River road : essays on Manitoba and prairie history / Gerald Friesen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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"In River Road Friesen tells some of the "local stories" that make up the history of the Canadian prairies. From Louis Riel to the collapse of the Meech Lake Accord, the prairies have often been a place where conflicting visions of Canada have clashed. Friesen portrays some of the different sides and personalities of this history, such as Bob Russell, leader of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, and J.H. Riddell, principal of Wesley College. He also explores the changing relationship between Aboriginal peoples and the "dominant" society, from the prosperous Metis community that flourished along the Red River in the nineteenth century to the history of Aboriginal relations with the justice system. As well, he looks at the culture of the prairies, from the role of local historical societies to the place of hockey in prairie life."--Jacket.

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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One: Historical Essays on Language and Culture -- River Road -- La Vérendrye and the French Empire in Western North America -- The Collected Writings of Louis Riel -- Bilingualism in Manitoba: The Historical Context -- Manitoba and the Meech Lake Accord -- Constitutional Politics: Cardinal Points on a Prairie Compass -- Part Two: Historical Articles on Dominant and Alternative Cultures -- Justice Systems and Manitoba's Aboriginal People: An Historical Survey -- Labour History and the Métis

The Manitoba Historical Society: A Centennial HistoryPrincipal J.H. Riddell and Wesley College: Sane and Safe Leadership -- Bob Russell's Political Thought: Socialism and Industrial Unionism in Winnipeg, 1914 to 1919 -- Part Three: Toward New Historical Syntheses -- Radical History in Australia: A Model for Canada? -- Comparative History and Wheat Production: Argentina's Pampas and the Canadian Prairies -- The Prairies as Region: The Contemporary Meaning of an Old Idea -- Romantics, Pluralists, Postmodernists: Writing Ethnic History in Prairie Canada

Perimeter Vision: Three Notes on the History of Rural ManitobaHockey and Prairie Cultural History -- Afterword: Still Teaching the Same Stuff? -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y

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