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A retelling of the colonization of marginal lands among the boreal fringes of Canada.A retelling of the colonization of marginal lands among the boreal fringes of Canada.About the AuthorJ. David Wood is professor emeritus of geography, York University,...

According to conventional historical wisdom, Irish nationalism in Canada was a marginal phenomenon - overshadowed by the more powerful movement in the United States and eclipsed in Canada by the Orange Order. The nine contributors in this book argue...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781928151135Author Lonnie PelletierFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Instar Publishing Inc.Publisher Instar Publishing Inc.Weight(grams)...

Inuit Women is the definitive study of the Inuit during a time of rapid change. Based on fourteen years of research and fieldwork, this analysis focuses on the challenges facing Inuit women as they enter the twenty-first century. Written shortly after...

Frog Town describes in detail a French Canadian parish that was unique due to the high density of both Acadian and Quebecois settlers that were situated in a Yankee stronghold of Puritan stock. This demography provided for a volatile history that...

Between 1860 and 1935, about 100,000 impoverished children were emigrated from Britain to Canada to seek a new life in the "land of plenty." Charities, religious workers, philanthropists, and state-run institutions such as workhouses and orphanages all...

The 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467120104Author Harold E. WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm)...

Born in 1833 at Fort Edmonton, Johnny Grant experienced and wrote about many historical events in the Canada-US northwest, and died within sight of the same fort in 1907. Grant was not only a fur trader; he was instrumental in early ranching efforts in...

The many attempts by navigators to find a Northwest Passage via its Pacific portal all ended in failure; however, their discoveries spurred expansionist developments that would forever alter the landscape of North America. In Discovering Nothing, David L...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626192560Author Alan McleodFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

The Inuit do not represent a very large population, only 160,000 or so, spread over a very large portion of the Arctic region and located in four different countries. Although they are a "people," there are many variations from one group to the next, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738572116Author Shervin ShahriariFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738512860Author Timothy E. ReganFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 4763gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781680781991Author Katie LajinessFormat HardbackImprint ABDO Publishing CoPublisher ABDO Publishing CoWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 236mm * 10mm

In today's political climate, when sustainable development is the perceived goal for farming and forest communities throughout the globe, the experiences of early Canadian settlers force a re-examination of many of the assumptions about the processes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989725092Author David MossmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Pottersfield PressPublisher Pottersfield PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738501666Author GossFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826307064Author ECCLESFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint University of New Mexico PressPublisher University of New Mexico PressWeight(grams) 410g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738572727Author James CornallFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738572710Author Terry R. J. KeleherFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738572703Author Harold E. WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738573946Author David GossFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738511511Author Rych MillsFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738511481Author Carolynn Bart-RiedstraFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738511498Author David GossFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 241mm *...

Privileging Indigenous voices and experiences, Intimate Integration documents the rise and fall of North American transracial adoption projects, including the Adopt Indian and Metis Project and the Indian Adoption Project. Allyson D. Stevenson argues...

Inuit Women is the definitive study of the Inuit during a time of rapid change. Based on fourteen years of research and fieldwork, this analysis focuses on the challenges facing Inuit women as they enter the twenty-first century. Written shortly after...

Toronto Trailblazers explores the influence of seven key women who, despite pervasive gender bias, helped advance a modern literary culture for Canada. Publisher Irene Clarke, scholarly editors Eleanor Harman and Francess Halpenny, trade editors Sybil...

Exploring the roots of Canadian consumer culture between the 1890s and the Second World War, Purchasing Power uncovers the meanings that Canadians have attached to consumer goods. Offering a new perspective on the temperance, conservation, home...

More than half a million Canadians served in the First World War. Their return to civilian life presented an enormous challenge to government and social institutions. The degree to which that challenge was met and the far-reaching implications of the...

Elizabeth Smith was a determined and ambitious young woman in Victorian Ontario, who set out to get a medical education against considerable opposition, and succeeded. The diaries begin when she was thirteen years old, in Winona, Ontario, and take her...

In the years since 1960, Quebec has been transformed by the momentum of the Quiet Revolution and the social and economic impact of modernization. Historians, social scientists, and other commentators have been prompted to take a fresh look at the...

Throughout most of the pre-confederation period the fur trade dominated the life of Indians and Europeans alike. Arthur Ray's earlier book, Indians in the Fur Trade, studied the role of the Indians as they responded to the changing environmental and...

The mighty river that flows through the capital of Canada was called in 'Grand River of the North' by the first French explorers, before they even knew of the existence of the Great Lakes which are part of the St Lawrence waterway today. The Ottawa is...

This comprehensive study of the Naskapi Indians of Labrador is based on an anthropologist's life with them between 1966 and 1968, when families still followed the traditional pattern of hunting on the barrens during the winter and returning to their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771080347Author Bob KrollFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Nimbus Publishing (CN)Publisher Nimbus Publishing (CN)

"A regular dose of fresh sea air will add years to your life and life to your years." "Only rock the boat if you are out of it." "Water cleanses; the sea heals." Lifelong seaside gardener Denise Adams shares 70 ocean-inspired reflections, each paired...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781624968952Author Jessica DeanFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Pogo BooksPublisher Jump! IncorporatedWeight(grams) 230g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Canada-East Nonfiction) 2007.Book InformationISBN 9781551095615Author Chris MillsFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint...