Canada's Rural Majority : Households, Environments, and Economies, 1870-1940

R W Sandwell

ISBN 10: 0802086160 / ISBN 13: 9780802086167

Edité par University Of Toronto Press Feb 2016, 2016

A propos de cet article

Neuware - Canada s Rural Majority is an engaging and accessible history of the distinctive experience of Canada's rural population, including not only farmers, but also hunters, gardeners, fishers, miners, loggers, and cannery workers who lived and worked in rural Canada.

N° de réf. du vendeur 9780802086167

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Canada's Rural Majority : Households, Environments, and Economies, 1870-1940
• Éditeur: University Of Toronto Press Feb 2016
• Date de parution: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0802086160
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780802086167
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 213 L x 140 H x 18 P (en millimètres) 213 millimètres de largeur par 140 millimètres de hauteur par 18 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 340 grammes

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Synopsis

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 elsewhere. In a country dominated by a harsh northern climate, a short growing season, isolated households and communities, and poor land, they typically relied on three ever-shifting pillars of support: the sale of cash crops, subsistence from the local environment, and wage work off the farm.

Canada's Rural Majority is an engaging and accessible history of this distinctive experience, including not only Canada's farmers, but also the hunters, gardeners, fishers, miners, loggers, and cannery workers who lived and worked in rural Canada. Focusing on the household, the environment, and the community, Canada's Rural Majority is a compelling classroom resource and an invaluable overview of this understudied aspect of Canadian history.

À propos de l?auteur

R.W. Sandwell is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.