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

Informationen zum Autor James Murton is an associate professor of history at Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario. 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 title examines how this process unfolded and assesses its consequences. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Foreword: Soldiers' Fields / Graeme Wynn Acknowledgments A Note on Terminology and Units of Measure Introduction Part 1: A Modern Countryside 1 Liberalism and the Land 2 Soldiers, Science, and an Alternative Modernity Part 2: Where Apples Grow Best 3 Stump Farms: Soldier Settlement at Merville 4 Creating Order at Sumas 5 Achieving the Modern Countryside Part 3: Back to Work 6 Pattullo's New Deal Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: James Murton, James/ Wynn Murton
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2008
• EAN: 9780774813389
• ISBN: 978-0-7748-1338-9
• No. of pages: 267
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Nature | History | Society; Nature - History - Society; Nature | History | Society; Nature History Society
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous