Canada's Colonies

A History of the Yukon and Northwest Territories

Nonfiction, History, Americas, Canada
Cover of the book Canada's Colonies by Ken S. Coates, James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
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Author: Ken S. Coates ISBN: 9781552779408
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers Publication: December 15, 2011
Imprint: Lorimer Language: English
Author: Ken S. Coates
ISBN: 9781552779408
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Publication: December 15, 2011
Imprint: Lorimer
Language: English

Furs, gold, whales, oil--the reason for going north has always been to empty the treasure house. The northern territories are vast and sparsely populated, so southern Canadians have been content to consider the North a colony, not a true part of Canada.

Since the first British naval expeditions to the "Frozen North," the history of the region has been romanticised. This book presents that history as seen from the North itself. Ken Coates begins by describing the resilient pre-European cultures of the Dene and Inuit peoples. Chapters are devoted to each period of development--the fur trade, Arctic whaling, the Klondike Gold Rush, military projects like the Alaska Highway, Ottawa's "bureaucratisation" of the North, and the resource projects of recent years.

First published in 1985, this book shows that modern northern politics have deep roots in the true history of "Canada's colonies."

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Furs, gold, whales, oil--the reason for going north has always been to empty the treasure house. The northern territories are vast and sparsely populated, so southern Canadians have been content to consider the North a colony, not a true part of Canada.

Since the first British naval expeditions to the "Frozen North," the history of the region has been romanticised. This book presents that history as seen from the North itself. Ken Coates begins by describing the resilient pre-European cultures of the Dene and Inuit peoples. Chapters are devoted to each period of development--the fur trade, Arctic whaling, the Klondike Gold Rush, military projects like the Alaska Highway, Ottawa's "bureaucratisation" of the North, and the resource projects of recent years.

First published in 1985, this book shows that modern northern politics have deep roots in the true history of "Canada's colonies."

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