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Pages: 490
Authors: R. Douglas Francis
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Millions of immigrants were attracted to the Canadian West by promotional literature from the government in the late 19th century to the First World War bringin
The War on Weeds in the Prairie West
Language: en
Pages: 328
Authors: Clinton Lorne Evans
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: University of Calgary Press

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Despite the fact that fighting weeds was of paramount importance to the agricultural development of Canada, there has scarcely been any research on understandin
Prairie Fairies
Language: en
Pages: 527
Authors: Valerie J. Korinek
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-01-01 - Publisher: University of Toronto Press

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Prairie Fairies draws upon a wealth of oral, archival, and cultural histories to recover the experiences of queer urban and rural people in the prairies. Focusi
The Prairie West: Historical Readings
Language: en
Pages: 776
Authors: R. Douglas Francis
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: University of Alberta

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This collection of 35 readings on Canadian prairie history includes overview interpretation and current research on topics such as the fur trade, native peoples
Forging the Prairie West
Language: en
Pages: 246
Authors: John Herd Thompson
Categories: Business & Economics
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This second volume in the Illustrated History of Canada series relates the eventful, occasionally violent history of the three "prairie" provinces (Manitoba, Sa