A distillation of sixty-seven of the best and most important plates from the original three volumes of the bestselling of the Historical Atlas of Canada.
Authors
Thomas F. McIlwraith, Geoffrey J. Matthews, Byron Moldofsky, William G. Dean, Conrad Heidenreich, Thomas McIlwraith
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 911/.71
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
- General Note
- The Concise historical atlas of Canada is based on the three-volume Historical atlas of Canada"--P. [iii] Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9781442673205 9780802042033
- LCCN
- G1116.S1
- LCCN Item number
- C6 1998eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaNFSM
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (1 atlas (180 p.))
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)mat00211211 (OCoLC)647742410 (CaOOCEL)420971
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- Historical atlas of Canada
- Transcribing agency
- DLC
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Publisher's Note 19
- Preface 20
- Acknowledgments 21
- PART ONE: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 22
- Prehistoric and Native Canada 23
- 1 ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AFTER 9000 BCE 27
- 2 NATIVE CULTURAL SEQUENCES, 6th CENTURY TO EUROPEAN CONTACT 29
- 3 NATIVE POPULATION AND SUBSISTENCE, 17th CENTURY 31
- 4 NATIVE CANADA, ca 1820 33
- Exploration 23
- 5 EXPLORING THE ATLANTIC COAST, 16th AND 17th CENTURIES 35
- 6 EXPLORATION, 17th, 18th CENTURIES 37
- 7 EXPLORATION FROM HUDSON BAY, 18th CENTURY 39
- 8 EXPLORATION IN THE FAR NORTHWEST, 18th AND 19th CENTURIES 41
- 9 EXPLORATION AND ASSESSMENT TO 1891 43
- Territorial Extent 24
- 10 FROM SEA TO SEA: TERRITORIAL GROWTH TO 1900 45
- 11 TERRITORIAL EVOLUTION, 1891–1961 47
- Population 24
- 12 EASTERN CANADA, ca 1800 49
- 13 POPULATION IN THE CANADAS AND THE ATLANTIC REGION TO 1857 51
- 14 THE CANADIAN POPULATION, 1871,1891 53
- 15 THE EXODUS: MIGRATIONS, 1860–1900 55
- 16 MIGRATION, 1891–1930 57
- 17 POPULATION CHANGES, 1941–1961 59
- 18 POPULATION COMPOSITION, 1891–1961 61
- Transport and Urbanization 25
- 19 THE EMERGENCE OF A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, 1837–1852 63
- 20 LINKING CANADA, 1867–1891 65
- 21 THE EMERGENCE OF THE URBAN SYSTEM, 1888–1932 67
- 22 THE INTEGRATION OF THE URBAN SYSTEM, 1921–1961 69
- 23 THE GROWTH OF ROAD AND AIR TRANSPORT, 20th CENTURY 71
- The Economy 25
- 24 CANADIAN NORTH ATLANTIC TRADE, 17th AND 18th CENTURIES 73
- 25 CANADA IN 1891 75
- 26 PRIMARY PRODUCTION, 1891–1926 77
- 27 FARMING AND FISHING, 1941–1961 79
- 28 THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF MANUFACTURING, 1879–1930 81
- Society 25
- 29 19th-CENTURY IMAGES OF CANADA 83
- 30 THE LOOK OF DOMESTIC BUILDING, 1891 85
- 31 THE PRINTED WORD, 18th AND 19th CENTURIES 87
- 32 THE QUEST FOR UNIVERSAL SCHOOLING, 1851–1891 89
- 33 RELIGIOUS ADHERENCE, 20th CENTURY 91
- PART TWO: DEFINING EPISODES 94
- 34 THE FRENCH ORIGINS OF THE CANADIAN POPULATION, 1608–1759 97
- 35 THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR, 1756–1763 99
- 36 ACADIAN DEPORTATION AND RETURN, 1750–1803 101
- 37 THE COMING OF THE LOYALISTS, LATE 18th CENTURY 103
- 38 THE WAR OF 1812,1812–1814 105
- 39 TRANSATLANTIC MIGRATIONS, 1815–1865 107
- 40 THE GREAT WAR, 1914–1918 109
- 41 THE IMPACT OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, 1930s 111
- 42 THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1939–1945 113
- PART THREE: REGIONAL PATTERNS 116
- The East 117
- 43 TRADE IN INTERIOR AMERICA, 1654–1666 119
- 44 FRANCE SECURES THE INTERIOR, 1740–1755 121
- 45 THE MIGRATORY FISHERIES, 18th CENTURY 123
- 46 THE NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERY, 18th CENTURY 125
- 47 ACADIAN MARSHLAND SETTLEMENT, 1671–1714 127
- 48 MARITIME CANADA, LATE 18th CENTURY 129
- 49 RESETTLING THE ST LAWRENCE VALLEY, 1608–1760 131
- 50 THE COUNTRYSIDE, NEW FRANCE, ca 1700 133
- 51 THE TOWNS, NEW FRANCE, 1685–1759 135
- 52 TIMBER PRODUCTION AND TRADE TO 1850 137
- 53 A NEW AGRICULTURE: UPPER CANADA TO 1856 139
- 54 TRADE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE 19th CENTURY 141
- 55 BY HAND AND BY WATER: MANUFACTURING TO 1854 143
- 56 THE DEVELOPING INDUSTRIAL HEARTLAND, 1871–1891 145
- 57 SOCIAL CHANGE IN MONTRÉAL, 1842–1901 147
- 58 THE EMERGENCE OF CORPORATE TORONTO, 1890–1930 149
- The West and the North 118
- 59 RUPERTS LAND, FROM 1670 151
- 60 FUR TRADE IN THE INTERIOR, 1760–1825 153
- 61 HOMESTEADING AND AGRICULTURE IN THE WEST, 1872–1891 155
- 62 PEOPLING THE PRAIRIES, 1891–1931 157
- 63 DROUGHT AND DEPRESSION ON THE PRAIRIES, 1930s 159
- 64 GOLD AND POPULATION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1858–1881 161
- 65 BRITISH COLUMBIA RESOURCES, 1891–1928 163
- 66 RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ON THE SHIELD, 1891–1928 165
- 67 SOCIETIES AND ECONOMIES IN THE NORTH, 1891–1961 167
- Notes and Sources 170