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Considered one of The Hill Times‘ Highest Books of 2016
In 1875, Icelandic immigrants established a colony at the southwest shore of Lake Winnipeg. The timing and location of New Iceland used to be not accidental. Around the Prairies, the Canadian government used to be creating land reserves for Europeans within the hope that the agricultural development of Indigenous lands would enhance the state’s economic and political ambitions. On this innovative history, Ryan Eyford expands our figuring out of the creation of western Canada: his nuanced account traces the connections between Icelandic colonists, the Indigenous people they displaced, and other settler groups whilst exposing the ideas and practices integral to building a colonial society.