Civilizing the West: The Galts and the Development of Western Canada

by A.A. Den Otter

Alexander Tilloch Galt and his son, Elliott Torrance Galt, were two central Canadian entrepreneurs who tirelessly promoted the resources of western Canada. During the latter half of the nineteenth and the early part of the twentieth centuries, they worked zealously to bring the symbols of civilization to the undeveloped prairies.
Because immigrants and business preferred to settle in the United States, the Galts battled British and eastern Canadian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888640714
• ISBN13: 9780888640710
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"