Creating a modern countryside : liberalism and land resettlement in British Columbia /

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Author / Creator:Murton, James Ernest, 1969-
Imprint:Vancouver : UBC Press, c2007.
Description:xxix, 267 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Nature, history, society, 1713-6687
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6688380
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ISBN:9780774813372
0774813377
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-257) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Foreword: Soldiers' Fields
  • 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