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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   $a1. 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.
330   $aDoug Owram analyses the various phases of this development, examining in particular the writings - historical, scientific, journalistic, and promotional - that illuminate one of the most significant movements in the history of nineteenth-century Canada.
410  0$aReprints in Canadian history
606   $aHISTORY / Canada / General$2bisacsh
607   $aNorthwest, Canadian$xHistory
607   $aCanada$xTerritorial expansion
608   $aHistory.
608   $aElectronic books. 
615  7$aHISTORY / Canada / General.
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