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Land of the midnight sun : a history of the Yukon /

"While the Klondike Gold Rush is one of the most widely known events in Canadian history, particularly outside Canada, the rest of the Yukon's long and diverse history attracts little attention. Important developments such as Herschel Island whaling, pre-1900 fur trading, the post-World Wa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Coates, Kenneth, 1956- (Autor), Morrison, William R. (William Robert), 1942- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017.
Edición:Third edition.
Colección:Carleton library series ; 202.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface: To The Second Edition
  • Preface: To The Third Edition
  • The Natives' Yukon
  • The Fur Trade
  • The Search for Bonanza 1870-1896
  • The Gold Rush 1896-1900
  • Herschel Island The Unknown Yukon
  • After the Gold Rush 1900-1918
  • The Lean Years 1918-1939
  • War and Upheaval 1939-1946
  • The Postwar Yukon
  • Rebuilding the Modern Yukon
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index