"The Great Depression of the 1930s often recalls images of the drought-stricken Great Plains. Prolonged drought exacerbated the economic effects of the Great Depression to such a degree that the prairies became the epicentre of the disaster in Canada. Between 1929 and 1932, per capita incomes...

"This fifth volume of the History of the Prairie West Series contains a broad range of articles spanning the 1870s to the present and examines the mostly unexplored place of women in the history of Canada's Prairie Provinces. From "Spinsters Need Not Apply" to "Negotiating Sex and Gender in the...

The trade in livestock between the Red River Settlement and the American Frontier, 1812-1870 / Barry Kaye -- Straddling the "Great Transformation" : the Hudson's Bay Company in Edmonton during the transportation from the commons to private property, 1854-1882 / Terence O'Riordan --...