Settling the Canadian-American West, 1890-1915 : pioneer adaptation and community building : an anthropological history / John W. Bennett and Seena B. Kohl.

By:

Bennett, John W. (John William), 1915-2005

Contributor(s):

Kohl, Seena B

Material type: Text

text

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online resource

ISBN:

0585317402
9780585317403

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Settling the Canadian-American West, 1890-1915.DDC classification:

979.5 20

LOC classification:

F597 .B456 1995eb

Other classification:

15.85

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Contents:

Ch. 1. Locale and Approach -- Ch. 2. Settlement and Environment in the Canadian-American West -- Ch. 3. Settlement Patterns and Ethnicity -- Ch. 4. Setting Out: Emigration as a Social Process -- Ch. 5. Starting Off: Interactive Adaptation on the Homestead Frontier -- Ch. 6. Settling In: Family and Household in the Homesteading Experience -- Ch. 7. Growing Up: Memories of Childhood -- Ch. 8. Coming Together: The Formation of the Homestead Frontier Community -- Ch. 9. Institutions and Services: The Postfrontier Community -- Ch. 10. Women's Organizations: From Country District to Nation -- Ch. 11. Rudyard: A Railroad-Homestead Town as Seen by Contemporaries -- Ch. 12. Lives: Town Builders -- Ch. 13. Lives: Country Men and Women -- Ch. 14. Political Aftermath.

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Summary: This "anthropological history" tells the story of homesteading and community organization in the Canadian-American West through personal reminiscences and locally written histories. John W. Bennett and Seena B. Kohl interpret those stories through the lenses of history and social science, and they present a view of settlement experience as one phase of the evolving postfrontier society and culture of western North America.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-289) and index.

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This "anthropological history" tells the story of homesteading and community organization in the Canadian-American West through personal reminiscences and locally written histories. John W. Bennett and Seena B. Kohl interpret those stories through the lenses of history and social science, and they present a view of settlement experience as one phase of the evolving postfrontier society and culture of western North America.

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