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Scoundrels, Dreamers & Second Sons British Remittance Men in the Canadian West. Cover Image

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Scoundrels, Dreamers & Second Sons British Remittance Men in the Canadian West

ISBN: 9781550177466
ISBN: 155017746X
Physical Description: 1 online resource (193 p.) remote electronic resource
Publisher: La Vergne : Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd., 2016.

Summary: #x93;#x91;Remittance man' was meant to be a disparaging term. It reflected the fact that these young men had been sent to the colonies to spare their families continuing embarrassment or shame. At home they had been scoundrels, dreamers, and second sons without future prospects. Perhaps in#x85;the Canadian West they would make something of themselves. If they didn't, at least they would be far enough away that little disgrace would fall upon their families." #x97;Mark Zuehlke Beginning in 1880, thousands of young, upper-class British men with few prospects were sent to the Canadian West to distance them from.