Scoundrels, Dreamers & Second Sons British Remittance Men in the Canadian West.

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#x93;#x91;Remittance man' was meant to be a disparaging term. It reflected the fact that these young men had been sent to the colonies to spare their families continuing embarrassment or shame. At home they had been scoundrels, dreamers, and second sons without future prospects. Perhaps in#x85;...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zuehlke, Mark
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: La Vergne : Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd., 2016.
Temas:
Remittance men > Canada, Western.
British > Canada, Western > History.
Immigrants > Canada, Western > History.
Gentry > Great Britain > History.
British
Emigration and immigration
Gentry
Immigrants
Remittance men
Canada, Western > Emigration and immigration > History.
Great Britain > Emigration and immigration > History.
Great Britain
Western Canada
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Chapter One: The Plight of the Gentlemen
  • Chapter Two: Travelling Like a Gentleman
  • Chapter Three: Westward Ho
  • Chapter Four: By Jove! This will be Wizard!
  • Chapter Five: Oh I Say! How Deucedly Unsporting!
  • Chapter Six: Civilizing Wilderness
  • The Beautiful Art
  • Chapter Seven: Cannington Manor
  • Chapter Eight: Walhachin
  • Chapter Nine: Duncan
  • Canada's Most English Town
  • Chapter Ten: Adventures on the Prairie
  • Chapter Eleven: Roughing It With Style
  • Chapter Twelve: The Hazardous Undertaking
  • Chapter Thirteen: A Wasted Youth?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Author Information

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