Diversity and the Dish

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From: Colonialism and Capitalism Canada's Origins 1500-1890

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This chapter outlines the many variations within Indigenous societies affected by factors such as geographic location, war and access to resources and, trade and the differences in land use, social, gender and labour divisions at the time of first contact with the European settlers.

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Bryan D. Palmer

Bryan D. Palmer is Professor Emeritus and former Canada Research Chair, Canadian Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, former editor of Labour/Le Travail, and has published extensively on the history of labour and the revolutionary left. Among his many books are Canada’s 1960s and the co-authored, Toronto's Poor: A Rebellious History. He lives in Warkworth, Ontario.