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Radical Housewives is a history of Canada’s Housewives Consumers Association. This association was a community-based women’s organization with ties to the communist and social democratic left that, ……続きを見る

Girls and women played an important role in the industrialization of Canadaーparticularly in the cotton textile industry concentrated in Quebec. Until the end of World War I, they accounted for more……続きを見る

A non-fiction exploring some of Northern Canada's greatest forgotten mysteries- the stories and legends surrounding the watershed of the South Nahanni River. . Deep in the heart of the Canadian Nort……続きを見る

When Great Britain and its dominions declared war on Germany in August 1914, they were faced with the formidable challenge of transforming masses of untrained citizen-soldiers at home and abroad int……続きを見る

This carefully crafted ebook: "The French and Indian War" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: The Hunters of the Hills: A Story of the French and Indian W……続きを見る

This early work by R. Lewis was originally published in 1918 and we are now republishing it as part of our WWI Centenary Series. 'Over the Top with the 25th' is a memoir of a Lieutenant in the 25th ……続きを見る

For nearly 100 years, Indian boarding schools in Canada and the US produced newspapers read by white settlers, government officials, and Indigenous parents. These newspapers were used as a settler c……続きを見る

Canada's centennial anniversary in 1967 coincided with a period of transformative public policymaking. This period saw the establishment of the modern welfare state, as well as significant growth in……続きを見る

Rather than reading small-town representations in Canadian literature as portraits of a parochial past or a lost golden age, this book claims that they are best understood as sophisticated statement……続きを見る

To the outside world, Quebec is Canada’s most distinctive province. To many Canadians, it has sometimes seemed the most troublesome. But, over the last quarter century, quietly but steadily, it has ……続きを見る

Until the outbreak of hostilities in 1939, Mackenzie King prided himself on never publicly saying anything derogatory about Hitler or Mussolini, unequivocally supporting the appeasement policies of ……続きを見る

This book needs no introduction to the people of the Isthmus. Great book for information on the settlers of the Chignecto area of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Can be very useful to Genealogist and……続きを見る

An entertaining, fast-paced look at early ranching in British Columbia. Frontier historian Ken Mather is known for his fascinating, in-depth profiles of the men and women who established a distincti……続きを見る

For over 130 years, Imperial Oil dominated Canada’s oil industry. Their 1947 discovery of crude oil in Leduc, Alberta transformed the industry and the country. But from 1899 onwards, two-thirds of t……続きを見る

Intended to delight and provoke, these short, beautifully crafted essays, enlivened with photos and illustrations, explore how humans have engaged with the Canadian environment and what those intera……続きを見る

Of the settlers, prospectors, trappers, mountaineers and loggers who came to British Columbia’s remote Bute Inlet between the 1890s and the 1940s, few remained long. August Schnarr, however, trapped……続きを見る

Did Louis Riel have a fair trial? The trial and conviction of Louis Riel for treason in the summer of 1885 and his execution on November 16, 1885, have been the subjects of historical comment and cr……続きを見る

An exploration of the spooky side of Edmonton. Full of ghosts and strange sights, Edmonton is a place rich in the paranormal. Or is it? Are there really spirits that lurk around Fort Edmonton and th……続きを見る

Lekwiltok Anthology discusses the origins of the We Wai Kai, their migration routes, legends, history, interactions with the European Settlers, and their involvement with the commercial fishing indu……続きを見る

Labrador Innu cultural and environmental activist Tshaukuesh Elizabeth Penashue is well-known both within and far beyond the Innu Nation. The recipient of a National Aboriginal Achievement Award and……続きを見る

The office of lieutenant governor has been a constant in British Columbia from the province’s colonial beginnings to the modern era. Originally tasked with selecting the province’s premier, giving r……続きを見る

A poignant exploration of war's impact on a family, revealed through intimate letters from Vimy Ridge. Discover the untold story of Archie Polson and his mother, Elísabet, during World War I. Throug……続きを見る

2020 Catholic Press Association Book Award in the History category Apostles of Empire is a revisionist history of the French Jesuit mission to indigenous North Americans in the seventeenth and eight……続きを見る

En 1947, Mireille Tardivel, une Parisienne de vingt ans, émigre dans la région de Montréal avec ses parents. Avant de se lancer irrémédiablement dans un emploi d’enseignante, elle veut réaliser un r……続きを見る

Maire de Longueuil pendant plus de 31 ans. Il se distingua rapidement par son talent musical. Il fonda son premier orchestre en 1909, l'Orchestre Royal, dirigea l'orchestre du Collège de Longueuil d……続きを見る

Maire de Longueuil de 1966 à 1982, il en avait d'abord été conseiller municipal de 1961 à 1963. Diplômé en sciences sociales à l'Université de Montréal en 1947. Sur le plan local, il contribua à imp……続きを見る

Up until the 1930s, Refuge Cove was one of the most remote places on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Tucked into Clayoquot Sound, it sheltered boats from Pacific storms and its hot springs provi……続きを見る

Inspired by the question of "what’s next?" in the field of Canadian women’s and gender history, this broadly historiographical volume represents a conversation among established and emerging scholar……続きを見る

This edited collection offers a broad reinterpretation of the origins of Canada. Drawing on cutting-edge research in a number of fields, Violence, Order, and Unrest explores the development of Briti……続きを見る

The first cultural history of the iconic brand M·A·C Cosmetics, VIVA M·A·C charts the evolution of M·A·C’s revolutionary corporate philanthropy around HIV/AIDS awareness. Drawing upon exclusive inte……続きを見る