Canada 28

Late one mid-December afternoon in 1950, an elderly woman looked out of the window of her home in Victoria, and softly whispered to her nurse: "I've never seen a more beautiful sunset."… a moment la……続きを見る

Arthur Philemon Coleman was a passionate Canadian and one of the first to truly discover the beauty and majesty of this country''s mountain ranges as an explorer, geologist and mountaineer. In 1884,……続きを見る

Two petitions were addressed in Canadian parliament on February 10 1859 requesting a contribution from the provincial treasury to fund a project to print original contemporary documents relating to ……続きを見る

Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: legendary Underground Railroad leader Harrie……続きを見る

The essays in this volume deal with the legal history of the Province of Quebec, Upper and Lower Canada, and the Province of Canada between the British conquest of 1759 and confederation of the Brit……続きを見る

The relationship between Canada and France has always been complicated by the Canadian federal government’s relations with Quebec. In this first study of Franco-Canadian relations during the Second ……続きを見る

The Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs is an acclaimed series offering informed commentary on important national events and considering their significance in local and internation……続きを見る

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 twentie……続きを見る

Bob Teather entered RCMP Basic Recruit Training in 1967 with no idea of what he was getting into. Along with 31 other confused young men, he found himself in Regina, Saskatchewan, as a lowly member ……続きを見る

Like many other pioneering North West Mounted Police officers, Cecil Denny was a colourful, independent man with a career full of conquests and controversy. He and his comrades played key roles in t……続きを見る

As one of the formative periods in Canadian history, the late nineteenth century witnessed the birth of a nation, a people, and a literature. In this study of Canada's first 'school' of poets, D.M.R……続きを見る

From bestselling author Clarence Vautier comes more stories of unsung heroes: the fishermen who made a living off the sea in Atlantic Canada. These stories are the biographies, family histories, and……続きを見る

Musical-instrument manufacturing was one of the few areas in which Canada was able to compete with the United States and England in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This book describes one of the ……続きを見る

What role does history play in contemporary society? Has the frenetic pace of today’s world led people to lose contact with the past? A high-profile team of researchers from across Canada sought to ……続きを見る

St. Patrick's Hall Schools, the creation of the Benevolent Irish Society (BIS), was the first modern school in Newfoundland. No ordinary educational establishment, it played a primary part in raisin……続きを見る

"As Canadian as the maple leaf" is how one observer summed up the United Church of Canada after its founding in 1925. But was this Canadian-made church flawed in its design, as critics have charged?……続きを見る

This comparative study uncovers the differences and similarities in the experiences of Black women enslaved in colonial Canada and Jamaica, and demonstrates how differences in the exploitation of wo……続きを見る

According to Wikipedia: "Emily Pauline Johnson (also known in Mohawk as Tekahionwake pronounced: dageh-eeon-wageh, literally: 'double-life')[1] (10 March 1861 7 March 1913), commonly known as E. Pau……続きを見る

In 1930 a sixteen-year-old boy left England to become one of the last of the ‘gentlemen adventurers’ – the fur traders of the Hudson’s Bay Company. In the Arctic he found adventure, love and loss as……続きを見る

A lavishly illustrated driving guide to the landscapes, geology, ecology, culture, people and history of the Northern Rockies Region of Alberta. 続きを見る

In June of 1962, the Canadian Pacific Railway announced a proposal to redevelop part of its reserved land in the heart of downtown Calgary. In an effort to bolster its waning revenues and to redefin……続きを見る

Story about Acadie and what it means to be acadian. 続きを見る

Arthur Meighen, Canada’s ninth prime minister, was the greatest debater in Canadian history. He led Canada twice as prime minister, yet both periods of time were brief against the crafty William Lyo……続きを見る

EXTRAIT: CHAP. I.- Guerre de Sept ans. 1755-1756. Situation des esprits en France et en Angleterre à l'époque de la guerre de Sept ans.- La France change sa politique extérieure en s'alliant à l'Aut……続きを見る

EXTRAIT: DE L'AMÉRIQUE; a-t-elle été connue des anciens?- L'atlantide.- L'Amérique n'était pas connue des modernes.- Découvertes des Portugais et des Espagnols.- Christophe Colomb; sa naissance, sa ……続きを見る

EXTRAIT: CHAP. I.- Colonies Anglaises.- 1690. Objet de ce chapitre.- Les persécutions politiques et religieuses fondent et peuplent les colonies anglaises, qui deviennent en peu de temps très puissa……続きを見る

Flora Lyndsay is Susanna Moodie’s prequel to Roughing it in the Bush and Life in the Clearings. Though Moodie fictionalizes herself in the context of this novel, Flora Lyndsay remains a close person……続きを見る

During David Thompson’s expeditions to Western Canada and the United States, he mapped 3.9 million square kilometers of North America, approximately one fifth of the continent. The Champlain Society……続きを見る

Joseph François Lafitau is acknowledged as one of history’s most influential and interesting figures in the fields of ethnology and anthropology. The second volume of the Customs of the American In……続きを見る

EXTRAIT: CHAPITRE I. CONSTITUTION DE 91.- 1792-1800. Etablissement d'un gouvernement représentatif.- Réunion de la législature.- Le parti anglais veut abolir l'usage de la langue française; vives di……続きを見る