The Settlement of the West
By: [edited by] Howard Palmer.
Contributors: Palmer, Howard, 1946-
Publisher: University of Calgary
Published: 1977
Place of publication: [Calgary, Alta.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- Prairie Provinces.; Land settlement -- Prairie Provinces -- History.; Prairie Provinces -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Flanagan, T. Louis Riel, insanity and prophecy.; title: Thomas, L. H. A judicial murder.; title: Hall, D. J. Clifford Sifton, immigration and settlement policy, 1896-1905.; title: Troper, H. Public versus private land promotion.; title: Dahlie, J. Scandinavian experiences on the prairies, 1890-1920.; title: Eggleston, W. The old homestead.; title: Kerr, D. Wholesale trade on the Canadian plains in the late nineteenth century.; title: Carpenter, D. C. Patrified mummies and mummified daddies.; title: McGinnis, D. Farm labour in transition.; title: Anderson, A. B. Ethnic identity in Saskatchewan bloc settlements.; title: Wright, R. W. and Mansell, R. L. The role of migration in Alberta's economic development, 1975-1985.