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Interpretations of Canada's emerging identity have been largely based on a relatively small corpus of literary writing and landscape paintings, overlooking the influence of the British and American travel writers who published hundreds of books and...

This book traces the journey taken by the Canadian Province of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions / Religieuses de Notre Dame des Missions (RNDM), from its establishment in Manitoba in 1898 to 2008, when the congregation as a whole redefined its...

The world has undergone a revolution in assisted reproduction, as processes such as in vitro fertilization, embryonic screening, and surrogacy have become commonplace. Yet when governments attempt to regulate this field, they have not always been...

Canada's social, economic, political, and environmental impacts on the western hemisphere have been largely overlooked by historians and other social scientists. Most narratives of the relationships between North America and the emerging markets of the...

In this energetic new study, Wendy Mitchinson traces medical perspectives on the treatment of women in Canada in the first half of the twentieth century. It is based on in-depth research in a variety of archival sources, including Canadian medical...

Between 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...

This book begins with an audacious question: Has there ever been a better home for Jews than Canada? By certain measures, Canada might be the most socially welcoming, economically secure, and religiously tolerant country for Jews in the diaspora, past or...

This popular textbook offers a thorough and accessible approach to Canadian Studies through comparative analyses of Canada and the United States, their histories, geographies, political systems, economies, and cultures. Students and professors alike...

The Nature Conservancy of Canada is the leading non-governmental land conservation organization that works on a national scale in Canada. The story of how this group started with a few volunteers in 1962 to become a charity that now manages 2.2 million...

Eric Kochs career in Canada has spanned broadcasting, both radio and television with the CBC, a prodigious author of both fiction and non-fiction whose work has been translated into Chinese, Italian and German, a university professor who taught media...

This is the first comprehensive study of the life and work of Andrew Fernando Holmes, famous for his work on congenital heart disease. Physician, surgeon, natural historian, educator, Protestant evangelical. Andrew Fernando Holmes's name is synonymous...

Bialystok begins by examining the years immediately following World War II, showing that Canadian Jews were not psychologically equipped to comprehend the enormity of the Holocaust. Unable to grasp the extent of the atrocities that had occurred in a...

National historic sites commemorate decisive moments in the making of Canada. But when seen through an environmental lens, these sites become artifacts of the occupation and transformation of nature into a nation. In an age of pressing discussions about...

Glenn Gould (1932-1982) was a giant of twentieth-century classical music, but one whose eccentricities have sometimes obscured the moral seriousness of his approach to art. Countering this common misperception, Partita for Glenn Gould is an eloquent...

The role played by British financiers in Canadian Confederation.Book InformationISBN 9780773534056Author Andrew SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint McGill-Queen's University PressPublisher McGill-Queen's University PressWeight(grams) 482g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780886293192Author Rainer K. BaehreFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint Carleton University Press,CanadaPublisher Carleton University Press,Canada

A vivid depiction of the lives of a Scottish fur trader and his far-flung family on both sides of the AtlanticA vivid depiction of the lives of a Scottish fur trader and his far-flung family on both sides of the AtlanticAbout the AuthorHelen Ross is a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487592479Author Frank a KunzFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 594g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781442652507Author Carol WiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 622Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 975g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802063885Author Eugene A ForseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 618Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 894g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802015792Author Herbert Karl KalbfleischFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto...

Highlighting the Quebec City promontory, where the history of North America was defined - and which has always provoked dreams and sustained hopes - this work recounts the succession of constantly renewed ideals to which the Plains of Abraham have borne...

Located on the Bay of Fundy, the St. Andrews Biological Station is Canada's oldest permanent marine research institution. A Century of Maritime Science reviews the fisheries, environmental, oceanographic, and aquaculture research conducted over the last...

Combines academic and Indigenous insights to interpret the archaeological record of a long-lived household in British Columbia.Book InformationISBN 9781647690519Author Anna Marie PrentissFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint University of Utah Press,U.S...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487598433Author Jean-Charles FalardeauFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487592028Author Richard A JarrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 426g

This monograph provides a detailed description and analysis of the Crowfield Early (fluted point associated) Paleoindian site, excavated in 1981 and 1982. The site has a small concentration of unheated Paleoindian tools and debris typical of most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816502448Author T. Max FriesenFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487598495Author Charles R FayFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 308g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780915703456Author Lawrence J. JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 165Imprint University of Michigan, Museum of Anthropology, Publications DepartmentPublisher...

A 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...

Tracing the growth of the Canadian Chaplain Service from its chaotic and controversy-ridden early days to its maturation as an efficient field force, Duff Crerar highlights both the role of the Service on the battlefield and the personal experiences of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487598723Author Edith FowkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 435g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487599386Author Edwin C GuilletFormat PaperbackPage Count 566Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 780g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487591663Author J MacKay HitsmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 390g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487591618Author George F HendersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 372g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781442639751Author C A DawsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 372Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 544g

It is a little-known fact that the first cultural agreement Canada signed was with Brazil in 1944. The two countries’ rapprochement launched a flurry of activity connecting Montreal to Rio de Janeiro amid the turbulence of war and its aftermath. Why...