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

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

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Bibliographic Details
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
Subject:	Land use, Rural -- British Columbia -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies. Rural renewal -- British Columbia -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies. Environmental economics -- British Columbia -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies. Environmental policy -- British Columbia. Environmental economics. Environmental policy. Land settlement. Land use, Rural. Liberalism. Rural renewal. British Columbia. History.
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