| Changing Places: History, Community, and Identity in Northeastern Ontario Contributor(s): Abel, Kerry M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0773530711 ISBN-13: 9780773530713 Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2006 Annotation: The community of Aboriginal groups and fur trade society that had initially developed at Porcupine-Iroquois Falls (c. 1660-1905) was displaced early in the twentieth century by newcomers drawn to the opportunities offered by mining, agriculture, and pulp and paper production. The newcomers came from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds, which led to divisions in the towns and villages they created. By the mid twentieth century, however, a community identity had been built on shared experience, hostility to the "South" and particular ethnic groups, and an imagined sense of northern uniqueness. Changing Places examines the process by which a relatively coherent community emerged in the sub-region of Northern Ontario bounded by Timmins, Iroquois Falls, and Matheson. Using archival, oral, and newspaper sources, Kerry Abel offers the only comprehensive history of the area. She rejects traditional sociological and anthropological models about community and identity in favour of a more nuanced interpretation that takes historical process into account. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - General |
| Dewey: 971.314 |
| Physical Information: 1.55" H x 6.3" W x 9" (1.62 lbs) 519 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Geographic Orientation - Ontario |
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| Publisher Description: Drawing from archival, oral and newspaper sources, Kerry Abel examines the process by which a relatively coherent community emerged in the sub-region of northern Ontario bounded by Timmins, Iroquois Falls, and Matheson. |
Contributor Bio(s): Abel, Kerry M.: - CA |