Making Western Canada: Essays on European Colonization and Settlement

By Catherine Cavanaugh

This ground-breaking collection demonstrates the research interests of a new generation of scholars. Stressing such themes as gender, race and class, the book is compelling evidence that Western Canadian history is far more complex and subtle than its depiction in the traditional literature. The contributors emphasize the way society has been made, and the extent to which is was--and is--the product of human agency rather than possessing an intangisble existence beyond the interaction of groups of people.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0920059457
• ISBN13: 9780920059456
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 282 Pages

Customer Reviews

Superb Analysis

What a great book! This book examined the development of Canada in a mature and respected Canadian manner. Going from the times of the natives to Cartier was written with grace and confidence. It is a wonder how Canada has developed into the number one nation in the world after going through such turmil. A definate book to buy and to inform friends about. TJ