White settler reserve : New Iceland and the colonization of the Canadian West

Eyford, Ryan, author.

Book 2016

"In 1875, Icelandic immigrants established a colony on the southwest shore of Lake Winnipeg. The timing and location of New Iceland was not accidental. Across the Prairies, the Canadian government was creating land reserves for Europeans in the hope that the agricultural development of Indigenous lands would support the state's economic and political ambitions. In this innovative history, Ryan Eyford expands our understanding of the creation of w...

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Canada, Western Colonization History 19th century

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ISBN:

9780774831598
9780774831581
0774831596
0774831588

Description:

xii, 259 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Notes:

Canadiana
Publisher, pagination and printing dates may vary
Includes bibliographical references and index

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2024725

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