Places of Last Resort
The Expansion of the Farm Frontier into the Boreal Forest in Canada, c. 1910-1940
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2006
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780773530973
- Publish Date
- Jul 2006
- List Price
- $37.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773530393
- Publish Date
- Jul 2006
- List Price
- $125.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773578098
- Publish Date
- Jul 2006
- List Price
- $95.00
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Description
Northerly locations were desperately sought out after more accessible land further south was taken up. Wood identifies the demographic characteristics of the surging population of land-seekers, showing how some aspects echoed those of earlier settlers. The northern settlers of the interwar years grappled with demanding conditions, which required new adaptations. They were supported in their efforts by politicians, bureaucrats, and religious leaders who had less than innocent reasons for endorsing what were questionable settlement experiments in unopened or abandoned areas. The book includes a series of gripping case studies to illustrate both the face of failure and what appear to have been the ingredients for success in marginal areas.
About the author
J. David Wood is professor emeritus of geography, York University, and the author of several books, including Making Ontario: Agricultural Colonization and Landscape Re-Creation before the Railway.
