Creating a Modern Countryside - Liberalism and Land Resettlement in British Columbia

Klappentext James Murton is an associate professor of history at Nipissing University in North Bay! Ontario. Zusammenfassung In the early 1900s! British Columbia embarked on a brief but intense effort! with long consequences! to manufacture a modern countryside. For the first time! the state directly intervened in planning and implementing land settlement. This work examines how this process unfolded and assesses its consequences.

Product details

• Authors: James Murton, James/ Wynn Murton
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2007
• EAN: 9780774813372
• ISBN: 978-0-7748-1337-2
• No. of pages: 267
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Nature | History | Society; Nature - History - Society; Nature | History | Society
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration