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New World Dreams

- Canadian Pacific Railway and the Golden Northwest
Af: David Laurence Jones Engelsk Paperback

New World Dreams

- Canadian Pacific Railway and the Golden Northwest
Af: David Laurence Jones Engelsk Paperback
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An in-depth exploration of how a transportation company created a vision for a burgeoning nation and played a leading role driving immigration to the Canadian West.

Best known for its monumental achievements in transportation technology, Canadian Pacific Railway (or “CP”) was instrumental in constructing the concept—and the reality—of the country we now call Canada. In addition to building the railroad that connected the country from coast to coast, CP was also highly effective at selling the idea of a vast and rich land of opportunity and triggering a massive wave of immigration to what was dubbed the “Golden Northwest” (later the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta). No other independent corporation in the world made such a profound contribution to the creation of a national enterprise, nor outspent a national government in populating its frontiers with settlers from specifically targeted areas, often at the expense of Indigenous populations and their traditional territories.

Tracing the history of this highly influential corporation from the initial CP contract and land grant, historian David Laurence Jones explores CP’s involvement in carving out routes to the region, building towns, promoting Western Canada’s arable land and economic potential to Europeans and Americans, operating steamships, spearheading some of the largest irrigation projects in the world, and devising unique settlement schemes such as ready-made farms. Illustrated with more than four hundred archival photos and colour advertisements, New World Dreams is the most extensive history of Canadian Pacific ever published.

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An in-depth exploration of how a transportation company created a vision for a burgeoning nation and played a leading role driving immigration to the Canadian West.

Best known for its monumental achievements in transportation technology, Canadian Pacific Railway (or “CP”) was instrumental in constructing the concept—and the reality—of the country we now call Canada. In addition to building the railroad that connected the country from coast to coast, CP was also highly effective at selling the idea of a vast and rich land of opportunity and triggering a massive wave of immigration to what was dubbed the “Golden Northwest” (later the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta). No other independent corporation in the world made such a profound contribution to the creation of a national enterprise, nor outspent a national government in populating its frontiers with settlers from specifically targeted areas, often at the expense of Indigenous populations and their traditional territories.

Tracing the history of this highly influential corporation from the initial CP contract and land grant, historian David Laurence Jones explores CP’s involvement in carving out routes to the region, building towns, promoting Western Canada’s arable land and economic potential to Europeans and Americans, operating steamships, spearheading some of the largest irrigation projects in the world, and devising unique settlement schemes such as ready-made farms. Illustrated with more than four hundred archival photos and colour advertisements, New World Dreams is the most extensive history of Canadian Pacific ever published.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 448
ISBN-13: 9781772034554
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 177203455X
Kategori: Alberta
Udg. Dato: 30 nov 2023
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 279mm
Højde: 215mm
Forlag: Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd
Oplagsdato: 30 nov 2023
Forfatter(e): David Laurence Jones
Forfatter(e) David Laurence Jones

Kategori Alberta

ISBN-13 9781772034554

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 448

Udgave

Længde 0mm

Bredde 279mm

Højde 215mm

Udg. Dato 30 nov 2023

Oplagsdato 30 nov 2023

Forlag Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd

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