Immigration and Settlement, 1870-1939Gregory P. Marchildon Immigration and Settlement, 1870-1939 includes twenty articles organized under the following topics: the "Opening of the Prairie West," First Nations and the Policy of Containment, Patterns of Settlement, and Ethnic Relations and Identity in the New West. The second volume in the History of the Prairie West Series, Immigration and Settlement includes chapters on early immigration patterns including transportation routes and ethnic blocks, as well as the policy of containing First Nations on reserves. Other chapters grapple with the various identities, preferences, and prejudices of settlers and their complex relationships with each other as well as the larger polity. |
Contents
The Making of the Prairie Landscape | 13 |
John Macoun and the Route of the | 59 |
Problems in the Expansion of the Frontier | 81 |
Canadian Nationals Department of Colonization | 128 |
Limited Identities in the Prairie | 157 |
Clifford Sifton and Canadian Indian Administration 18961905 | 183 |
The Indian Pass System in the Canadian West 18821935 | 213 |
The File Hills Farm Colony | 235 |
AmericanResident Migration to Western Canada at the Turn | 347 |
Origin and Development | 373 |
Immigration and Return Migration of German Nationals | 413 |
Instilling British Values in the Prairie Provinces | 441 |
Who Were They Really? Reflections on East European Immigrants | 457 |
The Reaction Against Oklahoma Black Immigrants | 483 |
The Irish in Saskatchewan 18501930 | 507 |
The Geographical Background to Church Union in Canada | 543 |
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