Canada category: 4109 books
by Edwin Guillet
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1963
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1963
One of the most fascinating aspects of the history of Canada is the development of trave—from the canoe-routes and woodland trails first followed by the Indians, the fur-traders and explorers, and the pioneers, to the canals, locks, and highways of a later age, and the seaways, railroads, and air...
War Plan Red
The United States' Secret Plan to Invade Canada and Canada's Secret Plan to Invade the United States
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
It's known as the world's friendliest border. Five thousand miles of unfenced, unwalled international coexistence and a symbol of neighborly goodwill between two great nations: the United States and Canada. But just how friendly is it really? In War Plan Red, the secret "cold war" between...
by H.V. Nelles
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
This lively and opinionated history is a whirlwind tour of the Canadian land and inhabitants from the earliest human occupation to the present. The country has undergone several fundamental changes - from Indigenous occupation, to French and British colonization, to the rise of an independent nation...
The John A. Macdonald Retrospective 2-Book Bundle
Macdonald at 200 / John A. Macdonald
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
This special 2-book bundle contains a number of perspectives on a man who was arguably Canada’s most famous political leader, a figure of legendary proportions in the history of Canada’s birth and development.
Ged Martin’s biography tells Macdonald’s story. Shocked by Canada’s 1837...
Brothers Beyond the Sea
National Socialism in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2010
During the years 1933 to 1939, a pro-Nazi movement developed in Canada. With the support of the German National Socialist Party, Canadian pro-Nazi institutions were formed: clubs, rallies, schools, and newspapers. The movement ended in failure. The author analyzes the reasons for the formation and...
Mining and Communities in Northern Canada
History, Politics, and Memory
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2015
For indigenous communities throughout the globe, mining has been a historical forerunner of colonialism, introducing new, and often disruptive, settlement patterns and economic arrangements. Although indigenous communities may benefit from and adapt to the wage labour and training opportunities provided...
Sorry, I Don't Speak French
Confronting the Canadian Crisis That Won't Go Away
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2009
As the threat of another Quebec referendum on independence looms, this book becomes important for every Canadian — especially as language remains both a barrier and a bridge in our divided country
Canada’s language policy is the only connection between two largely unilingual societies — English-speaking...
by Grace Swift
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Toronto is the largest city in Canada, and the capital city of the province of Ontario. With a population of 3 million, the city is part of the Greater Toronto Area, or GTA for short, which itself is home to over 6 million people. Known as the “big smoke” and the New York of Canada, Toronto...
Across the Aisle
Opposition in Canadian Politics
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
How do parties with official opposition status influence Canadian politics? Across the Aisle is an innovative examination of the theory and practice of opposition in Canada, both in Parliament and in provincial legislatures. Extending from the pre-Confederation era to the present day, it focuses on...
Cold War Comforts
Canadian Women, Child Safety, and Global Insecurity
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Cold War Comforts examines Canadian women’s efforts to protect children’s health and safety between the dropping of the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945 and the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Amid this global insecurity, many women participated in civil defence or joined the disarmament...
Citizen Sailors
Chronicles of Canada's Naval Reserve, 1910-2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
This commemorative volume produced on the occasion of the centennial of the Canadian Navy, 1910-2010, records a special kind of dual citizenship: Canadians exercising the profession of the sea in their nation’s service, while also living out the demands of their civilian occupations in their home...
The Importance of Being Monogamous: Marriage and Nation Building in Western Canada in 1915
Marriage and Nation Building in Western Canada in 1915
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Sarah Carter reveals the pioneering efforts of the government, legal, and religious authorities to impose the “one man, one woman”model of marriage upon Mormons and Aboriginal people in Western Canada. This lucidly written, richly researched book revises what we know about marriage and the gendered...
by Donald A. Wright
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2015
The study of history in Canada has a history of its own, and its development as an academic discipline is a multifaceted one. The Professionalization of History in English Canada charts the transition of the study of history from a leisurely pastime to that of a full-blown academic career for university-trained...
Dominion of Capital
The Politics of Big Business and the Crisis of the Canadian Bourgeoisie, 1914-1947
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
In the critical decades following the First World War, the Canadian political landscape was shifting in ways that significantly recast the relationship between big business and government. As public pressures changed the priorities of Canada’s political parties, many of Canada’s most powerful...