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Historical atlas of Canada. Volume III, Addressing the twentieth century, 1891-1961 /

In 1891 the young nation of Canada stood on the brink of a great surge of growth and development. During the seven decades covered in this volume Canada would be transformed from a rural, agricultural society, almost exclusively British and French in background, to an urban, industrial nation with m...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kerr, Donald (Editor ), Holdsworth, Deryck, 1947- (Editor ), Matthews, Geoffrey J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [1990]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents
  • Donors
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Canada 1891-1961: An Overview
  • 1 CANADA IN 1891
  • 2 TERRITORIAL EVOLUTION
  • 3 ECONOMIC GROWTH
  • 4 POPULATION COMPOSITION
  • PART ONE: THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION 1891-1929
  • National Economic Patterns
  • 5 PRIMARY PRODUCTION
  • 6 THE EXPANSION AND CONSOLIDATION OF RAILWAYS
  • 7 THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF MANUFACTURING
  • 8 WHOLESALE TRADE
  • 9 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
  • 10 THE EMERGENCE OF THE URBAN SYSTEM
  • Regional Dimensions of the Production System
  • 11 resource-based industries in central canada12 electricity and industrial development in central canada
  • 13 urban industrial development in central canada
  • 14 industrial development in montreal
  • 15 the emergence of corporate toronto
  • 16 resource development on the shield
  • 17 peopling the prairies
  • 18 prairie agriculture
  • 19 the grain-handling system
  • 20 land development in edmonton
  • 21 british columbia resource development
  • 22 resource communities in british columbia
  • 23 sea and livelihood in atlantic canada
  • 24 INDUSTRIALIZATION AND THE MARITIMES25 PORT DEVELOPMENT IN HALIFAX
  • 26 THE GREAT WAR
  • Canadian Society during the Great Transformation
  • 27 MIGRATION
  • 28 ELEMENTS OF POPULATION CHANGE
  • 29 THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
  • 30 THE SOCIAL LANDSCAPE OF MONTREAL, 1901
  • 31 WINNIPEG: A DIVIDED CITY
  • 32 NEW APPROACHES TO DISEASE AND PUBLIC DEPENDENCY
  • 33 SCHOOLING AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE
  • 34 RELIGIOUS ADHERENCE
  • 35 ORGANIZED SPORT
  • 36 RECREATIONAL LAND
  • 37 WORKING WORLDS
  • 38 ORGANIZED LABOUR
  • 39 STRIKES
  • PART TWO: CRISIS AND RESPONSE 1929-1961The Great Depression
  • 40 ECONOMIC CRISIS
  • 41 THE IMPACT OF THE DEPRESSION ON PEOPLE
  • 42 MANAGING THE RELIEF BURDEN
  • 43 DROUGHT AND DEPRESSION ON THE PRAIRIES
  • 44 COLONIZATION AND CO-OPERATION
  • 45 WORKERS' RESPONSES
  • 46 NEW POLITICAL DIRECTIONS
  • The Second World War and the Post-War Period
  • 47 MILITARY ACTIVITY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
  • 48 THE HOME FRONT IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
  • 49 FARMING AND FISHING
  • 50 RESOURCES FOR INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES
  • 51 THE PERSISTENCE OF MANUFACTURING PATTERNS
  • 52 RETAILING53 THE GROWTH OF ROAD AND AIR TRANSPORT
  • 54 THE INTEGRATION OF THE URBAN SYSTEM
  • 55 METROPOLITAN DOMINANCE
  • 56 OTTAWA: THE EMERGING CAPITAL
  • 57 CANADIANS ABROAD
  • 58 SOCIETIES AND ECONOMIES IN THE NORTH
  • 59 POPULATION CHANGES
  • 60 METROPOLITAN TORONTO
  • 61 THE CHANGING WORK-FORCE
  • 62 ORGANIZED LABOUR, STRIKES, AND POLITICS
  • 63 THE EMERGENCE OF SOCIAL INSURANCE
  • 64 UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
  • 65 NATIONAL BROADCASTING SYSTEMS
  • 66 CANADA IN 1961
  • Notes