Conspicuous by their absence: French Canadians and the settlement of the Canadian West

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 822-849

  Green, Alan ^a   MacKinnon, Mary ^b   Minns, Chris ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26844528122     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050705000306     Document Type: Article

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