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Nineteenth-centuryfarmfamiliesneededlandforthenextgeneration.TheirquestshapedagriculturalsettlementacrossCanada.Thisover-viewofruralhistoryinQuebecOntarioandthePrairiesprovidesanewperspectiveonthewaysinwhichagricultureandthefamilyfarmwerecentraltothecountryx19sexpansionandessentialtounder-standingsocialpoliticalandeconomicchanges.HowAgricultureMadeCanadashowshowdifferencesbetweentheagriculturaldevelopmentofQuebecandthatofOntariohadadecisiveinx18uenceonthesettlementofthePrairies.PeterRusselldemonstratesthatfarmersinbothQuebecandOntarioeventuallyranoutofgoodlandintheStLawrencelowlands.ButwhereasQuebecdidnotwantitsstrugglingfarmerstomoveelsewhereOntarioen-couragedpeopletomigratewest.RussellarguesthatthethousandsofrelocatedfarmingfamiliesfromOntariohadaprofoundimpactonManitobapreviouslybilingualitbecameananglophoneprovincethatassimilatedEastEuropeansintotheEnglishlanguage.ThusifnotfortheagriculturalcrisesintheCanadasManitobamighthavebeenatleastasfrancophoneasanglophone.Thex17rstcomprehensivesynthesisonthehistoryofCanadianfarm-ingindecadesHowAgricultureMadeCanadarevealsthelastingimpactthatnineteenth-centuryagriculturalchangeshavehadonthenation.PeterA.RussellisassociateprofessorofhistoryatubcOkanaganandtheauthorofAttitudestoSocialStructureandMobilityinUpperCanadax1cHereWeareLairdOurselvesx1d.27MQUPFALL2012CANADIANHISTORYECONOMICSHowAgricultureMadeCanadaFarmingintheNineteenthCenturypetera.russellAnoriginalandtexturedanalysisofhowagriculturaldevelopmentsinQuebecandOntariohadasigni-cantanddirectimpactonruralsettlementinthePrairies.ANNOUNCINGANEWSERIESMcGill-Queenx19sRuralWildlandandResourceStudiesSeriesSerieseditorsColinA.M.DuncanJamesMurtonandR.W.SandwellSPECIFICATIONSMcGill-Queenx19sRuralWildlandandResourceStudiesSeriesNovember2012978-0-7735-4065-132.95ACDN32.95AUS21.99paper978-0-7735-4064-495.00SCDN95.00SUS71.00cloth6x9312pp20tables2mapsSIMULTANEOUSELECTRONICEDITIONAVAILABLEInspiredbyCanadianPapersinRuralHistoryDonaldH.Akensonx19sclassicoccasionalpapersseriesthisserieswillpublishbothmono-graphsandthematicallyuni-ededitedcollectionsdealingwithaspectsofruralandwildlandlifeandresourceextractionpastandpresent.TheMcGill-Queenx19sRuralWildlandandResourceStudiesSeriesisaboutcommunitiesandplaceslyingbeyondthecitylimitsoutsidethecentresofurbanpoli-ticalandculturalpowerandatthesiteofresourceprocurementandenvironmentalchange.Scholarlyandpopularinterestintheenvironmentclimatechangefoodandaseeminglydeepeningdividebetweencityandcountryarenowdrawingtheseplacesbackintotheviewoftheurbanmain-stream.Theeditorswelcomeforconsiderationanyworkdealingwithnon-urbanlifesuchasagri-cultureminingcottagingthegatheringofwildfoods-shingandpowergenerationamongstothersubjects.TheserieswillfocusonbutnotbelimitedtoCanadianplacesandtopics.