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White settler reserve : New Iceland and the colonization of the Canadian West
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"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 ...
"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 states̀‰ economic and political ambitions. In this innovative history, Ryan Eyford expands our understanding of the creation of western Canada: his nuanced account traces the connections between Icelandic colonists, the Indigenous people they displaced, and other settler groups while exposing the ideas and practices integral to building a colonial society."--
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- Creator
- Ryan Eyford
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2016]
- ©2016
- Physical Details
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- xii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780774831581, 0774831588
- OCLC
- ocn933273590
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Issued also in electronic format.
Subjects
- Land settlement -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century.
- Land tenure -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century.
- Icelanders -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century.
- Colonists -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century.
- Immigrants -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century.
- Indians of North America -- Land tenure -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century.
- Liberalism -- Canada, Western -- History -- 19th century.
- Canada, Western -- Colonization -- History -- 19th century.
- Canada, Western -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.