Land of the Midnight Sun: A History of the Yukon Volume 202 Tapa dura - 2005

Kingston & Montreal - London - Ithaca: McGill - Queen's University Press, 2009. 1st Edition, 2nd Printing. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Type: Book xiv pp., 362 pp., black paper covered hardback bdg. with gold-stamped titling on front board & spine. illustrated with 79 full b/w in text phototypes and 8 maps on plates. Placing well-known historical episodes within the broader sweep of the past, "Land of the Midnight Sun" gives particular emphasis to the role of First Nations people and the lengthy struggle of Yukoners to find their place within Confederation.This broader story incorporates the introduction of mammoth dredges that scoured the Klondike creeks, the impressive Elsa-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 national World War I effort, and the sweeping… Leer más

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