The Peoples of Canada: A Pre-Confederation History - Softcover

Bumsted, Jack

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9780195416893: The Peoples of Canada: A Pre-Confederation History

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ISBN 10: 0195416899 ISBN 13: 9780195416893

Publisher: OUP Canada, 2003

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The Peoples of Canada examines the history of Canada from the First Peoples to Confederation in 1867. The volume examines the pre-contact exploration of northern North America in the 16th and 17th centuries; settlement in the Atlantic provinces, the St Lawrence Valley, and New France; the growth and political changes that brought about the confederation of the four provinces of British North America into the Dominion of Canada; and the expansion of Canada's domain, society, and economy in the 19th century.

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"Incorporates recent research on immigration and migration, settlement and land policy, town and country, rich and poor, and the best of social and economic geography, the whole illustrated with seven maps and an abundance of pictures chosen with uncommon care....Bumsted presents what facts and statistics there are and sets them firmly in a human framework by sketching biographies of typical individuals, an effective combination that few writers could improve upon."--William and Mary Quarterly "Incorporates recent research on immigration and migration, settlement and land policy, town and country, rich and poor, and the best of social and economic geography, the whole illustrated with seven maps and an abundance of pictures chosen with uncommon care....Bumsted presents what facts and statistics there are and sets them firmly in a human framework by sketching biographies of typical individuals, an effective combination that few writers could improve upon."--William and Mary Quarterly "Incorporates recent research on immigration and migration, settlement and land policy, town and country, rich and poor, and the best of social and economic geography, the whole illustrated with seven maps and an abundance of pictures chosen with uncommon care....Bumsted presents what facts and statistics there are and sets them firmly in a human framework by sketching biographies of typical individuals, an effective combination that few writers could improve upon."--William and Mary Quarterly "Incorporates recent research on immigration and migration, settlement and land policy, town and country, rich and poor, and the best of social and economic geography, the whole illustrated with seven maps and an abundance of pictures chosen with uncommon care....Bumsted presents what facts andstatistics there are and sets them firmly in a human framework by sketching biographies of typical individuals, an effective combination that few writers could improve upon."--William and Mary Quarterly

About the Author:

J.M. Bumsted is Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba. Before his arrival on the Prairies, he taught at both Simon Fraser University and McMaster University. His research specialties include the history of Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, and cultural history. Professor Bumsted is also the author of The Peoples of Canada: A Post-Confederation History, 3/e, and A History of the Canadian Peoples.

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