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  • American Civilization

    An Introduction

    The eighth edition of the hugely successful American Civilization offers students the perfect background and introductory information on contemporary American life, examining the central dimensions of American society from geography and the environment to government and politics, religion, education, sports, media and the arts.Fully and comprehensively updated throughout with regard to events, ... Leer más

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    de David C. Mauk ...
    An in-depth look at the Norwegian American community of Minneapolis–St. Paul and its deep and complex role in the economic, political, and cultural life of the Twin Cities over more than 170 years.Since the earliest days of European settlement in the region, tens of thousands of Norwegians have found their way to Minnesota. Many early arrivals settled in the cities, while others who initially ... Leer más

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    An Introduction

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    Thoroughly updated and revised, the ninth edition of the highly regarded British Civilization: An Introduction continues to be the ideal textbook on Britain, its country and people, religion, politics and government, international relations, legal system, economy, education, media and culture for students of British studies.Examining central structural features of British society, the book ... Leer más

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  • The Broken Heart of America

    St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States

    **A history of American racial exploitation and resistance, told through the turbulent past of the city of St. Louis“A magisterial book… A searing history.” —Eddie S. Glaude, author of Begin Again**From Lewis and Clark's 1804 expedition to the 2014 uprising in Ferguson, American history has been made in St. Louis. And as Walter Johnson shows in this searing book, the city exemplifies how ... Leer más

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  • Victims of Benevolence

    The Dark Legacy of the Williams Lake Residential School

    An unsettling study of two tragic events at an Indian residential school in British Columbia which serve as a microcosm of the profound impact the residential school system had on Aboriginal communities in Canada throughout this century. The book's focal points are the death of a runaway boy and the suicide of another while they were students at the Williams Lake Indian Residential School during ... Leer más

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  • The Oxford Companion to Canadian History

    Edición de Gerald Hallowell ...
    This indispensable guide to Canadian history is comprehensive, authoritative, and - above all - companionable. It is the essential guide to the significant events, issues, institutions, people, and places that have shaped Canadian life from earliest times to the late twentieth century. ... Leer más

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  • North of the Color Line

    Migration and Black Resistance in Canada, 1870-1955

    Series series The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
    North of the Color Line examines life in Canada for the estimated 5,000 blacks, both African Americans and West Indians, who immigrated to Canada after the end of Reconstruction in the United States. Through the experiences of black railway workers and their union, the Order of Sleeping Car Porters, Sarah-Jane Mathieu connects social, political, labor, immigration, and black diaspora history ... Leer más

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  • Canada’s Residential Schools: The Inuit and Northern Experience

    The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume 2

    Series Libro 82 - McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies
    Between 1867 and 2000, the Canadian government sent over 150,000 Aboriginal children to residential schools across the country. Government officials and missionaries agreed that in order to “civilize and Christianize” Aboriginal children, it was necessary to separate them from their parents and their home communities.For children, life in these schools was lonely and alien. Discipline was harsh, ... Leer más

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  • Contested Waters

    A Social History of Swimming Pools in America

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  • The Promise of Paradise

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  • Bike Battles

    A History of Sharing the American Road

    Americans have been riding bikes for more than a century now. So why are most American cities still so ill-prepared to handle cyclists? James Longhurst, a historian and avid cyclist, tackles that question by tracing the contentious debates between American bike riders, motorists, and pedestrians over the shared road.Bike Battles explores the different ways that Americans have thought about the ... Leer más

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  • The A to Z of Norway

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    One of the smallest countries in Europe, Norway has created for itself a position in the world community, which is completely out of proportion to the size of its population. Originally the home of sub-Arctic hunters and gatherers, then of ferocious Vikings, it lost perhaps half of its population to the Black Death in 1349, ended up in a union with Denmark that lasted until 1814, and then became ... Leer más

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