Gregory P. (Hrsg.) Marchildon

Agricultural History

Buch

The eighteen articles selected for this third volume of the History of the Prairie West series all focus on the agricultural history of the Canadian Plains. Early First Nations practices are examined, as are subsequent evolutions in farming, ranching, and marketing. The articles cover a wide range of topics: First Nations' agricultural practices; agriculture during the fur trade era; the history of ranching and the industry's evolution as fenced-in farm settlements supplanted the open range; the wheat boom at the turn of the twentieth century, which led the Prairie Provinces to become known as the breadbasket of the world; mechanization and o… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-88977-237-3
EAN: 9780889772373
Produktnummer: 17725315
Verlag: Canadian Plains Res Centre
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 410 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B16.5 cm x D3.0 cm 771 g
Reihenbandnummer: 5
Gewicht: 771

Über den Autor

Gregory P. Marchildon holds a Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Economic History at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Regina.