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Toronto: Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 1976. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. (x) 177 pp. Beige cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, Very light rubbing on the corners; no interior markings; no dustjacket. Profusely illustrated with sepia-toned photographs. The Chapters are: Advertising Canada; To the Promised Land; Beginnings; Church and School; Labour Force; From Settlement to City; and New Generation..
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- Title The Last Best West
- Author Bruce, Jean
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 177
- Publisher Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Toronto
- Date 1976
- ISBN 9780889024014
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THE LAST BEST WEST
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The Last Best West
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Canada: Fitzhenry and Whiteside. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 0889024014 . 117 pages. Between 1896 and 1914, the Canadian government carried out a vigorous programme in central Europe, Britain, and the United States to persuade people to immigrate to the Canadian west, "The Last Best West." Hundreds of thousands of prospective settlers from diverse and distinctive ethnic backgrounds responded, leading to an extraordinary mass migration which changed the face of Canada. The great campaign to populate the west is presented here in a compelling and moving selection of more than 190 photographs of the period, together with short related texts. We see all the paraphernalia of the government advertising campaign, the journey from the settler's homelands, the development of western cities and industries and, above all, the people whose lives transformed - and were transformed by - the Canadian west. Gift greetings on front free endpaper. Dust…
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The last best west
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Fitzhenry & Whiteside, January 1976. Hardcover. VG/Poor. cover has a tear or a missing corner
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