The Struggle for Responsible Government in the North-West Territories 1870-97 (2nd Edition)

by Lewis H. Thomas

When Canada acquired the Hudson's Bay Company territory in 1870 the federal government was faced with the challenge of governing an area comprising more than half the nation. Following the creation of the province of Manitoba, Parliament provided a territorial government for the vast region of northwest Canada and northern Quebec and Ontario. This classic study of the political development of the area now comprising the provinces of Alberta and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802063276
• ISBN13: 9780802063274
• Release Date: December 1978
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"