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1	To the Ends of the Earth: A Study of the Explorative Discourse Promoting British Expansionism in Canada Evangelisti, Charles William 29 May 2009 (has links) Between 1760 and 1833, English explorers systematically filled in the map of British North America. Many of those explorers worked for two fur-trading companies: the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company. In pursuit of new sources of fur, they opened western Canada to European comprehension. Their published accounts of geographic exploration provided the British audience with new geographical information about North America. New geographic information often paved the way for settlement. However, in the case of the Canadian West, increased geographic comprehension did not necessarily lead to settlement. By 1833, the explorers had built a base of knowledge from which the British conceptualized the Canadian wilderness. Over the course of seventy years, the British conception of western Canada remained remarkably consistent. The popular British image of western Canada, persisting into the 1830s, was of a wasteland fit only for the fur trade. The British, who had been expanding around the world for several hundred years, were not yet interested in settlement in western Canada. This thesis seeks to expand upon the link that existed between the fur trade, its employees, and their influence on the British conception of western Canada. / Master of Arts Hudson's Bay Company Alexander Mackenzie David Thompson James Cook Samuel Hearne George Vancouver North West Company Canada Fur Trade North America Peter Pond Aaron Arrowsmith Western Exploration
2	Canada, inc. the relevance of ideology to the emergence of a capitalist social formation in Rupert's Land and the Indian territories of British North America, 1852 TO 1885 Sanders, Storm Lee 22 December 2010 This thesis looks at the relevance of ideology to the emergence of capitalist social formation in Ruperts Land and the North West between 1852 and 1885 in two contexts: 1) as a mechanism of transforming the mercantilist social formation - the economy, state, and society - that arose to oversee the fur trade in Ruperts Land and the Indian Territory between 1670 and 1870; and 2) its role in establishing capitalist social formation in the North West up to 1885. I focus on the social processes by which ideology is transmitted and its significance to the emerging formation. I attempt to explain how a diverse group of politicians, bankers, investors, merchants, and industrialists took control of vast, resource-rich, and occupied territories like Ruperts Land and the North West and completely transformed the existing social arrangements according to their worldview. This thesis engages Marxist theory to examine the ideas of John A. Macdonald, Alexander Mackenzie, and Edward Blake as heads of the eastern polity, state, central government, and official opposition, and the representatives of commercial, financial, and industrial factions of the bourgeoisie. Over six hundred primary samples of their discourses in the form of political speeches, historical debates, and personal correspondence were reviewed in this research. The major themes emerging from the analysis pertain to the ideological underpinnings of a capitalist worldview in terms of the relevance of law and Christianity to the colonization and civilization of emigrant and indigenous peoples in the North West. It was also found that while politicians disseminate the worldview of their class and faction, they rely significantly on the support of capital and the producing classes to implement their ideas and establish, legitimize, and reproduce the conditions and relations of capitalism. When Macdonald and Mackenzie failed to rally consent for capitalism among local peoples in the North West, ideological coercion became the means of transforming the necessary social, economic, and political structures. I suggest that the use of force (rather than cooperation) to organize agricultural society in Saskatchewan has had long-term consequences for emigrant and indigenous peoples alike. The North West Ideology Karl Marx Marxist Critique Mercantilism Capitalism Antonio Gramsci Economy Social Transformation Society Law Indian Act State Colonization Civilization Infant Estates Act Metis Enfranchisement Act Aboriginal Plains Cree Western Expansion Emigrants Annexation Indigenous 1870 Hudson's Bay Company 1869 1885 Religion Alexander Mackenzie Government Politics John A . Macdonald Discourse Analysis Christianity Rupert's Land Edward Blake Louis Riel
3	Canada, inc. the relevance of ideology to the emergence of a capitalist social formation in Rupert's Land and the Indian territories of British North America, 1852 TO 1885 Sanders, Storm Lee 22 December 2010 (has links) This thesis looks at the relevance of ideology to the emergence of capitalist social formation in Ruperts Land and the North West between 1852 and 1885 in two contexts: 1) as a mechanism of transforming the mercantilist social formation - the economy, state, and society - that arose to oversee the fur trade in Ruperts Land and the Indian Territory between 1670 and 1870; and 2) its role in establishing capitalist social formation in the North West up to 1885. I focus on the social processes by which ideology is transmitted and its significance to the emerging formation. I attempt to explain how a diverse group of politicians, bankers, investors, merchants, and industrialists took control of vast, resource-rich, and occupied territories like Ruperts Land and the North West and completely transformed the existing social arrangements according to their worldview. This thesis engages Marxist theory to examine the ideas of John A. Macdonald, Alexander Mackenzie, and Edward Blake as heads of the eastern polity, state, central government, and official opposition, and the representatives of commercial, financial, and industrial factions of the bourgeoisie. Over six hundred primary samples of their discourses in the form of political speeches, historical debates, and personal correspondence were reviewed in this research. The major themes emerging from the analysis pertain to the ideological underpinnings of a capitalist worldview in terms of the relevance of law and Christianity to the colonization and civilization of emigrant and indigenous peoples in the North West. It was also found that while politicians disseminate the worldview of their class and faction, they rely significantly on the support of capital and the producing classes to implement their ideas and establish, legitimize, and reproduce the conditions and relations of capitalism. When Macdonald and Mackenzie failed to rally consent for capitalism among local peoples in the North West, ideological coercion became the means of transforming the necessary social, economic, and political structures. I suggest that the use of force (rather than cooperation) to organize agricultural society in Saskatchewan has had long-term consequences for emigrant and indigenous peoples alike. The North West Ideology Karl Marx Marxist Critique Mercantilism Capitalism Antonio Gramsci Economy Social Transformation Society Law Indian Act State Colonization Civilization Infant Estates Act Metis Enfranchisement Act Aboriginal Plains Cree Western Expansion Emigrants Annexation Indigenous 1870 Hudson's Bay Company 1869 1885 Religion Alexander Mackenzie Government Politics John A . Macdonald Discourse Analysis Christianity Rupert's Land Edward Blake Louis Riel
4	Tse Keh Nay-European Relations and Ethnicity: 1790s-2009 Sims, Daniel Unknown Date No description available. Tse Keh Nay Sekani Ethnicity History Tsay Keh Dene Ingenika Fort Grahame Fort Ware Kwadacha McLeod Lake Takla Lake Bear Lake Fort Connelly Fort Nelson Finlay Forks Adrien Gabriel Morice Alexander MacKenzie Simon Fraser Daniel William Harmon Samuel Black Archibald McDonald John Stuart Treaty No. 8 McLeod Lake Adhesion BC Treaty Process Beaver Dunneza McKenna-McBride Royal Commission Indian Reserve Commission British Columbia Land Claims
5	Tse Keh Nay-European Relations and Ethnicity: 1790s-2009 Sims, Daniel 06 1900 (has links) This thesis examines Tse Keh Nay (Sekani) ethnic identity over three periods of Aboriginal-European relations: the fur trade period, the missionary period, and the treaty and reserve period. It examines the affects these three periods have had on the Tse Keh Nay as an ethnic group in four chapters, the first two dealing with the fur trade and missionary periods, and the last two with the treaty and reserve aspects of the treaty and reserve period. In it I argue that during the first two periods wider Tse Keh Nay ethnic identity was reinforced, while during the latter period local Tse Keh Nay identities were reinforced through government policies that dealt with Tse Keh Nay subgroups on a regional and localized basis. Despite this shift in emphasis, wider Tse Keh Nay ethnic identity has remained, proving that Tse Keh Nay ethnic identity is both situational and dynamic. / History Tse Keh Nay Sekani Ethnicity History Tsay Keh Dene Ingenika Fort Grahame Fort Ware Kwadacha McLeod Lake Takla Lake Bear Lake Fort Connelly Fort Nelson Finlay Forks Adrien Gabriel Morice Alexander MacKenzie Simon Fraser Daniel William Harmon Samuel Black Archibald McDonald John Stuart Treaty No. 8 McLeod Lake Adhesion BC Treaty Process Beaver Dunneza McKenna-McBride Royal Commission Indian Reserve Commission British Columbia Land Claims

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