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- Title
UTOPIANS AND UTILITARIANS: Environment and Economy in the Finnish-Canadian Settlement of Sointula.
- Authors
Saikku, Mikko
- Abstract
The article focuses on the environmental and economic conditions of Finnish settlers in the fishing village of Sointula on the island of Malcolm in British Columbia. The author states that the utopian socialist ideology of the original Finnish settlers was strongly influenced by National Romantic and theosophical ideas. The intellectual component of Sointula's environmental history is closely related to changes in the socioeconomic realm, where the means of subsistence are extracted from the natural environment and divided within a given society. It notes that the innovation in commercial fishing can be traced to Malcolm Island and a Finnish fisher and a boat builder in 20th century.
- Subjects
BRITISH Columbia; PIONEERS; FINNS; COMMUNITIES; UTOPIAS; COMMUNAL living; FISHING; ENVIRONMENTALISM; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; FRONTIER &; pioneer life
- Publication
BC Studies, 2007, Issue 154, p3
- ISSN
0005-2949
- Publication type
Article