Title:
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MAKING ONTARIO
AGRICULTURAL COLONIZATION AND LANDSCAPE RE-CREATION BEFORE THE RAILWAY |
By: |
David Wood |
Format: |
Paperback |

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ISBN 10: |
0773520481 |
ISBN 13: |
9780773520486 |
Publisher: |
MCGILL-QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
1 September, 2000 |
Pages: |
240 |
Description: |
Wood traces the various threads that went into creating a successful farming colony while documenting the sacrifice of the forest ecosystem to the demands of progress, progress that prepared the ground for the railway. Ontario was a going concern before the railway came - the railway simply streamlined the increasing trade with an international market that drew on Ontario for a multitude of farm products and a continuing output from the woods. Making Ontario provides a detailed focus on the theme of environmental modification at a time of great changes, liberally illustrated with analytical maps based on archival research. |
Synopsis: |
Wood traces the various threads that went into creating a successful farming colony while documenting the sacrifice of the forest ecosystem to the demands of progress, progress that prepared the ground for the railway. Ontario was a going concern before the railway came - the railway simply streamlined the increasing trade with an international market that drew on Ontario for a multitude of farm products and a continuing output from the woods. Making Ontario provides a detailed focus on the theme of environmental modification at a time of great changes, liberally illustrated with analytical maps based on archival research. |
Publication: |
Canada |
Imprint: |
McGill-Queen's University Press |
Returns: |
Returnable |