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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 War II r...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Coates, Kenneth, 1956-
Autres auteurs: Morrison, William R. (William Robert), 1942-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Montreal & Kingston [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005.
Édition:2nd ed.
Collection:Carleton library ; 202.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.