Title: White settler reserve :
Authors: Eyford, Ryan,
Date: 2016
Publisher: UBC Press,
Physical description: xii, 259 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: F
Abstract: "In 1875, Icelandic immigrants established a colony on the southwest shore of Lake Winnipeg. The timing and location of New Iceland was not accidental. Across the Prairies, the Canadian government was creating land reserves for Europeans in the hope that the agricultural development of Indigenous lands would support the states̉ economic and political ambitions. In this innovative history, Ryan Eyford expands our understanding of the creation of western Canada: his nuanced account traces the connections between Icelandic colonists, the Indigenous people they displaced, and other settler groups while exposing the ideas and practices integral to building a colonial society."--
Contents: Northern Dreamlands : Canadian Expansionism and Icelandic Migration -- Broken Townships : Colonization Reserves and the Dominion Lands System -- The First New Icelanders : Family Migration and the Formation of a Reserve Community -- Quarantined within a New Order : Smallpox and the Spatial Practices of Colonization -- "Principal Projector of the Colony" : The Turbulent Career of John Taylor, Icelandic Agent -- Becoming British Subjects : Municipal Government and Citizenship -- "Freemen Serving No Overlord" : Debt, Self-Reliance, and Liberty.
Subject headings (LCSH): Canada, Western--Colonization--History--19th century.; Canada, Western--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.; Colonists--Canada, Western--History--19th century.; Icelanders--Canada, Western--History--19th century.; Immigrants--Canada, Western--History--19th century.; Indians of North America--Land tenure--Canada, Western--History--19th century.; Land settlement--Canada, Western--History--19th century.; Land tenure--Canada, Western--History--19th century.; Liberalism--Canada, Western--History--19th century.