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Elora: The Early History of Elora and Vicinity provides little-known details about the settlement and development of the Elora area in southern Ontario from the earliest settler in 1817. Then, as now, people were drawn to the Elora Gorge and the rocky...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802064158Author David J BercusonFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 358g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487598556Author Edith G FirthFormat PaperbackPage Count 474Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 689g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487592448Author John KosaFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 177g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816529933Author Natasha LyonsFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona Press

The Morrin Centre is at the heart of Quebec City's history. It once housed Quebec's common jail, the Presbyterian-run Morrin College, and the scholarly activities of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. Today, it is home to the city's main...

Lori Chambers' fascinating study explores the legal history of adoption in Ontario since the passage of the first statute in 1921. This volume explores a wide range of themes and issues in the history of adoption including: the reasons for the creation...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780915703418Author Peter L. StorckFormat PaperbackPage Count 3Imprint University of Michigan, Museum of Anthropology, Publications DepartmentPublisher The...

From 1819 to 1914, governments in northern North America struggled to deal with crime and criminals migrating across the Canadian-American border. Limited by the power of territorial sovereignty, officials were unable to simply retrieve fugitives and...

In the recent campaign led by the National Congress of Italian Canadians to gain redress for compatriots interned during the Second World War, leaders claimed that the Canadian state had waged a 'war against ethnicity.' Their version of history, argue...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771615167Author Myron MomrykFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Mosaic PressPublisher Mosaic PressWeight(grams) 152g

Europeans in the nineteenth century were fascinated with the wild and the primitive. So compelling was the craving for a first-hand experience of wilderness that it provided a lasting foundation for tourism as a consumer industry. In this book, Patricia...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780772657428Author Jay SherwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Royal British Columbia MuseumPublisher Royal British Columbia MuseumWeight(grams) 1056g

Recent debate around the potential decriminalization of marijuana, along with a growing perception that illicit drug use is on the rise, has brought the role of the state in controlling intoxication to the forefront of public discussion. Until now,...

Part detective story, part historical inquiry, this book explores the countless attempts to locate the chief's grave and raise a monument in his honour. The first substantial book on the subject based primarily on Canadian material and packed with vivid...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781442657755Author James T H ConnorFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 585g

In this well-researched book, Philip Massolin takes a fascinating look at the forces of modernization that swept through English Canada, beginning at the turn of the twentieth century. Victorian values - agrarian, religious - and the adherence to a rigid...

Fishing rights are one of the major areas of dispute for aboriginals in Canada today. Dianne Newell explores this controversial issue and looks at the ways government regulatory policy and the law have affected Indian participation in the Pacific Coast...

Despite acute labour shortages during the Second World War, Canadian employers-with the complicity of state officials-discriminated against workers of African, Asian, and Eastern and Southern European origin, excluding them from both white collar and...

Growing up in remote central Canada, Larry O'Connor was spellbound by the country farther north - the unknowable white expanses, the harsh lives of its indigenous peoples and animals, and the exploits of its legendary explorers. A memoir of...

The opening of the twentieth century saw a fervour of radical political movements in Western Canada. Ross McCormack explores the constituencies, ideologies, and development of early reformist, syndicalist, and socialist organizations from the 1880s up to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487523077Author Joan SangsterFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 331g

When war broke out in 1939 Canadian Mennonites were overwhelmingly a rural people. By 1970 they had largely completed one of the greatest `migrations' in their history - the transformation from a rural to an urban community. In this third and final...

The 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...

Holidays are a key to helping us understand the transformation of national, regional, community and ethnic identities. In Celebrating Canada, Matthew Hayday and Raymond Blake situate Canada in an international context as they examine the history and...

Communicating in Canada's Past evolved out of essays presented at the inaugural Conference on Media History in Canada of 2006, which brought together media historians from across the disciplines and from both French and English Canada. The first...

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...

When Newfoundland entered the Canadian Confederation in 1949, it was hoped it would promote greater unity between the Maritime provinces, as Term 29 of the Newfoundland Act explicitly linked the region's economic and political fortunes. On the surface,...

The young Norwegian was Helge Ingstad, now famous for his discovery in 1960 of a Viking village at L'Anse aux Meadows (on the northern tip of Newfoundland) -- the oldest known European settlement in North America. Ingstad recorded his adventures in the...

Revealing a little-known part of North American history, this lively guide tells the fascinating tale of the settlement of the St. Lawrence Valley. It also tells of the Montreal and Quebec-based explorers and traders who traveled, mapped, and inhabited a...

Gottlieb juxtaposes the Western dystopian genre with Eastern and Central European versions, introducing a selection of works from Russia, Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. She demonstrates that authors who write about and under totalitarian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385658416Author Pierre BertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 510gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771894831Author Wilson DuffFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Government of British ColumbiaPublisher Government of British ColumbiaWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894974684Author Elle Andra-WarnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Heritage House Publishing Co LtdPublisher Heritage House Publishing Co...

An updated version of a foundational study of Quebec history.An updated version of a foundational study of Quebec history.About the AuthorJohn A. Dickinson teaches Quebec history at the Universite de Montreal. Brian Young teaches Quebec history at...

Grasp the unique history of Quebec? Easy. Packing in equal parts fun and facts, History of Quebec For Dummies is an engaging and entertaining guide to the history of Canada's second-largest province, covering the conflicts, cultures, ideas, politics,...

This book tells the fascinating story of Montreal, Canada, from prehistoric time through the 21st century. From the Iroquoian community of Hochelaga to the bustling economic metropolis that Montreal has become, this account describes the social,...

First Peoples in Canada provides an overview of all the Aboriginal groups in Canada. Incorporating the latest research in anthropology, archaeology, ethnography and history, this new edition describes traditional ways of life, traces cultural changes...

Although 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...

On the ghastly battlefields of the First World War, Jimmie Johnston drove teams or pack horses carrying ammunition and hauling guns to the front lines. One night, Johnston was hauling guns back from the front line. Suddenly, in the darkness and pouring...