Canada category: 4109 books
by Amanda Morgan
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Vancouver is one of Canada’s very best travel destinations. On the west coast of British Columbia, Vancouver is one of the country’s largest and most ethnically diverse cities. Here you will find astounding architecture, beautiful beaches, fantastic skiing, friendly people and excellent...
The Rise of the New West
The History of a Region in Confederation
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
This one-volume history chronicles a 150-year history of dramatic changes in fortune and attitudes in western Canada.
From the Riel Rebellions and the Winnipeg General Strike to the founding of the CCF, Social Credit, and Reform parties, Canada's West has always been a hotbed of political,...
The Great Canadian Bucket List
One-of-a-Kind Travel Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2017
A National Bestseller!
Fully revised with new chapters and fascinating destinations to explore, renowned travel writer Robin Esrock guides you to Canada’s most incredible experiences.
Having visited more than 100 countries on 7 continents, Robin Esrock has built a career chasing the extraordinary....
by John Gellner, John Smerek
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1968
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1968
This is a chronicle of one of the many ethnic groups in Canada, a group of about 80,000 people of Czech and Slovak origin who now live in this country. In the authors' own words, "the book is addressed both to Canadian-Canadians and to Czech-and-Slovak Canadians (if there is such a distinction)."...
The Admirals
Canada's Senior Naval Leadership in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2006
The Admirals: Canada's Senior Naval Leadership in the Twentieth Century fills an important void in the history of Canada's navy. Those who carry the burden of high command have a critical niche in not only guiding the day-to-day concerns of running an armed service but in ensuring that it is ready...
Productivity and Prosperity
A Historical Sociology of Productivist Thought
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
Despite Canada’s economic success over the past thirty years, the country’s ranking in productivity has continued to decline when compared to other industrialized nations. Economic experts and pundits repeatedly call for means of improving productivity, arguing that it is the lynchpin to prosperity....
On the Land
Confronting the Challenges to Aboriginal Self-Determination
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 1995
It is from the land that the Native peoples of Canada draw their strength.
If the people of Quebec claim a right to sovereignty, Inuit of Quebec argue their right of self-determination empowers them with the choice to remain part of Quebec, of Canada or to secede on their own.
The James...
The Politics of Procurement
Military Acquisition in Canada and the Sea King Helicopter
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
In 1993, Canada’s Liberal Party cancelled an order to replace the navy’s Sea King helicopter. It claimed that the Tory plan was too expensive, but the cancellation itself actually cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. Aaron Plamondon connects this incident to the larger evolution of...
Behind the Scenes
The Life and Work of William Clifford Clark
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2010
William Clifford Clark, federal deputy minister of finance from 1932 to 1952, had a profound impact on Canadian history. An important intellectual figure during the first half of the twentieth century, he was leader of 'The Ottawa Men,' a group of federal civil servants who shaped a new liberal vision...
by Karen Goa
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2009
Travel writer Karen Goa and her boat-builder husband Ken fled their native Saskatchewan’s bone-crackingly cold winters for balmy New Zealand in the 1980s. Twenty years on, the Canadian Kiwis rustle up a classic 1956 Chevy station wagon and set off across Canada on a road trip like no other.
An award-winning...
The Force of Culture
Vincent Massey and Canadian Sovereignty
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2004
A misunderstood and sometimes maligned figure, Vincent Massey was one of Canada's most influential cultural policy-makers and art patrons. Best known as Canada's first native-born Governor General, he chaired the landmark Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters, and Sciences...
Battle for Quebec 1759
Britain's Conquest of Canada
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
The definitive history of the campaigns in Canada between the British and French Empires during the Seven Years War. On September 13, 1759, British and French forces fought one of the most decisive battles of history, on the Plains of Abraham outside the Canadian capital of Quebec. The British force...
by Maria Da Silva, Andrew Hind
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
The 1837 Rebellion in Upper Canada was a defining moment in Canadian history. It led to political and economic reforms, pushed forward the process of nationhood, and sparked a sense of patriotism. It was also a time of turbulence, uncertainty, and sacrifice. Rebels Against Tories in Upper Canada 1837...
The Reluctant Land
Society, Space, and Environment in Canada before Confederation
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Winner, 2008 K.D. Srivastava Prize for Excellence in Scholarly Publishing, UBC Press The Reluctant Land describes the evolving pattern of settlement and the changing relationships of people and land in Canada from the end of the fifteenth century to the Confederation years of the late 1860s...