Scoundrels, Dreamers And Second Sons : British Remittance Men In The Canadian West

Zuehlke, Mark

Vancouver/Toronto, 1994

By Whitecap Books
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Details

Card covers, 211 pages, 6x8.5 in, [15x21 cm], B&W photographs.

Condition

Covers with light creasing and moderate surface wear, name inscription on front free endpaper, edges lightly soiled.

Notes

An examination of the little-known group of upper-class British men sent to Canada beginning in the 1880s after failing to find a place within British society. Supported by family allowances, or “remittances,” these second and later sons were encouraged to make new lives in the Canadian West, often as farmers, ranchers, or adventurers, with mixed and frequently disappointing results. Drawing on individual case studies, the book traces their backgrounds, motives for exile, daily lives, and interactions with Canadian society. 
ISBN

978155101972
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