Manitoba : : A History / / W.L. Morton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Morton, W.L.,
• MitwirkendeR: Morton, W. L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1967
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (576 p.)

Here is a modern, authoritative, and readable history of Manitoba written by a well-known native of that province. “My native province,” says Professor Morton, “has always seemed to me an unusual and fascinating place, possessed at once of a history of great interest and a deep sense of history.” Th...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Contents
• Illustrations
• 1. The Fur Trade of the Bay, 1612-1713
• 2. The Fur Trade of the Winnipeg Basin, 1714-1763
• 3. The Union of Coast and Plain, 1764-1821
• 4. The River Lot and Buffalo Hunt, 1821-1856
• 5. The Old Order and the Transfer, 1857-1869
• 6. The Resistance of the Red River Métis, 1869-1871
• 7. The New Pattern of Settlement, 1871-1875
• 8. The Growing Pattern of Settlement, 1876-1881
• 9. The Triumph of Ontario Democracy, 1881-1888
• 10. A British and Canadian Province, 1889-1890
• 11. The Quiet Times of the Nineties, 1891-1896
• 12. The First Decade of the Great Boom, 1897-1907
• 13. The New Manitoba of the Great Boom, 1908-1912
• 14. The War and Political Crisis, 1913-1917
• 15. The Years of Social Crisis, 1917-1922
• 16. The End of Farm Pioneering, 1923-1930
• 17. The Province and the Nation, 19 30-19 36
• 18. The Decisions War Deferred, 1937-1945
• 19. The Growth of Province in Nation, 1945-1955
• 20. Epilogue: New Growth
• Notes
• Select Bibliography
• Index