Promise of Eden : the Canadian expansionist movement and the idea of the West, 1856-1900 / / Doug Owram |
Autore | Owram Doug <1947-> |
Edizione | [Repr. with new pref. 1992.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1992 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
Disciplina | 971.2/01 |
Collana | Heritage |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Canada / General |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-04548-2
9786612045486 1-4426-7881-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface to the 1992 edition -- Introduction -- 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 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- A note on sources -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456153703321 |
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Promise of Eden : the Canadian expansionist movement and the idea of the West, 1856-1900 / / Doug Owram |
Autore | Owram Doug <1947-> |
Edizione | [Repr. with new pref. 1992.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1992 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
Disciplina | 971.2/01 |
Collana | Heritage |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Canada / General |
Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-04548-2
9786612045486 1-4426-7881-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780565403321 |
Owram Doug <1947->
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1992 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Promise of Eden : the Canadian expansionist movement and the idea of the West, 1856-1900 / / Doug Owram |
Autore | Owram Doug <1947-> |
Edizione | [Repr. with new pref. 1992.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1992 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
Disciplina | 971.2/01 |
Collana | Heritage |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Canada / General |
Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-04548-2
9786612045486 1-4426-7881-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808119503321 |
Owram Doug <1947->
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1992 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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