Creating a modern countryside : liberalism and land resettlement in British Columbia /
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Author / Creator: | Murton, James Ernest, 1969- |
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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 |
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