ISBN10: 1552382303, ISBN13: 9781552382301, [publisher: University of Calgary Press 978-1-55238-230-1, Calgary] Softcover [978-1-55238-230-1] 2007. (Trade paperback) Near fine. 462pp. Notes, tables, illustrations, photographs, contributors, index. There is a previous owner's name on the half-title page. "In 1906, the Sugar Maple Tree Song was just one example of the rhapsodic pieces that touted the Prairie West as the 'promised land.' in the formative years of agricultural settlement from the late ninteenth century to the First World War, the Canadian government, along with the railways and other Prairie boosters, further developed and propagated this image within the widely distributed promotional literature that was used to attract millions of immigrants to the Canadian West from all corners of the world". Time Period 19th Century & World War 1. Locale: Alberta--Canada; Manitoba--Canada; Prairie Provinces; Saskatchewan--Canada; Western Canada. (Western Canada, Agriculture--Canada, Essays, History--Canada, Immigrants--Canada, Settlement--Canada)
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Paperback / softback. New. The West was ripe with promise for those wishing to escape religious persecution, unproductive land, or intolerable living and working conditions. Some saw the Prairies as an ideal place to create a Utopian society. This group of essays presents the historiography of the Prairie West. ISBN 1552382303 9781552382301 [GB]

ISBN10: 1552382303, ISBN13: 9781552382301, [publisher: University of Calgary Press 2007-08-30, Calgary] Softcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2007]

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Calgary University of Calgary Press 2007 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 486 p.