The Canadian Prairies
A History
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Initial publish date
- May 2017
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781487516659
- Publish Date
- May 2017
- List Price
- $48.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781442680593
- Publish Date
- Jul 2004
- List Price
- $57.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780802066480
- Publish Date
- Mar 1987
- List Price
- $59.00
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Description
Native leaders, immigrant farm families, Alberta oil barons, and political reformers all have prominent roles in this live and comprehensive history of the prairie west. Drawing upon recent research- hundreds of books, articles, and government reports- in native, labour, and urban history, as well as his own work in social and intellectual movements, Gerald Friesen has created a new, authoritative interpretation of the prairie experience.
About the author
Gerald Friesen taught Canadian history at the University of Manitoba from 1970–2011. He has written several books, including The Canadian Prairies: A History and Citizens and Nation, and is co-author of Immigrants in Prairie Cities. Former president of the Canadian Historical Association, he was an advisor on CBC-Radio Canada’s television series Canada: A People’s History. He lives in Winnipeg.