Post-Confederation

The discovery of insulin at the University of Toronto in 1921-2 was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of disease. Insulin, discovered by the Canadian research team of Frederick Banting, Charles Best, James Collip, and John...

This lively and opinionated history is a whirlwind tour of the Canadian land and inhabitants from the earliest human occupation to the present. The country has undergone several fundamental changes - from Indigenous occupation, to French and British...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780228850762Author Ruth StanleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Tellwell TalentPublisher Tellwell TalentWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

Drawing from newspapers, journals, government reports, and archival records, Terry Copp - one of Canada's leading military historians - tells the story of how citizens in Canada's largest city responded to the challenges of the First World War. Montreal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780902869691Author Ernest TateFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint I.M.G.PublicationsPublisher Resistance Books

The Hill Times: Best Books of 2016 Written by the foremost authorities, The Canadian Federal Election of 2015 provides a complete investigation of the election. A comprehensive analysis of the campaigns and the election outcome, this collection of...

Chomsky takes on the international scene since 1945, devoting particular attention to events following the collapse of the Soviet Union. He develops a forceful critique of Western government, from imperialist foreign policies to the Clinton...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770417144Author Bill MorneauFormat HardbackPage Count 328Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada

A National Bestseller!A new collection of the best Canadian trivia in honour of Canada's 150th birthday.Just in time for Canada's 150th birthday comes this collection of the best in Canadian questions and answers, covering history, famous Canadians,...

A wild ride through Canadian history, fully revised and updated! This new edition of Canadian History For Dummies takes readers on a thrilling ride through Canadian history, from indigenous native cultures and early French and British settlements...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995266520Author Bob JosephFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Page Two Books, Inc.Publisher Page Two Books, Inc.Weight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780945397762Author Lael MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 354Imprint Epicenter Press (WA)Publisher Epicenter Press (WA)Weight(grams) 540gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Brigadier General James L. Collins Jr. Book PrizeIn the narrative of D-Day the Canadians figure chiefly-if at all-as an ineffective force bungling their part in the early phase of Operation Overlord. The reality is quite another story. As both the Allies...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999140540Author Laura Churchill DukeFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint Moose House PressPublisher Moose House PressWeight(grams) 413gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989555934Author Andrew LawtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc.

The story of steamboating in the Canadian West comes to life in the voices of those aboard the vessels of the waterways of the Prairies.Their captains were seafaring skippers who had migrated inland. Their pilots were indigenous people who could read the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550179965Author Michael GatesFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Harbour PublishingPublisher Harbour PublishingDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771003264Author John IbbitsonFormat HardbackPage Count 456Imprint SignalPublisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385663274Author D'arcy JenishFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

At the Bridge chronicles the little-known story of James Teit, a prolific ethnographer who, from 1884 to 1922, worked with and advocated for the Indigenous peoples of British Columbia and the northwestern United States. From his base at Spences Bridge,...

In the early 1900s, British Columbia embarked on a brief but intense effort to manufacture a modern countryside. The government wished to reward veterans of the Great War with new lives: soliders and other settlers would benefit from living in a rural...

Party systems. Party organization. For too long, scholars researching in these two areas have worked in isolation. This book bridges the divide by bringing together leading political scientists from both traditions to examine the intersection of rules,...

Contributing Citizens tells the social, cultural, and political history of Community Chests, the forerunners of today's United Way, to provide a unique perspective on the evolution of professional fundraising, private charity, and the development of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781069093516Author Catherine ClementFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Plumleaf PressPublisher Plumleaf PressWeight(grams) 1300gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

Historians have long engaged in passionate debate about collective memory and the building of national identities. This book focuses on one national hero - Jacques Cartier - to explore how notions about the past have been created and passed on through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771003288Author John IbbitsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint SignalPublisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.

David Thompson (1770-1857) is considered by many to have been the most important surveyor of North America. His achievements - mapping the Saskatchewan River, the great bend of the Missouri River, the Great Lakes and the headwaters of the Mississippi as...

"Why don't they just move?" This reductive question is asked whenever reports surface of the all-too-common lack of social services and economic opportunities in Canada's rural and urban communities. But why are certain people and places vulnerable? And...

Tourism promoters strive to brand their destinations in anticipation of what they think travellers hope to experience. In turn, travel writers react in part to destinations in line with their expectations. While several scholars have documented such...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974652771Author Ron PapandreaFormat HardbackPage Count 156Imprint Ron PapandreaPublisher Ron PapandreaWeight(grams) 493gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm *...

In the decade beginning with the hanging of Louis Riel in 1885, a series of radical and religious conflicts shook Canada, culminating in the Manitoba school crisis of the 1890s. By 1896, the focal point of the controversy was remedialism, the attempt to...

Rethinking Feminist History and Theory considers the past, present, and future of feminist history and theory, emphasizing how feminism has influenced the histories of gender, class, and labour, and their intersections. This vibrant collection, inspired...

How and why was universal health coverage implemented so early in a poverty-stricken province in Canada? Why was its design so faithfully replicated in the national standards that ultimately shaped Medicare across the rest of Canada? Seeking to answer...

How and why was universal health coverage implemented so early in a poverty-stricken province in Canada? Why was its design so faithfully replicated in the national standards that ultimately shaped Medicare across the rest of Canada? Seeking to answer...

Rethinking Feminist History and Theory considers the past, present, and future of feminist history and theory, emphasizing how feminism has influenced the histories of gender, class, and labour, and their intersections. This vibrant collection, inspired...

How government and corporate restructuring policies are affecting one small island fishing communityHow government and corporate restructuring policies are affecting one small island fishing communityAbout the AuthorJoan Marshall is faculty lecturer in...

A small river in a big city, the Don River is often overlooked when it comes to explaining Toronto's growth. With Reclaiming the Don, Jennifer L. Bonnell unearths the missing story of the relationship between river, valley, and city from the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Roderick Haig-Brown Regional BC Book Prize 2015 (Canada).Book InformationISBN 9781990776601Author Margaret HorsfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint...

The Vancouver Island Treaties and the Evolving Principles of Indigenous Title illuminates the history of the enigmatic Vancouver Island treaties of the 1850s, offering new interpretations based on a fresh, exhaustive, and multidisciplinary critical...

The Vancouver Island Treaties and the Evolving Principles of Indigenous Title illuminates the history of the enigmatic Vancouver Island treaties of the 1850s, offering new interpretations based on a fresh, exhaustive, and multidisciplinary critical...