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Agricultural History
Gregory P. Marchildon
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Description for Agricultural History
Hardcover. The eighteen articles for this third volume of the History of the Prairie West series, all focus on the agricultural history of the Canadian Plains. Num Pages: 410 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 32. Weight in Grams: 808.
The eighteen articles selected for this third volume of the History of the Prairie West series all focus on the agricultural history of the Canadian Plains. Early First Nations practices are examined, as are subsequent evolutions in farming, ranching, and marketing. The articles cover a wide range of topics: First Nations' agricultural practices; agriculture during the fur trade era; the history of ranching and the industry's evolution as fenced-in farm settlements supplanted the open range; the wheat boom at the turn of the twentieth century, which led the Prairie Provinces to become known as the "breadbasket of the world"; mechanization ... Read more
The eighteen articles selected for this third volume of the History of the Prairie West series all focus on the agricultural history of the Canadian Plains. Early First Nations practices are examined, as are subsequent evolutions in farming, ranching, and marketing. The articles cover a wide range of topics: First Nations' agricultural practices; agriculture during the fur trade era; the history of ranching and the industry's evolution as fenced-in farm settlements supplanted the open range; the wheat boom at the turn of the twentieth century, which led the Prairie Provinces to become known as the "breadbasket of the world"; mechanization ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
410
Place of Publication
Regina, Canada
ISBN
9780889772373
SKU
V9780889772373
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