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The limits of rural capitalism : family, culture, and markets in Montcalm, Manitoba, 1870-1940 /

"The Limits of Rural Capitalism" is an important study of the social and economic development of the Municipality of Montcalm, a largely French-Canadian community in southern Manitoba. It challenges the view in prairie historiography that agriculture had commercialized before the west was...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sylvester, Kenneth Michael, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 2001.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Maps, Figures, and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Shared Origins of Settlement
  • 2. Making Families and Generations
  • 3. The Economy of Family Farms
  • 4. Credit, Commerce, and Market Change
  • 5. Ending and Making Local Culture
  • 6. Continuity, Inheritance, and Inequality
  • 7. Leaving Rural Life
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: A Note on Sources
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index