{"product_id":"promise-of-eden-the-canadian-expansionist-movement-and-the-idea-of-the-west-1856-1900-9780802073907","title":"Promise of Eden: The Canadian Expansionist Movement and the Idea of the West, 1856-1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough the last half of the nineteenth century, numbers of Canadians began to regard the West as a land of ideal opportuniy for large-scale agricultural settlement. This belief, in turn, led Canada to insist on ownership of the region and on immediate development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderlying the expansionist movement was the assumption that the West was to be a hinterland to central Canada, both in its economic relationship and in its cultural development. But settlers who accepted the extravagant promises of expanionism found it increasingly difficult to reconcile the assumption of easstern dominance with their own perception of the needs of the West and of Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoug Owram analyses the various phases of this development, examining in particular the writings - historical, scientific, journalistic, and promotional - that illuminate one of the most significant movements in the history of nineteenth-century Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Doug Owram\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 5.92w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802073907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOwram, Doug:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoug Owram\u003c\/b\u003e is Deputy Vice Chancellor and Principal at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40136304164979,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6dff19a6-db05-4692-879b-8082ebe8806c.jpg?v=1654263236","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/promise-of-eden-the-canadian-expansionist-movement-and-the-idea-of-the-west-1856-1900-9780802073907","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}