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Canada's rural majority : household, environment, and economies, 1870-1940 / Ruth Sandwell.

Sandwell, R. W. (Ruth Wells), 1955- (author.).

Summary:

Before the Second World War, Canada was a rural country. Unlike most industrializing countries, Canada's rural population grew throughout the century after 1871--even if it declined as a proportion of the total population. Rural Canadians also differed in their lives from rural populations elsewhere. In a country dominated by a harsh northern climate, a short growing season, long distances, and poor land, they typically relied on three ever-shifting pillars of support: the sale of cash crops, subsistence from the local environment, and wage work off the farm. This is a history of this distinctive experience, including not only Canada's farmers, but also the hunters, gardeners, fishers, miners, loggers, and cannery workers who lived and worked in rural Canada.

Record details

ISBN: 9780802086167
ISBN: 0802086160
Physical Description: 258 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-245) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: Rediscovering Canada's rural majority, 1870-1940 -- The Canadian Shield -- The St. Lawrence Valley and Southern Great Lakes region -- The Canadian Central Plain -- The Mountains -- The Coast --Conclusion.