How Long to Read Views from Fort Battleford

How Long Does it Take to Read Views from Fort Battleford?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 33 minutes to read Views from Fort Battleford by Walter Hildebrandt

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The myth of the Mounties as neutral arbiters between Aboriginal peoples and incoming settlers remains a cornerstone of the western Canadian narrative of a peaceful frontier experience that differs dramatically from its American equivalent. Walter Hildebrandt eviscerates this myth, placing the NWMP and early settlement in an international framework of imperialist plunder and the imposition of colonialist ideology. Fort Battleford, as an architectural endeavour, and as a Euro-Canadian settlement, oozed British and central Canadian values. The Mounties, like the Ottawa government that paid their salaries, "were in the West to assure that a new cultural template of social behaviour would replace the one they found." The newcomers were blind to the cultural values and material achievements of the millenia-long residents of the North-West. Unlike their fur trade predecessors, the settler state had little need to respect or accommodate Aboriginal people. Following policies that resulted in starvation for Natives, the colonizers then responded brutally to the uprising of some of the oppressed in 1885. Hildebrandt's ability to view these events from the indigenous viewpoint places the Mounties, the Canadian state, and the regional settlement experience in an entirely different spotlight.

How long is Views from Fort Battleford?

Views from Fort Battleford by Walter Hildebrandt is 212 pages long, and a total of 53,424 words.

This makes it 72% the length of the average book. It also has 65% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Views from Fort Battleford Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 51 minutes to read Views from Fort Battleford aloud.

What Reading Level is Views from Fort Battleford?

Views from Fort Battleford is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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