Title: The Canadian prairies :
Authors: Friesen, Gerald.
Date: 1984
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press,
Physical description: xv, 524 p., [35] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: F
Contents: Introduction -- Native history : an introduction -- The natives' fur trade 1640-1840 -- The Europeans' fur trade 1640-1805 -- Maintaining the old order 1805-44 : the metis , the fur trade, and the Red River settlement -- The metis and the Red River settlement 1844-70 -- Prairie Indians 1840-1900 : the end of autonomy -- Canada's empire 1870-1900 : the region and the National Policy -- Manitoba 1870-1900 : first new province of the dominion -- The North-West Territories 1870-1905 : war and politics -- Immigrant communities 1870-1940 : the struggle for cultural survival -- Capital and labour 1900-40 : cities, resources towns, and frontier camps -- The rural west 1900-30 : the farm, the village, and king wheat -- Politics and culture 1900-20 -- The Depression 1930-40 -- The new west since 1940 : political and economic change -- Conclusion.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Prairie Provinces--History.