UID:
almafu_9958353245902883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781442675766
Content:
In 1891 the young nation of Canada stood on the brink of a great surge of growth and development. During the seven decades covered in this volume Canada would be transformed from a rural, agricultural society, almost exclusively British and French in background, to an urban, industrial nation with more cultural diversity. These developments are illustrated in the exceptionally vivid plates of the Historical Atlas of Canada, III: Addressing the Twentieth Century.The first part of the volume, the Great Transformation, covers developments from 1891 to 1929, the year the stock market crashed. In this period of economic and social change are charted, among other aspects, land and resource development, the growth of financial institutions, prairie agriculture and the grain-handling system, industrial growth, and changes in education, religion, and social structures. Individual plates include detailed studies of the formation of the United Church of Canada in 1925; the evolution of suburban neighbourhoods in Edmonton; the wave of strikes in 1919; Ukrainian settlement in southern Manitoba in 1901; the interlocking business interests of Toronto financiers in 1913; the formation of the National Hockey League and the rise of spectator sport; and the development of Montreal as a great industrial city.The second part of the volume. Crisis and Response, deals with the Depression, the Second World War, and the post-war boom. Here are charted shifts in the make-up and distribution of the population, a growing range of social services, and the emergence of a national economy. The plates in this section include graphic representations of drought on the Prairies in the 1930S; the routes of unemployed people riding the rails in search of work; the development of Ottawa as the nation's capital; the rise of retail trade; the strong growth in the uranium and petroleum industries; and the spread of television.With unsurpassed clarity, the Atlas presents the forces
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Donors --
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Foreword --
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Preface --
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Acknowledgments --
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Canada 1891-1961: An Overview --
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1. Canada in 1891 --
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2. Territorial Evolution --
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3. Economic Growth --
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4. Population Composition --
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Part One. The Great Transformation 1891 - 1929 --
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National Economic Patterns --
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5. Primary Production --
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6. The Expansion and Consolidation of Railways --
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7. The Changing Structure of Manufacturing --
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8. Wholesale Trade --
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9. Financial Institutions --
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10. The Emergence of the Urban System --
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Regional Dimensions of the Production System --
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11. Resource-Based Industries in Central Canada --
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12. Electricity and Industrial Development in Central Canada --
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13. Urban Industrial Development in Central Canada --
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14. Industrial Development in Montréal --
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15. The Emergence of Coporate Toronto --
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16. Resource Development on the Shield --
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17. Peopling the Prairies --
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18. Prairie Agriculture --
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19. The Grain-Handling System --
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20. Land Development in Edmonton --
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21. British Columbia Resource Development --
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22. Resource Communities in British Columbia --
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23. Sea and Livelihood in Atlantic Canada --
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24. Industrialization and the Maritimes --
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25. Port Development in Halifax --
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26. The Great War --
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Canadian Society during the Great Transformation --
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27. Migration --
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28. Elements of Population Change --
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29. The Demographic Transition --
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30. The Social Landscape of Montréal, 1901 --
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31. Winnipeg: A Divided City --
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32. New Approaches to Disease and Public Dependency --
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33. Schooling and Social Structure --
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34. Religious Adherence --
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35. Organized Sport --
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36. Recreational Lands --
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37. Working Worlds --
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38. Organized Labour --
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39. Strikes --
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Part Two. Crisis and Response 1929 - 1961 --
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The Great Depression --
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40. Economic Crisis --
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41. The Impact of the Depression on People --
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42. Managing the Relief Burden --
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43. Drought and Depression on the Prairies --
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44. Colonization and Co-Operation --
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45. Workers' Responses --
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46. New Political Directions --
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The Second World War and the Post-War Period --
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47. Military Activity in the Second World War --
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48. The Home Front in the Second World War --
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49. Farming and Fishing --
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50. Resources for Industrial Economies --
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51. The Persistence of Manufacturing Patterns --
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52. Retailing --
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53. The Growth of Road and Air Transport --
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54. The Integration of the Urban System --
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55. Metropolitan Dominance --
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56. Ottawa: The Emerging Capital --
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57. Canadians Abroad --
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58 Societies and Economies in the North --
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59. Population Changes --
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60. Metropolitan Toronto --
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61. The Changing Work - Force --
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62. Organized Labour, Strikes and Politics --
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63. The Emergence of Social Insurance --
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64. University Education --
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65. National Broadcasting Systems --
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66. Canada in 1961 --
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Notes --
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Backmatter
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3138/9781442675766
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442675766
