Land of the midnight sun : a history of the Yukon / Ken S. Coates, William R. Morrison
- Bib ID:
- 3428626
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Coates, Kenneth, 1956-
- Online Version:
- Table of contents
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- Edition:
- [2nd ed.]
- Description:
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- Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press ; Seatte : University of Washington Press, c2005
- xiv, 362 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0773527567
- 0773527575
- 0295984759
- Series:
- Carleton library series ; 202.
- Summary:
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"The Klondike Gold Rush made the Yukon famous, but the rest of its long and diverse history attracts little attention. Placing the best-known historical episodes within the broader sweep of the past, the bestselling Land of the Midnight Sun is the standard source for understanding the Yukon's history. It has been completely revised and brought up to the present in this new edition." "Emphasizing the role of First Nations people and the lengthy struggle of Yukoners to find their place within Confederation, Ken Coates and William Morrison also explore the impressive Elka-Keno Hill silver mines, the impact of residential schools on Aboriginal children, the devastation caused by the sinking of the Princess Sophia, the Yukon's remarkable contributions to the Canadian World War I effort, and the sweeping transformations associated with the American "occupation" during World War II."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- 1. The natives' Yukon
- 2. The fur trade
- 3. The search for Bonanza, 1870-1896
- 4. The gold rush, 1896-1900
- 5. Herschel Island : the unknown Yukon
- 6. After the gold rush, 1900-1918
- 7. The lean years, 1918-1939
- 8. War and upheaval, 1939-1946
- 9. The postwar Yukon
- 10. Rebuilding the modern Yukon.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-350) and index.
- Subject:
- Yukon Territory -- History
- Other authors/contributors:
- Morrison, William R. (William Robert), 1942-
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2005
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