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For generations eastern Nova Scotia was one of the most celebrated Roman Catholic constituencies in Canada. Occupying a corner of a small province in a politically marginalized region of the country, the Diocese of Antigonish nevertheless had tremendous...

Relations between Canada and Quebec have never been easy. Beginning with the Conquest and working through the many political permutations before Confederation and since, there has always been conflict between the two governments and, in particular,...

The term cacica was a Spanish linguistic invention, a female counterpart to caciques, the Arawak word for male indigenous leaders in Spanish America. But the term's meaning was adapted and manipulated by natives, creating a new social stratum where it...

Using a wide array of sources - including long-closed court martial records, psychiatric and personnel files, unit war diaries, films, and oral histories - Paul Jackson relates the struggle of queer servicemen of all ranks and branches of the Canadian...

A Mohawk Memoir from the War of 1812 presents the story of John Norton, or Teyoninhokarawen, an important war chief and political figure among the Grand River Haudenosaunee (or Iroquois) in Upper Canada. Norton saw more action during the conflict than...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894384575Author Edward BradoFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Heritage House Publishing Co LtdPublisher Heritage House Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams)...

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Originally launched in 1928, by the 1950s and 1960s nearly two million readers every month sampled "Chatelaine" magazine's eclectic mixture of traditional and surprisingly unconventional articles and editorials. At a time when the American women's...

Roots of Entanglement offers an historical exploration of the relationships between Indigenous peoples and European newcomers in the territory that would become Canada. Various engagements between Indigenous peoples and the state are emphasized and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989417843Author Ingeborg MarshallFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Boulder BooksPublisher Boulder BooksWeight(grams) 699g

Some 7,500 years ago, the continental ice sheet retreated from the landscape we now know as Quebec. This cold, unique, and beautiful land has continued to shift with the movement of peoples and their often troubled interactions. The retreating ice marks...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781553657262Author Hugh BrodyFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd.Publisher Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550028751Author Jane PitfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Dundurn Group LtdPublisher Dundurn Group Ltd

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This collection brings together a wide array of writings on Canadian immigrant history, including many highly regarded, influential essays. Though most of the chapters have been previously published, the editors have also commissioned original...

Winner 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550020854Author Hereward SeniorFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint Dundurn Group LtdPublisher Dundurn Group LtdWeight(grams) 481g

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Christian missions and missionaries have had a distinctive role in Canada's cultural history. With Canadian Missionaries, Indigenous Peoples, Alvyn Austin and Jamie S. Scott have brought together new and established Canadian scholars to examine the...

"Reading the Riot Act" is a phrase that has entered the popular lexicon, meaning the action taken by authority figures when they perceive that their "charges" are getting out of hand. The act itself is a seldom-used piece of legislation actually designed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781926469119Author Reinhilde RochowFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Waldo RochowPublisher Waldo RochowWeight(grams) 281g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781777245047Author Hammerson PetersFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint Hammerson PetersPublisher Hammerson PetersWeight(grams) 449gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Historians have traditionally approached North America through the lens of the nation-state rather than from a continental perspective. While acknowledging that the geographic vastness and historical complexity of North America make it difficult to study...

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip have been part of Canadian history for over half of the countrys existence as an independent nation. The Queen has officially visited the country 22 times, greeting countless Canadians at hundreds of events in towns...

In Canada, the donut is often thought of as the unofficial national food. Donuts are sold at every intersection and rest stop, celebrated in song and story as symbols of Canadian identity, and one chain in particular, Tim Horton's, has become a veritable...

Places of worship are the true building blocks of communities where people of various genders, age, and class interact with each other on a regular basis. These places are also rallying points for immigrants, helping them make the transition to a new,...

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...

Between the 1920s and the 1940s, 10,000 traditionalist Mennonites emigrated from western Canada to isolated rural sections of Northern Mexico and the Paraguayan Chaco; over the course of the twentieth century, they became increasingly scattered through...

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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...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783742843487Author C Birch BagsterFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint HansebooksPublisher HansebooksWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 11mm

Born in Ireland in 1879, W.P.M. Kennedy was a distinguished Canadian academic and the leading Canadian constitutional law scholar for much of the twentieth century. Despite his trailblazing career and intriguing personal life, Kennedy's story is largely...