Scoundrels, Dreamers & Second Sons - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Scoundrels, Dreamers & Second Sons write by Mark Zuehlke. This book was released on 2016-05-14. Scoundrels, Dreamers & Second Sons available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “‘Remittance man’ was meant to be a disparaging term. It reflected the fact that these young men had been sent to the colonies to spare their families continuing embarrassment or shame. At home they had been scoundrels, dreamers, and second sons without future prospects. Perhaps in…the Canadian West they would make something of themselves. If they didn't, at least they would be far enough away that little disgrace would fall upon their families.” —Mark Zuehlke Beginning in 1880, thousands of young, upper-class British men with few prospects were sent to the Canadian West to distance them from British society. Still supported by their families, thus earning them the title “remittance men,” these men set out to continue their lives of leisure in this new land. With education, respectable breeding and the belief “from birth that they were superior beings,” the remittance men descended upon Western Canada with expectations of accomplishing something great and increasing their wealth. In reality, they hunted, played games, courted women, and enjoyed distinguished pursuits that squandered their parents' money and made hard-working Canadians raise their eyebrows. Though their era in Western Canada was short, 1880–1914, “they left an indelible mark perpetuated by the stories and legends that sprung up around them.” In Scoundrels, Dreamers & Second Sons, first published fifteen years ago, Mark Zuehlke traces the path of the remittance men through Western Canada, highlighting their adventures, limited successes and glorious failures.
Shaping Nations
Shaping Nations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Shaping Nations write by Linda Cardinal. This book was released on 2002-03-01. Shaping Nations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As questions concerning nationhood and national identity continue to preoccupy both Canada and Australia, Shaping Nations brings together the work of Australian and Canadian scholars around five core themes: constitutionalism, colonialism, republicanism, national identity, and governance.
Ignored but Not Forgotten
Ignored but Not Forgotten - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ignored but Not Forgotten write by Lucille H. Campey. This book was released on 2014-09-10. Ignored but Not Forgotten available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In her third and final book in the English in Canada series, Lucille Campey provides an overview of the great exodus from England to Canada which peaked in the early twentieth century. Drawing on wide-ranging documentary and statistical sources, Campey traces this major population movement on a region-by-region basis.
Metis Pioneers
Metis Pioneers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Metis Pioneers write by Doris Jeanne MacKinnon. This book was released on 2018-03-15. Metis Pioneers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Metis Pioneers, Doris Jeanne MacKinnon compares the survival strategies of two Metis women born during the fur trade—one from the French-speaking free trade tradition and one from the English-speaking Hudson’s Bay Company tradition—who settled in southern Alberta as the Canadian West transitioned to a sedentary agricultural and industrial economy. MacKinnon provides rare insight into their lives, demonstrating the contributions Metis women made to the building of the Prairie West. This is a compelling tale of two women’s acts of quiet resistance in the final days of the British Empire.
Scots in the North American West, 1790-1917
Scots in the North American West, 1790-1917 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Scots in the North American West, 1790-1917 write by Ferenc Morton Szasz. This book was released on 2000. Scots in the North American West, 1790-1917 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Scots trappers dominated the fur trade, often proving more loyal to clan than to trading company or nation. Relying on centuries of experience raising livestock for British markets, Scottish investors and managers became highly visible in the post-Civil War western cattle industry with thriving outfits such as the Swan Land and Cattle Company in Wyoming. They introduced new breeds to western ranching, such as the Aberdeen Angus, that remain popular today. Similarly, Scots herders dominated the western sheep industry, running herds of over 100,000 animals. Andrew Little's sheep ranch in Idaho was so famous that a letter addressed simply "Andy Little, USA" found its intended recipient.
