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Farming the Frontier

The Agricultural Opening of the Oregon Country, 1786-1846

by (author) James R. Gibson

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2011
Category
General
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774844987
    Publish Date
    Nov 2011
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774802192
    Publish Date
    Jan 1985
    List Price
    $67.00

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Description

In its rich detail, this book provides the first comprehensive history of the agricultural development of the Oregon Country. Based on extensive research in Hudsons's Bay Company documents, missionary records, and military and private papers, this book traces the crucial transition of the Pacific Northwest from a fur-trading outpost to an agricultural settlement -- a process which also saw the shift from British to American jurisdiction in the area.

About the author

James R. Gibson is a professor emeritus and Senior Scholar of the Department of Geography at York University in Toronto, where he taught from 1966 until 2000; he has also taught at University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, and Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

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Editorial Reviews

The amount and quality of research that have gone into Farming the Frontier are truly impressive.

Canadian Geographer