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Voices of Nova Scotia Community: A Written Democracy by Scott Milsom
RRP: £18.95£15.63From Birchtown and Harbourville to Lincolnville and Orangedale, small-town life in Nova Scotia is vividly rendered in this collection of stories from local residents compiled by an area journalist. Voices from these communities share perspectives on the... -
An Exceptional Law: Section 98 and the Emergency State, 1919-1936 by Dennis G. Molinaro
RRP: £28.99£24.96During periods of intense conflict, either at home or abroad, governments enact emergency powers in order to exercise greater control over the society that they govern. The expectation though is that once the conflict is over, these emergency powers will... -
Irish Canadian Conflict and the Struggle for Irish Independence, 1912-1925 by Robert McLaughlin
RRP: £28.99£24.96Between 1912 and 1925, Ireland convulsed with political and revolutionary upheaval in pursuit of self-government. Canadians of Irish descent, both Catholic and Protestant, diligently followed these conflicts, and many became actively involved in the... -
Do You See Ice?: Inuit and Americans at Home and Away Karen Routledge 9780226580135
RRP: £44.00£36.81Many Americans imagine the Arctic as harsh, freezing, and nearly uninhabitable. The living Arctic, however-the one experienced by native Inuit and others who work and travel there-is a diverse region shaped by much more than stereotype and mythology. Do... -
All Things in Common: A Canadian Family and Its Island Utopia by Ruth Brouwer
RRP: £20.99£18.37In the first decade of the twentieth century, a few closely related families established a utopian community in Canada's smallest province. Known officially as B. Compton Limited but described by a journalist in 1935 as "Prince Edward Island's unique... -
Essays in Canadian Economic History by Harold Innis
RRP: £34.00£30.29Harold A. Innis helped to found the field of Canadian economic history. He is best known for the "staples thesis" which dominated the discourse of Canadian economic history for decades. This volume collects Innis' published and unpublished... -
The Don: The Story of Toronto's Infamous Jail by Lorna Poplak
RRP: £16.99£11.67An in-depth exploration of the Don Jail from its inception through jailbreaks and overcrowding to its eventual shuttering and rebirth. Conceived as a "palace for prisoners," the Don Jail never lived up to its promise. Although based on progressive... -
French North America in the Shadows of Conquest by Ryan André Brasseaux
RRP: £37.99£21.31French North America in the Shadows of Conquest is an interdisciplinary, postcolonial, and continental history of Francophone North America across the long twentieth century, revealing hidden histories that so deeply shaped the course of North America... -
Foreign Practices: Immigrant Doctors and the History of Canadian Medicare by Sasha Mullally
RRP: £36.00£30.29When the CBC organized a national contest to identify the greatest Canadian of all time, few were surprised when the father of Medicare, Tommy Douglas, won by a large margin: Medicare is central to Canadian identity. Yet focusing on Douglas and his fight... -
Why We Fight: New Approaches to the Human Dimension of Warfare by Robert C. Engen
RRP: £32.00£26.93For decades, the Canadian Armed Forces has used the work of foreign scholars and writers in its professional military education to try to understand the human dimension of warfare: why and how people are motivated to fight, and how they behave once they... -
Canada in the World: Settler Capitalism and Colonial Imagination by Tyler A Shipley
RRP: £42.00£34.64An accessible and empirically rich introduction to Canada's engagements in the world since confederation, this introductory textbook charts a unique path by locating Canada's colonial foundations at the heart of the analysis. Canada in the World begins... -
White Unwed Mother: The Adoption Mandate in Postwar Canada by Valerie Andrews
RRP: £23.95£22.74In postwar Canada, having a child out-of-wedlock invariably meant being subject to the adoption mandate. Andrews describes the mandate as a process of interrelated institutional power systems which, together with socio-cultural norms, ideals of gender... -
Company Towns: Corporate Order and Community by Neil White
RRP: £47.00£40.88Company towns are often portrayed as powerless communities, fundamentally dependent on the outside influence of global capital. Neil White challenges this interpretation by exploring how these communities were altered at the local level through human... -
Frenchmen into Peasants: Modernity and Tradition in the Peopling of French Canada by Leslie P. Choquette
RRP: £79.95£63.38In unprecedented detail, Leslie Choquette narrates the peopling of French Canada across the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the lesser known colonial phase of French migration. Drawing on French and Canadian archives, she carefully traces the... -
Yukon Riverboat Days Joyce Yardley 9780888393869
RRP: £13.99£8.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888393869Author Joyce YardleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd... -
Making the Voyageur World: Travelers and Traders in the North American Fur Trade by Carolyn Podruchny
RRP: £23.99£21.24French Canadian workers who paddled canoes, transported goods, and staffed the interior posts of the northern North American fur trade became popularly known as voyageurs. Scholars and public historians alike have cast them in the romantic role of rugged... -
Bridging Two Peoples: Chief Peter E. Jones, 18431909 by Allan L. Sherwin
RRP: £28.95£18.60Bridging Two Peoples tells the story of Dr. Peter E. Jones, who in 1866 became one of the first status Indians to obtain a medical doctor degree from a Canadian university. He returned to his southern Ontario reserve and was elected chief and band... -
African Nova Scotian: Mi'kmaw Relations by Paula C. Madden
RRP: £18.95£15.63The contents of this book cover the Mi'kmaw people and the descendents of the pre-Confederation black community, racial subjects and human rights, black/Mi'kmaw relations in Nova Scotia, and much more.Book InformationISBN 9781552663233Author Paula C... -
Calculated Kindness: Globalization,Immigration and Settlement in Canada by Rose Baaba Folson
RRP: £19.95£16.39Debunking the common perception that immigrants are admitted into a new country because of the host country's generosity and willingness to provide refuge and security, this collection of immigrant case studies suggests that immigrants are admitted to... -
Industry and Society in Nova Scotia: An Illustrated History by James E. Candow
RRP: £19.95£16.39The ten essays in this richly illustrated volume detail Nova Scotia's industrial history. Covering coal, steel, iron, ropeworks, and railways, this work presents a rich and diverse industrial heritage that includes a discussion of the impact of... -
Afloat in Time: Growing up on the rafts of a Gypo Logger by Jim Sirois
RRP: £20.99£13.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888394552Author Jim SiroisFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd... -
Harold Innis on Peter Pond: Biography, Cultural Memory, and the Continental Fur Trade by William J. Buxton
RRP: £36.00£31.32Best known for his writings on economic history and communications, Harold Innis also produced a body of biographical work that paid particular attention to cultural memory and how it is enriched by the study of neglected historical figures. In this... -
Out of the Mist: Treasures of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Chiefs by Martha Black
RRP: £21.95£17.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771895470Author Martha BlackFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Government of British ColumbiaPublisher Government of British ColumbiaWeight(grams)... -
Aboriginal Ontario: Historical Perspectives on the First Nations by Edward S. Rogers 9781550022308
£21.88Winner of the 1995 Ontario Historical Society Joseph Brant Award for the best book on native studies Aboriginal Ontario: Historical Perspectives on the First Nations contains seventeen essays on aspects of the history of the First Nations living within... -
Gold Rush Women by Claire Rudolf Murphy 9780962753053
RRP: £18.95£14.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780962753053Author Claire Rudolf MurphyFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Hillside PressPublisher Hillside PressWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 226mm *... -
The Toronto Book of Love by Adam Bunch
RRP: £16.99£12.07Exploring Toronto's history through tantalizing true tales of romance, marriage, and lust. Toronto's past is filled with passion and heartache. The Toronto Book of Love brings the history of the city to life with fascinating true tales of romance,... -
Brothers: The Politics of Violence among the Sekani of Northern British Columbia Guy Lanoue 9780854967469
RRP: £110.00£95.11A provocative analysis of a nativist movement.The creation of a huge artificial lake in western Canada led to the flooding of prime hunting and trapping territory of the Sekani Indians thus depriving them of their traditional occupations and livelihood... -
Canada and the British World: Culture, Migration, and Identity by Phillip A. Buckner 9780774813068
RRP: £29.99£26.50In the decades following the Second World War, a revolutionary change took place in the Canadian national identity. The English-Canadian majority entered this period identifying themselves as British and emerged from it with a new, independent sense of... -
Debating Dissent: Canada and the 1960s by Lara A. Campbell 9781442641648
RRP: £66.00£57.33Although the 1960s are overwhelmingly associated with student radicalism and the New Left, most Canadians witnessed the decade's political, economic, and cultural turmoil from a different perspective. Debating Dissent dispels the myths and stereotypes... -
Villain, Vermin, Icon, Kin: Wolves and the Making of Canada by Stephanie Rutherford
RRP: £31.00£27.36A wolf's howl is felt in the body. Frightening and compelling, incomprehensible or entirely knowable, it is a sound that may be heard as threat or invitation but leaves no listener unaffected.Toothsome fiends, interfering pests, or creatures wild and... -
Being Fat: Women, Weight, and Feminist Activism in Canada by Jenny Ellison 9781487523473
RRP: £22.99£20.01It is okay to be fat. This is the basic premise of fat activism, a social movement that has existed in Canada since the 1970s. Being Fat focuses on the earliest strands of the movement, covering the last decades of the twentieth century. The book... -
The Sharing Circle: Stories about First Nations Culture by Theresa Meuse
RRP: £12.95£8.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551094502Author Theresa MeuseFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Nimbus Publishing LtdPublisher Nimbus Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm)... -
Christmas in Canada: A Collection of Heartwarming Legends, Tales and Traditions by Megan Durnford 9781551537597 [USED COPY]
RRP: £29.95£7.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551537597Author Megan DurnfordFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Amazing StoriesPublisher Amazing StoriesWeight(grams) 612g -
Are You Willing to Die for the Cause? Chris Oliveros 9781770467439
RRP: £18.99£12.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770467439Author Chris OliverosFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Drawn & QuarterlyPublisher Drawn & QuarterlyWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
The Sunshine Coast: From Gibsons to Powell River, 3rd Edition Howard White 9781990776809
£24.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990776809Author Howard WhiteFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Harbour PublishingPublisher Harbour PublishingWeight(grams) 848g