Promise of Eden
The Canadian Expansionist Movement and the Idea of the West 1856-1900
(The University of Toronto Press, 1992)
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Through the last half of the nineteenth century, numbers of Canadians began to regard the West as a land of ideal opportuniy for large-scale agricultural settlement. This belief, in turn, led Canada to insist on ownership of the region and on immediate development.
Underlying the expansionist movement was the assumption that the West was to be a hinterland to central Canada, both in its economic relationship and in its cultural development. But settlers who accepted the extravagant promises of expanionism found it increasingly difficult to reconcile the assumption of easstern dominance with their own perception of the needs of the West and of Canada.
Doug Owram analyses the various phases of this development, examining in particular the writings – historical, scientific, journalistic, and promotional – that illuminate one of the most significant movements in the history of nineteenth-century Canada.
(Description Source: The University of Toronto Press)
Author
Doug Owram is a professor Emeritus of History at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. He was Deputy Vice-Chancellor of UBCO from 2006 to 2012. During his term, he oversaw the expansion of enrollment from 3,200 to 8,000 full-time students and a $400 million construction program. He was formerly Vice President (Academic) and Provost at the University of Alberta. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1990.
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Paper ISBN: 9780802073907
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