Rooster Town : the history of an urban Métis community, 1901-1961 /

"A Métis enclave at Winnipeg's edge. Melonville. Smokey Hollow. Bannock Town. Fort Tuyau. Little Chicago. Mud Flats. Pumpville. Tintown. La Coulee. These were some of the names given to Métis communities at the edges of urban areas in Manitoba. Rooster Town, which was on the outskirts of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Peters, Evelyn J. (Evelyn Joy), 1951- (Author), Stock, Matthew (Author), Barkwell, Lawrie (Author), Werner, Adrian, 1989- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, 2018.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Métis > Manitoba > Winnipeg > Social conditions > 20th century.
Métis > Manitoba > Winnipeg > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Métis > Housing > Manitoba > Winnipeg > History > 20th century.
Community life > Manitoba > Winnipeg > History > 20th century.
Urbanization > Manitoba > Winnipeg > History > 20th century.
Communauté > Manitoba > Winnipeg > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Urbanisation > Manitoba > Winnipeg > Histoire > 20e siècle.
1900 - 1999.
Community life.
Métis > Economic conditions.
Métis > Social conditions.
Urbanization.
Rooster Town (Winnipeg, Man.) > History > 20th century.
Manitoba > Winnipeg.
Metis
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1. Settler Colonialism and the Dispossession of the Manitba Métis; Chapter 2. The Establishment and Consolidation of Rooster Town, 1901-1911; Chapter 3. Devising New Economic and Housing Strategies: Rooster Town During the First World War and After, 1916-1926; Chapter 4. Persistence, Growth, and Community: Rooster Town During and After the Great Depression, 1931-1946; Chapter 5. Stereotyping, Dissolution, and Dispersal: Rooster Town, 1951-1961; Conclusion; Appendix A. Fort Rouge as Métis Space: Losing the Land
  • Appendix B. Rooster Town Population DetailsNotes; Bibliography; Index

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