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All Things in Common: A Canadian Family and Its Island Utopia by Ruth Brouwer 9781487507978
$72.12In 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... -
Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s by Jane Nicholas 9781487502652
$75.19In 1973, a five year old girl known as Pookie was exhibited as "The Monkey Girl" at the Canadian National Exhibition. Pookie was the last of a number of children exhibited as 'freaks' in twentieth-century Canada. Jane Nicholas takes us on a... -
Contours of the Nation: Making Obesity and Imagining Canada, 1945-1970 by Deborah McPhail 9781442644502
$70.83The obesity epidemic that is said to plague nations around the world, including Canada, is not solely a medical condition to be managed. In Canada, the discourse on obesity emerged during a time of social upheaval in the postwar period. Contours of the... -
Framing Canadian Federalism by Dimitry Anastakis 9780802094360
RRP: $39.99$36.44Framing Canadian Federalism assembles an impressive range of scholars to consider many important issues that relate to federalism and the history of Canada's legal, political, and social evolution. Covering themes that include the Supreme Court of... -
The Best I Remember - A Cruel British Tragedy by Tom Isherwood 9781777695903
RRP: $30.96$24.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781777695903Author Tom IsherwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Library and Archives CanadaPublisher Library and Archives CanadaWeight(grams)... -
Canada by J G Bourinot 9781480033603
RRP: $27.08$24.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781480033603Author J G BourinotFormat PaperbackPage Count 474Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Craft Capitalism: Craftsworkers and Early Industrialization in Hamilton, Ontario by Robert B. Kristofferson 9780802091277
$97.54Many studies have concluded that the effects of early industrialization on traditional craftsworkers were largely negative. Robert B. Kristofferson demonstrates, however, that in at least one area this was not the case. Craft Capitalism focuses on... -
Dictionary of Canadian Biography / Dictionaire Biographique du Canada: Volume I, 1000 - 1700 by Francess G. Halpenny 9780802031426
$127.98The Dictionary of Canadian Biography is the definitive biographical reference work in Canadian history. "No serious student of Canada's past can function without access to this thorough, balanced and reliable source." R. Hall, Globe and Mail... -
Hey America, We're Here, CANADA: Your Forgotten Neighbor - 2020-21 by Dr Lew Deitch 9781707234974
RRP: $20.58$17.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781707234974Author Dr Lew DeitchFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 603g -
The Last Season: A fan's memoir of the final season of Winnipeg Jets hockey by Curtis Walker 9798727898826
RRP: $12.89$10.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798727898826Author Curtis WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 152g -
Living with War: Twentieth-Century Conflict in Canadian and American History and Memory by Robert Teigrob 9781442644083
$94.18Canada and the United States: we think of one as a peaceable kingdom, the other as a warrior nation. But do our expectations about each country's attitudes to war and peace match the realities? In Living with War, Robert Teigrob examines how war is... -
A Mile of Make-Believe: A History of the Eaton's Santa Claus Parade by Steve Penfold 9781442630963
$70.83A Mile of Make Believe examines the unique history of the Santa Claus parade in Canada. This volume focuses on the Eaton's sponsored parades that occurred in Toronto, Montreal and Winnipeg as well as the shorter-lived parades in Calgary and Edmonton... -
The Cardinal Facts of Canadian History by James P Taylor 9783337270612
RRP: $33.41$28.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783337270612Author James P TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint HansebooksPublisher HansebooksWeight(grams) 310g -
France And England In North America-Part first Pioneers Of France In The New World by Francis Parkman 9789358597059
RRP: $19.34$13.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789358597059Author Francis ParkmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Double 9 BooksPublisher Double 9 BooksWeight(grams) 299g -
Nova Scotia: An Illustrated Maritime History by Kevin M McCarthy 9781693396649
RRP: $15.48$14.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781693396649Author Kevin M McCarthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)... -
Cartographies of Violence: Japanese Canadian Women, Memory, and the Subjects of the Internment by Mona Oikawa 9780802096012
RRP: $50.31$45.94In 1942, the federal government expelled more than 22,000 Japanese Canadians from their homes in British Columbia. From 1942 to 1949, they were dispossessed, sent to incarceration sites, and dispersed across Canada. Over 4,000 were deported to Japan... -
Documenting a Province/Chronique d'une province: The Archives of Ontario at 100/le centenaire des Archives publiques d'Ontario by Archivist Of Ontario 9780802089533
$78.03Ontario's rich and diverse past provides many vivid narratives for writers and historians, and since 1903, the Archives of Ontario has been the central repository for the province's history. With a collection of over 3.5 million photographs, 35 000 maps,... -
The Art of Nation-Building: Pageantry and Spectacle at Quebec's Tercentenary by H. V. Nelles 9780802084316
RRP: $54.18$49.29In 1908 Canada celebrated its 300th anniversary - the tercentenary of Champlain's founding of Quebec City. In two glorious weeks of parades, ceremonies, balls, and festivities, Canadians commemorated their history in a spectacle that would not be... -
Commemorative Edition: Song of Springhill & Spirit of Springhill by Cheryl McKay 9781946344045
RRP: $25.79$20.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946344045Author Cheryl McKayFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint Purple PenworksPublisher Purple PenworksWeight(grams) 476g -
Canadian Independence, Annexation and British Imperial Federation by James Douglas 9783337186593
RRP: $25.67$22.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783337186593Author James DouglasFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint HansebooksPublisher HansebooksWeight(grams) 172g -
Report of the Demonstration in Honour of the fortieth Anniversary by Frederic Nicholls 9783337194826
RRP: $25.67$21.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783337194826Author Frederic NichollsFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint HansebooksPublisher HansebooksWeight(grams) 140g -
Desiring A Better Country: 150 years of Christian Witness in Canada: Legacy & Relevance by Stephen J Wellum 9781775263319
RRP: $25.79$20.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781775263319Author Stephen J WellumFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint H&e PublishingPublisher H&e PublishingWeight(grams) 191g -
Words Have a Past: The English Language, Colonialism, and the Newspapers of Indian Boarding Schools by Jane Griffith 9781487501617
$67.02For nearly 100 years, Indian boarding schools in Canada and the US produced newspapers read by white settlers, government officials, and Indigenous parents. These newspapers were used as a settler colonial tool, yet within these tightly controlled... -
Warrior Chiefs: Perspectives on Senior Canadian Military Leaders by Colonel Bernd Horn 9781550023510
$23.53They were the men who led our nation in war and peace. In world wars, they were the steady hands guiding our forces to victory; in peacekeeping, they helped to establish and preserve order. Over the years they have helped the Canadian Forces to become... -
Nitassinan by Marie Wadden 9781553657316
$23.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781553657316Author Marie WaddenFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Douglas & McIntyre Publishing GroupPublisher Douglas & McIntyre Publishing... -
Lions or Jellyfish: Newfoundland-Ottawa Relations since 1957 by Raymond B. Blake 9781442650251
$91.60Asked in 2010 about his pugnacious approach to federal-provincial relations, Newfoundland premier Danny Williams declared "I would rather live one more day as a lion than ten years a jellyfish." He was only the latest in a long line of... -
Toronto, No Mean City by Eric Arthur 9781487516543
RRP: $43.86$40.34Eric Arthur fell in love with Toronto the first time he saw it. The year was 1923; he was twenty-five years old, newly arrived to teach architecture at the University of Toronto. For the next sixty years he dedicated himself to saving the great buildings... -
Engendering The State: Family, Work, and Welfare in Canada by Nancy Christie 9780802047687
$98.05In the early part of this century the mother was the educator and moral centre of the Canadian household. Between the onset of the First World War and the development of the modern social security state in the 1940s, however, an ideological shift took... -
Arthur Meighen: A Way with Words: The Story of Canada's 9th Prime Minister by Roderick Benns 9781539538158
RRP: $11.60$9.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781539538158Author Roderick BennsFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Marriage of Minds: Isabel and Oscar Skelton Reinventing Canada by Terry Crowley 9780802009326
$91.60Oscar Skelton (1878-1941) was a prominent early-twentieth century scholar who became a civil servant and political advisor to prime ministers Mackenzie King and R.B. Bennett. He wrote a number of important books and one, Socialism: A Critical Analysis,... -
Owen Sound: The Port City by Paul White 9781896219233
RRP: $19.34$17.96The beginning of Owen Sound can be traced to the 1840 historical meeting, in a small forest clearing, between surveyor Charles Rankin and land agent John Telfer. Owen Sound: The Port City begins with the Native Peoples of the area and moves through... -
Debating Dissent: Canada and the 1960s by Lara A. Campbell 9781442610781
RRP: $39.99$36.44Although 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... -
The Cariboo Trail by Agnes C Laut 9781508504504
RRP: $7.42$6.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781508504504Author Agnes C LautFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Flag of Canada by Sivan Lev-Eyal 9781535105538
RRP: $10.31$8.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781535105538Author Sivan Lev-EyalFormat PaperbackPage Count 34Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Our Struggle for the Fourteenth Colony: Canada and the American Revolution. Volume 1 of 2 by Justin Harvey Smith 9781275798892
$41.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781275798892Author Justin Harvey SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 644Imprint Gale, Sabin AmericanaPublisher Gale, Sabin AmericanaWeight(grams) 1134g -
After the Famine: The Irish Family Farm in Eastern Ontario, 1851-1881 by Edward J. Hedican 9781487505554
$91.09The Irish Famine saw hapless Irish citizens starve to death and die of disease, while the population of a neighbouring country, England, lived in relative bounty and apparent disinterest. After the Famine investigates the subsequent emigration of many... -
Selling Out or Buying In?: Debating Consumerism in Vancouver and Victoria, 1945-1985 by Michael Dawson 9781487502201
$74.68Until the late 1950s residents of Vancouver and Victoria negotiated a shopping landscape that would be unrecognizable to today's consumers: most stores were closed for at least half the day on Wednesdays, prevented from opening during the evenings, and... -
The Colonization of Mi'kmaw Memory and History, 1794-1928: The King v. Gabriel Sylliboy by William C. Wicken 9781442642799
$83.86In 1927, Gabriel Sylliboy, the Grand Chief of the Mi'kmaw of Atlantic Canada, was charged with trapping muskrats out of season. At appeal in July 1928, Sylliboy and five other men recalled conversations with parents, grandparents, and community members... -
Being Fat: Women, Weight, and Feminist Activism in Canada by Jenny Ellison 9781487504755
$75.97It is okay to be fat. This is the basic premise of fat activism, a social movement that has existed in Canada since the early 1970s. This book focuses on the earliest strands of the Canadian movement, which emerged around 1977 and ended around 1997 with... -
Power, Politics, and Principles: Mackenzie King and Labour, 1935-1948 by Taylor Hollander 9781487502348
$112.24Set against the backdrop of the U.S. experience, Power, Politics, and Principles uses a transnational perspective to understand the passage and long-term implications of a pivotal labour law in Canada. Utilizing a wide array of primary materials and...