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  • The Right to Read

    Social Justice, Literacy, and the Creation of Frontier College — The Alfred Fitzpatrick Story

    de James H. Morrison ...
    So sums up the quest of Nova Scotian Alfred Fitzpatrick, the man behind campaigns for the betterment of Canada’s working class, and specifically the 1899 creation of the still-running literacy organization Frontier College. A tireless fighter for the rights of workers, immigrants, women, and Indigenous peoples, Fitzpatrick fiercely believed everyone in Canada—no matter their class or ability—has ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

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  • The Promise of Canada

    People and Ideas That Have Shaped Our Country

    de Charlotte Gray ...
    What does it mean to be a Canadian? What great ideas have changed our country? An award-winning writer casts her eye over our nation’s history, highlighting some of our most important stories.From the acclaimed historian Charlotte Gray comes a richly rewarding book about what it means to be Canadian. Readers already know Gray as an award-winning biographer, a writer who has brilliantly captured ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times

    Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times

    de Richard J. Gwyn ...
    #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERAn exciting story, passionately told and rich in detail, this major biography is the second volume of the bestselling, award-winning John A: The Man Who Made Us, by well-known journalist and highly respected author Richard Gwyn.John A. Macdonald, Canada's first and most important prime minister, is the man who made Confederation happen, who built this country over the next ... Leer más

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  • The National Dream

    The Great Railway, 1871-1881

    de Pierre Berton ...
    In 1871, a tiny nation, just four years old—it's population well below the 4 million mark—determined that it would build the world's longest railroad across empty country, much of it unexplored. This decision—bold to the point of recklessness—was to change the lives of every man, woman and child in Canada and alter the shape of the nation.Using primary sources—diaries, letters, unpublished ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • The Promised Land

    Settling the West 1896-1914

    de Pierre Berton ...
    “Berton has made an invaluable contribution, rendering the grand Canadian adventure more readable than any detective story.” —The Vancouver SunThis is the final chapter in Pierre Berton’s epic retelling of the opening of the Canadian West in the years following Confederation. After the pioneers, surveyors and entrepreneurs came the settlers—a million people lured by government propaganda, ruthless ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • John A. Macdonald

    Canada's First Prime Minister

    de Ged Martin ...
    Series Libro 35 - Quest Biography
    Shocked by Canada's 1837 rebellions, John A. Macdonald sought to build alliances and avoid future conflicts. Thanks to financial worries and an alcohol problem, he almost quit politics in 1864. The challenge of building Confederation harnessed his skills, and in 1867 he became the country's first prime minister.As "Sir John A.," he drove the Dominion's westward expansion, rapidly incorporating the ... Leer más

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  • Big Men Fear Me

    de Mark Bourrie ...
    Nominated for the 2023 Heritage Toronto Book Award • Finalist for the 2023 Ottawa Book Award in English Nonfiction • Longlisted for the 2023 National Business Book AwardThe remarkable true story of the rise and fall of one of North America's most influential media moguls.When George McCullagh bought The Globe and The Mail and Empire and merged them into the Globe and Mail, the cha... ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • A History of Canadian Culture

    de Jonathan F. Vance ...
    In a country this diverse, 'culture' has different meanings. Vance tells a story from the wind-swept Arctic where a stranded Innu woman, fighting to survive, took the time to decorate her clothing with rich designs. A British explorer was amazed at her efforts, but Vance reminds us of the inseparable connection between life and art in Inuit culture (the Innu word for 'breathe' also means 'to make ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • National Dreams

    Myth, Memory, and Canadian History

    de Daniel Francis ...
    As Canadians, we remember the stories told to us in high-school history class as condensed images of the past--the glorious Mountie, the fearsome Native, the Last Spike. National Dreams is an incisive study of the most persistent icons and stories in Canadian history, and how they inform our sense of national identity: the fundamental beliefs that we Canadians hold about ourselves. National Dreams ... Leer más

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  • The West Beyond the West

    A History of British Columbia

    de Jean Barman ...
    British Columbia is regularly described in superlatives both positive and negative - most spectacular scenery, strangest politics, greatest environmental sensitivity, richest Aboriginal cultures, most aggressive resource exploitation, closest ties to Asia. Jean Barman's The West beyond the West presents the history of the province in all its diversity and apparent contradictions. This critically ... Leer más

    $44.99 USD

  • Seeking a Better Future

    The English Pioneers of Ontario and Quebec

    de Lucille H. Campey ...
    Series Libro 2 - The English in Canada
    The exodus from England that gathered pace during the 19th century accounted for the greatest part of the total emigration from Britain to Canada. And yet, while copious emigration studies have been undertaken on the Scots and the Irish, very little has been written about the English in Canada.Drawing on wide-ranging data collected from English record offices and Canadian archives, Lucille Campey ... 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

    $14.99 USD