LEADER 03769nam 2200685 450 001 9910456153703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-04548-2 010 $a9786612045486 010 $a1-4426-7881-X 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442678811 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004297 035 $a(EBL)3255382 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000307139 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11226571 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000307139 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10243790 035 $a(PQKB)11328038 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600820 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255382 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671860 035 $a(DE-B1597)464778 035 $a(OCoLC)944177647 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442678811 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671860 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257550 035 $a(OCoLC)958558876 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004297 100 $a20160923e19921980 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPromise of Eden $ethe Canadian expansionist movement and the idea of the West, 1856-1900 /$fDoug Owram 205 $aRepr. with new pref. 1992. 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1992. 210 4$dİ1980 215 $a1 online resource (281 p.) 225 0 $aHeritage 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-7390-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tPreface to the 1992 edition -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. A far and distant corner of the Empire: the image of Rupert's Land before 1850 -- $t2. New worlds to conquer: the opening of the expansionist campaign, 1856-57 -- $t3. A means to empire: Canada's reassessment of the West, 1857-69 -- $t4. Conspiracy and rebellion: the Red River resistance, 1869-70 -- $t5. The geography of empire: the quest for settlers in the 1870s -- $t6. The character of empire: the Britain of the West -- $t7. John Macoun's Eden: the final stage of expansionism, 1878-83 -- $t8. Disillusionment: regional discontent in the 1880s -- $t9. The West as past: the foundations of western history -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tA note on sources -- $tIndex 330 $aThrough the last half of the nineteenth century, numbers of Canadians began to regard the West as a land of ideal opportuniy for large-scale agricultural settlement. This belief, in turn, led Canada to insist on ownership of the region and on immediate development.Underlying the expansionist movement was the assumption that the West was to be a hinterland to central Canada, both in its economic relationship and in its cultural development. But settlers who accepted the extravagant promises of expanionism found it increasingly difficult to reconcile the assumption of easstern dominance with their own perception of the needs of the West and of Canada.Doug Owram analyses the various phases of this development, examining in particular the writings - historical, scientific, journalistic, and promotional - that illuminate one of the most significant movements in the history of nineteenth-century Canada. 410 0$aReprints in Canadian history 606 $aHISTORY / Canada / General$2bisacsh 607 $aNorthwest, Canadian$xHistory 607 $aCanada$xTerritorial expansion 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aHISTORY / Canada / General. 676 $a971.2/01 700 $aOwram$b Doug$f1947-$01038152 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456153703321 996 $aPromise of Eden$92459557 997 $aUNINA