Canada category: 4109 books
by George M. Wrong, H.H. Langton
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
THE CHRONICLES OF CANADA Edited by George M. Wrong and H. H. Langton of the University of Toronto
The Chronicles of Canada was a Canadian literary landmark.
First published in 1914, it was a series of thirty-two, short, concise, freshly-written historical narratives for the lay person....
For Honour's Sake
The War of 1812 and the Brokering of an Uneasy Peace
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2010
In the tradition of Margaret MacMillan’s Paris 1919 comes a new consideration of Canada’s most famous war and the Treaty of Ghent that unsatisfactorily concluded it, from one of this country’s premier military historians.
In the Canadian imagination, the War of 1812 looms large. It was...
Canada - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Canada is the second-largest country in the world, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific and spanning six time zones. From coast to coast lie vast forests, breathtaking mountains, flat, open plains, and thousands of lakes and rivers. It is also the world's second-most sparsely populated...
Canada's Victorian Oil Town
The Transformation of Petrolia from Resource Town into a Victorian Community
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2006
Departing from traditional historiography focused on the economic role of resource development, Canada's Victorian Oil Town incorporates an understanding of the connections between science and technology, nation and imperialism, and cultural nuances of community-building. Burr looks at the cultural importance...
by Bob Plamondon
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Jean Chr̩tien's critics have said he was a man with no vision and a short attention span Рa small-town hick who stumbled his way to become Canada's 20th prime minister. Whatever credit the Chr̩tien government deserved was often given to Paul Martin, the heir apparent who was touted...
Edible Histories, Cultural Politics
Towards a Canadian Food History
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
Just as the Canada's rich past resists any singular narrative, there is no such thing as a singular Canadian food tradition. This new book explores Canada's diverse food cultures and the varied relationships that Canadians have had historically with food practices in the context of community, region,...
Embattled Nation
Canada's Wartime Election of 1917
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2017
Embattled Nation explores Canada’s tense wartime election of 1917. Amidst the drama of the First World War, Canada’s most divisive election ever raised pivotal questions about Canada’s place in the war and the world. This book examines the issues, people, and events behind one of the most important elections in Canada’s history.
Our Lives: Canada after 1945
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
This book offers a short, comprehensive history of post-war Canada. All the major events and developments in Canadian history are discussed: the evolution of the welfare state; the growth of economic domination by the United States; the halcyon days as a Middle Power; the Quiet Revolution; the First...
Debts to Pay
English Canada and Quebec from the Conquest to the Referendum
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
Since the resignation of Lucien Bouchard and Jean Charest's resounding win in the recent provincial election, many in English Canada have come to believe that Quebec separatism has finally been defeated. But polls show that sovereignty is still strongly supported by many Quebeckers, and by young people...
A Cowherd in Paradise
From China to Canada
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
In 2006, the Prime Minister apologized to the Chinese people for the legislated discrimination created by Canada’s head tax laws in the first half of the twentieth century, acknowledging the far-reaching and long-term consequences it has had on their families. A Cowherd in Paradise is the story...
by Christopher McCreery
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2012
A celebration in medals of Queen Elizabeth II’s 60 years as our monarch.
On the occasion of the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne as Queen of Canada, Canada has followed a long tradition of recommending to Her Majesty the institution of a commemorative medal...
The Big Red Fox
The Incredible Story of Norman "Red" Ryan, Canada's Most Notorious Criminal
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1999
Norman "Red" Ryan was a notorious bank robber, safecracker, and killer. He escaped from Kingston Penitentiary twice - first by force, and then years later by gulling the credulous into believing that he was "reformed." The dupes of Ryan's second emancipation included the prison's...
An Unstoppable Force
The Scottish Exodus to Canada
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2008
This book provides the first exhaustive study of the great Scottish exodus to Canada written in modern times. Using wide-ranging sources, some previously untapped, Lucille Campey examines the driving forces behind the Scottish exodus and traces the remarkable progress of Scottish colonizers across...
Canada's Constitutional Monarchy
An Introduction to Our Form of Government
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
The Canadian Crown is a unique institution that has been integral to our ideals of democracy from its beginning in 16th-century New France.
Canadians enjoy one of the most stable forms of government on the planet, but there is a crisis in our understanding of the role the Crown plays in that...