Canada's rural majority : household, environment, and economies, 1870-1940 /

Before the Second World War, Canada was a rural country. Unlike most industrializing countries, Canada's rural population grew throughout the century after 1871, even if it declined as a proportion of the total population. Rural Canadians also differed in their lives from rural populations else...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sandwell, R. W. (Ruth Wells), 1955- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Series:Themes in Canadian history ; 13.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Rediscovering Canada's rural majority, 1870-1940
  • The Canadian Shield
  • The St. Lawrence Valley and southern Great Lakes Region
  • The central Canadian plain
  • The mountains
  • The Canadian coast
  • Conclusion.