Creating a Modern Countryside : Liberalism and Land Resettlement in British Columbia.

"In the early 1900s, British Columbia embarked on a brief but intense effort to manufacture a modern countryside. The government wished to reward veterans of the Great War with new lives: soldiers and other settlers would benefit from living in a rural community, considered a more healthy and m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Murton, James
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2014.
Colección:Nature, history, society.
Temas:
1900-1999
Land use, Rural > British Columbia > History > 20th century.
Rural renewal > British Columbia > History > 20th century.
Land settlement > British Columbia > History > 20th century.
Environmental economics > British Columbia > History > 20th century.
Environmental policy > British Columbia > History > 20th century.
Liberalism > British Columbia > History > 20th century.
Utilisation agricole du sol > Colombie-Britannique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Rénovation rurale > Colombie-Britannique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Colonisation intérieure > Colombie-Britannique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Économie de l'environnement > Colombie-Britannique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Colombie-Britannique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Libéralisme > Colombie-Britannique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Environmental economics
Environmental policy
Land settlement
Land use, Rural
Liberalism
Rural renewal
British Columbia > History > 1918-1945.
Colombie-Britannique > Histoire > 1918-1945.
British Columbia
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Foreword: Soldiersâ€? Fields""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""A Note on Terminology and Units of Measure""; ""Introduction""; ""PART 1: A MODERN COUNTRYSIDE""; ""1 Liberalism and the Land""; ""2 Soldiers, Science, and an Alternative Modernity""; ""PART 2: WHERE APPLES GROW BEST""; ""3 Stump Farms: Soldier Settlement at Merville""; ""4 Creating Order at Sumas""; ""5 Achieving the Modern Countryside""; ""PART 3: BACK TO WORK""; ""6 Pattulloâ€?s New Deal""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""
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