship across time and space.The first essay presents an overall appraisal of the historic connections between metropolitan centres and frontiers or regions in Canada. These connections might be manifested in economic structures, political fabrics, or social networks, and also in modes of opinion and popular images and traditions. The second part of the book inquires into some |
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