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Describes the colonization of marginal lands among the boreal fringes of Canada. This book explores the last significant expansion of farm settlement in Canada, documenting the painful discovery of the limits of traditional farming.

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"Wood constructs a quilt from the small patches of history scattered across the boreal fringes of Canada in a brave work that dares to tackle 'national history' without reducing his book to a tale of high politics or abstract economic patterns." John Walsh, Carleton University

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 7/6/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780773530973, 978-0773530973
      ISBN10: 0773530975

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Describes the colonization of marginal lands among the boreal fringes of Canada. This book explores the last significant expansion of farm settlement in Canada, documenting the painful discovery of the limits of traditional farming.

      Trade Review
      "Wood constructs a quilt from the small patches of history scattered across the boreal fringes of Canada in a brave work that dares to tackle 'national history' without reducing his book to a tale of high politics or abstract economic patterns." John Walsh, Carleton University

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