Promise of Eden : the Canadian expansionist movement and the idea of the West, 1856-1900 / / Doug Owram

• Autore: Owram Doug <1947->
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1992; ©1980
• Edizione: Repr. with new pref. 1992.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 971.2/01
• Soggetto topico: HISTORY / Canada / General
• Soggetto geografico: Northwest, Canadian History; Canada Territorial expansion
• Soggetto genere / forma: History; Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Promise of Eden
• ISBN: 1-282-04548-2; 9786612045486; 1-4426-7881-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808119503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Reprints in Canadian history