03131nam 2200745 450 991080811950332120230912153627.01-282-04548-297866120454861-4426-7881-X10.3138/9781442678811(CKB)2420000000004297(EBL)3255382(SSID)ssj0000307139(PQKBManifestationID)11226571(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000307139(PQKBWorkID)10243790(PQKB)11328038(CaBNvSL)thg00600820 (DE-B1597)464778(OCoLC)944177647(DE-B1597)9781442678811(Au-PeEL)EBL4671860(CaPaEBR)ebr11257550(OCoLC)958558876(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/bd0x27(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/5/417497(MiAaPQ)EBC4671860(OCoLC)288105945(MdBmJHUP)musev2_105124(MiAaPQ)EBC3255382(EXLCZ)99242000000000429720160923e19921980 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPromise of Eden the Canadian expansionist movement and the idea of the West, 1856-1900 /Doug OwramRepr. with new pref. 1992.Toronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,1992.©19801 online resource (281 p.)HeritageDescription based upon print version of record.0-8020-7390-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. A far and distant corner of the Empire: the image of Rupert's Land before 1850 -- 2. New worlds to conquer: the opening of the expansionist campaign, 1856-57 -- 3. A means to empire: Canada's reassessment of the West, 1857-69 -- 4. Conspiracy and rebellion: the Red River resistance, 1869-70 -- 5. The geography of empire: the quest for settlers in the 1870s -- 6. The character of empire: the Britain of the West -- 7. John Macoun's Eden: the final stage of expansionism, 1878-83 -- 8. Disillusionment: regional discontent in the 1880s -- 9. The West as past: the foundations of western history.Doug Owram analyses the various phases of this development, examining in particular the writings - historical, scientific, journalistic, and promotional - that illuminate one of the most significant movements in the history of nineteenth-century Canada.Reprints in Canadian historyHISTORY / Canada / GeneralbisacshNorthwest, CanadianHistoryCanadaTerritorial expansionHistory.Electronic books. HISTORY / Canada / General.971.2/01Owram Doug1947-1688762MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808119503321Promise of Eden4063271UNINA