Title Rural life : portraits of the prairie town, 1946 / P. James Giffen ; edited and with an afterword by Gerald Friesen

Published Winnipeg, Man. : University of Manitoba Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (283 pages) : map Series CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection Contents Cover -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ELGIN: The British-Origin Community -- ROSSBURN: A Community in Transition -- CARMAN: The Larger Town -- CONCLUSION -- AFTERWORD: Stuart Garson, Harold Innis, and Adult Education in Manitoba -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y Summary "At the close of WW II, politicians throughout western Canada were concerned about how small prairie towns would adapt to the new technologies and society of the post-war era. In Manitoba, Premier Stuart Garson appointed a Royal Commission to investigate the resources available to rural communities." "One of the commission's researchers was Jim Giffen, a young student of Innis's who would later become a prominent sociologist. Giffen did field research in three towns in southwestern Manitoba: Carman, Rossburn, and Elgin. He examined local organizations as diverse as the Pool elevator and Women's Institute, and looked at the impact of isolation on the education and activities of young people, the role of the church, and gender and race relations." "Giffen's report, never before published, is a look at the Canadian institution of the small prairie town on the brink of tremendous change. Much of what he found in rural Manitoba held true for small towns across the Canadian prairies. Rural Life records the last moments of a society that until then had enjoyed over seventy-five years of cultural stability. Gerald Friesen's Afterword is a detailed and thoughtful assessment of the political and economic climate surrounding the commission, and the influence of political priorities on its deliberations."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Cities and towns -- Prairie Provinces -- Case studies Sociology, Rural -- Prairie Provinces SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Rural. Cities and towns Rural conditions Sociology, Rural SUBJECT Manitoba -- Rural conditions Rossburn (Man. : Rural municipality) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86069614 Elgin (Man.) Carman (Man.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2012094557 Subject Manitoba Manitoba -- Carman Manitoba -- Rossburn (Rural municipality) Prairie Provinces Genre/Form Electronic books Case studies Form Electronic book Author Friesen, Gerald. ISBN 9780887553639 088755363X 1283091119 9781283091114 9786613091116 6613091111

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