Canadian pastoral: Promotional images of British colonization in Lower Canadas' Eastern Townships during the 1830s

Journal of Historical Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-211

  Little, J I ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; IMMIGRATION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PASTORALISM; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

CANADA;

EID: 0038454708     PISSN: 03057488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhge.2001.0420     Document Type: Article

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