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It was Sir John A Macdonalds last campaign His Conservatives had dominated Canadian politics since Confederation Their National Policy which protected Canadian manufacturers from foreign competition was well established and affection for the Old Man was deep and widespread The Liberal leader Wilfrid Laurier was new in the job and uncertain that a Roman Catholic from Quebec had any chance of winning votes outside his home province But Macdonalds decision to hang Louis Riel had split the country the economy was in the doldrums and a movement in support of free trade with the United States gave the Liberals hope In this richly textured narrative Christopher Pennington spins a colourful tale of a country poised to make a momentous choice and of nineteenth century politics both at its most principled and at its most corrupt
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Perched on top of a tall promontory surrounded on three sides by the treacherous St Lawrence River Quebecin 1759 Frances capital city in Canadaforms an almost impregnable natural fortress That year with the Seven Years War raging around the globe a force of 49 ships and nearly 9000 men commanded by the irascible General James Wolfe navigated the river scaled the cliffs and laid siege to the town in an audacious attempt to expel the French from North America forever In this magisterial book Dan Snow tells the story of the famous campaign that was to have farreaching consequences for Britains rise to global hegemony and for the world at large Using original research and telling the story from all perspectives Snow brilliantly sets the battle within its global context to create a gripping tale of a brutal war where terrain weather and native Indian tribes were as fearsome as any enemy 1759 was without question a year in which the decisions of men changed the world forever
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In 1864 thirtythree delegates from five provincial legislatures came to Quebec City to pursue the idea of uniting all the provinces of British North America The American Civil War not yet over encouraged the small and barely defended provinces to consider uniting for mutual protection But there were other factors the rapid expansion of railways and steamships spurred visions of a continentspanning new nation nbsp Federation in principle had been agreed on at the Charlottetown conference but now it was time to debate the difficult issues of how a new nation would be formed The delegates included John A Macdonald George EtienneCartier and George Brown Historian Christopher Moore demonstrates that Macdonald the future prime minister surprisingly was not the most significant player here and Canada could have become a very different place nbsp The significance of this conference is played out in Canadian news each day The main point of contention at the time was the issue of powera strong federal body versus stronger provincial rights Because of this conference we have an elected House of Commons an appointed Senate a federal Parliament and provincial legislatures We have what amounts to a Canadian system of checks and balances Did it work then and does it work now
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Death on Two Fronts part of The History of Canada series examines the tragic transformation of Newfoundlands political culture between 1914 and 1934 For many people throughout Canada and the rest of the world 1914 was important because it marked the beginning of the First World War While the year became significant for the same reason in Newfoundland it was not originally so Newfoundlands economy depended on the sea and the seal hunt was vital During the spring of 1914 seventyseven men of the SS Newfoundland died and many more were injured when they became lost on the ice fields locally known as the front off the northeast coast What became known as the Newfoundlandsealing disaster galvanized popular discontent against mercantile profiteering and recklessness on the seal hunt and influenced Newfoundland politics The Great War muted this discontent and fostered a nationalist political culture founded on notions of honour sacrifice and patriotismparticularly after the mass deaths in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment at Beaumont Hamel This nationalism was easily shaken however in the postwar economic crisis that plagued Newfoundland frustrating more progressive attempts to deal with economic and social problems and led to the collapse of responsible government in 1934 Although sealers had died in 1914 and soldiers fell in the years of the Great War it was liberal democracy in Newfoundland that was the final casualty in the bitter struggles over the meaning of these events
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nbsp For six months in 1967 from late April until the end of October Canada and its worlds fair Expo 67 became the focus of national and international attention in a way the country and its people had rarely experienced Expo 67 crystallized the buoyant mood and newfound sense of confidence many felt during Canadas centennial It becomes clearer though as its fortyfifth anniversary approaches in spring 2012 that Expo was something more than just a great worlds fair For many Canadians it became a touchstone a popular event that penetrated the collective psyche The Best Place to Be takes a look at Expo and at the social and political contexts in which it occurred It is above all a story of people the young men and women who worked at Expo the visitors and the cameo appearances from the titled and celebrated such as Elizabeth II President Lyndon Johnson President Charles de Gaulle whose visit to Expo and Montreal became infamous US Senator Robert F Kennedy Jacqueline Kennedy Princess Grace of Monaco Princess Margaret Marshall McLuhan Sidney Poitier Laurence Olivier Cary Grant Twiggy and Pierre Trudeau
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nbsp From 1942 to 1944 fifteen German submarines destroyed or severely damaged twentyseven ships including three Canadian warships a US Army troop transport and the Newfoundland ferry Caribou More than 250 lives were lost It was the only battle of the twentieth century to take place within Canadas boundaries and the only battle to be fought almost exclusively by Canadian forces under Canadian rather than alliance high command And for more than forty years the battle was characterized as a Canadian defeat But was it a defeat Drawing on new material from wartime recordsincluding ultratopsecret Allied decryptions of German naval radio communications Roger Sarty shows that Canada mounted a successful defence with far fewer resources and in the face of much greater challenges than previously known He draws vivid pictures of the intense combat on Canadas shores and the interplay of the St Lawrence battle with war politics in Ottawa Washington and London At the same time he weaves a second story how researchers reassembled the scattered war records in Canada Britain the United States and Germany and brought the longforgotten battle to life for new generations of Canadians and international audiences
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The weather September 7 1907 was hot and tempers were short Britishnbsp Columbians had always been sensitive to Asian immigration and had become increasinglynbsp fearful over the summer More Japanese immigrants were coming to BC and rumoursnbsp smouldered of massive labour contracts for the projected Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Like the citizens of Seattle and San Francisco the residents of Vancouver had established anbsp bipartisan Asiatic Exclusion League aimed at Japanese Chinese and South Asian immigrantsnbsp in order to protect White Canada The league had widespread support among tradenbsp union organizations and churches and so a parade during the Labour Day weekend wasnbsp scheduled The result was a violent riot that drew the worlds attention to Vancouver tonbsp Canadian immigration policy and to Britains 1902 alliance with the Japanese Historian Julie Gilmour traces the impact of these events on the life and work of futurenbsp prime minister WL Mackenzie King and on Canadas relationships with Britain thenbsp United States China Japan and India Kings involvement with the commissions set up tonbsp evaluate the damages incurred during the riots led to his interest in opium suppression andnbsp immigration control and clarified his own sense of Canadas role in the empire Trouble onnbsp Main Street portrays a nation and a time at once relatively recent and shockingly unrecognizablenbsp Over a century later the links between local pressures policy and internationalnbsp events provide insight into current debates on terror immigration and Canadian security
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In November 1981 in what has been called the most important conference since the Fathers of Confederation got together in Quebec City in 1864 Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau met behind closed doors in Ottawa with the ten premiers It was the culmination of more than five decades of political wrangling one last attempt to renew the constitution with the consent of the provinces Given the threat of Quebec independence the ambitions of Western Canada and the provinces demands for more power failure seemed the most likely result But Trudeau was determined to make Canadians fully independent and to entrench a Charter of Rights and Freedoms What happened that day still reverberates It severed the last important link to Canadas colonial past It guaranteed individual liberty and minority rights in the future It gave ownership of the constitution to Canadians But it came at a price In The Last Act Ron Graham delivers a vivid account of the fractious debates and secret negotiations based on newly uncovered documents and the candid recollections of many of the key participants
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First published in 1987 The Illustrated History of Canada was the first comprehensive authoritative onevolume history of the country It featured chapters by seven of Canadas leading historians and hundreds of engravings lithographs cartoons maps posters and photographs Together these elements created a sweeping chronicle of Canada from its earliest times to yesterdays news Now The Illustrated History of Canada has been fully updated to bring readers into the twentyfirst century with new material on such topics as the rise of small government the recognition of Native land claims Canadas role in the postCold War peace and the 2011 federal election More than ever The Illustrated History of Canada is a musthave reference guide for all Canadians interested in the history and the future of our country Contributors include Ramsay Cook emeritus York University Christopher Moore Toronto writer Desmond Morton McGill University Arthur Ray emeritus University of British Columbia Peter Waite emeritus Dalhousie University and Graeme Wynn University of British Columbia
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Canada and the British Empire traces the evolution of Canada placing it within the wider context of British imperial history Beginning with a broad chronological narrative the volume surveys the countrys history from the foundation of the first British bases in Canada in the early seventeenth century until the patriation of the Canadian constitution in 1982Historians approach the subject thematically analysing subjects such as British migration to Canada the role played by gender in the construction of imperial identities and the economic relationship between Canada and Britain Other important chapters examine the history of Newfoundland the history and legacy of imperial law and the attitudes of French Canadians and Canadas aboriginal peoples to the imperial relationshipThe overall focus of the book is on emphasising the part that Canada played in the British Empire and on understanding the Canadian response towards imperialism With contributions from leading scholars in the field it is essential reading for anyone interested either in the history of Canada or in the history of the British Empire
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In Canada alone the boreal forest also called the taiga covers more than 15 million square miles fully onethird of the country and 20 percent of the entire North American continent Terminating to the north with the treeless tundra this region is inhabited and utilized by indigenous people and is home to unique populations of plants and animals found nowhere else on the planet J David Henry challenges the perception of the boreal forest as an economic wasteland by explaining how economically and ecologically valuable it is He begins by answering some common questions about the region and explains its intricate geology An indepth examination follows of three factors that play an enormous role in shaping the complex life of the boreal forest snow forest fires and peatlands Henry looks at the dynamics of the regions vegetation and the evolution of its animals and discusses the fascinating tenyear predatorprey cycle of snowshoe hares and Canadian lynx one of the most famous examples of ecological interconnection In Canadas boreal forest loggers have clear cut an area the size of Great Britain The final portion of the book examines initiatives from Scandinavia and Finland in order to offer alternatives to largescale logging and mining suggesting how humans can live and work in the boreal forest in a sustainable and responsible manner
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091964208X 1986 Hardcover Near fine in very good dust jacket 174pp Bibliography The dust jacket has minor edgewear Locale Canada Series Builders of Canada 3 Ukrainians Ethnic Groups Immigrants Immigration ImmigrationCanada Ukrainian Canadians Ukrainian Canadians Ukrainians
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In Canada alone the boreal forest also called the taiga covers more than 15 million square miles fully onethird of the country and 20 percent of the entire North American continent Terminating to the north with the treeless tundra this region is inhabited and utilized by indigenous people and is home to unique populations of plants and animals found nowhere else on the planet J David Henry challenges the perception of the boreal forest as an economic wasteland by explaining how economically and ecologically valuable it is He begins by answering some common questions about the region and explains its intricate geology An indepth examination follows of three factors that play an enormous role in shaping the complex life of the boreal forest snow forest fires and peatlands Henry looks at the dynamics of the regions vegetation and the evolution of its animals and discusses the fascinating tenyear predatorprey cycle of snowshoe hares and Canadian lynx one of the most famous examples of ecological interconnection In Canadas boreal forest loggers have clear cut an area the size of Great Britain The final portion of the book examines initiatives from Scandinavia and Finland in order to offer alternatives to largescale logging and mining suggesting how humans can live and work in the boreal forest in a sustainable and responsible manner
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Using an impressive array of primary and secondary materials Robin Winks details the diverse experiences of Black immigrants to Canada including Black slaves brought to Nova Scotia and the Canadas by Loyalists at the end of the American Revolution Black refugees who fled to Nova Scotia following the War of 1812 Jamaican Maroons and fugitive slaves who fled to British North America He also looks at Black West Coast businessmen who helped found British Columbia particularly Victoria and Black settlement in the prairie provinces Throughout Winks explores efforts by AfricanCanadians to establish and maintain meaningful lifestyles in Canada The Blacks in Canada investigates the French and English periods of slavery the abolitionist movement in Canada and the role played by Canadians in the broader continental antislavery crusade as well as Canadian adaptations to nineteenth and twentiethcentury racial mores The second edition includes a new introduction by Winks on changes that have occurred since the books first appearance and where AfricanCanadian studies stands today
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Democracy is a multigenerational project a haven carved out of tyranny by the liberal and diligent application of the sharpedge of social networks Purgatory between Kentucky and Canada African Americans in Ohio presents the work of several scholars who have researched the microtactics of ordinary people who attempted to create a little space of peace in a place that was less heavenly than some might suppose We present histories of nineteenth and twentiethcentury Ohio African American individuals who fought for higher education voting rights the right to live where they chose and the right to secure the blessings of liberty and equality for themselves and their children Some were prosperous farmers Others were masters of print and radio media Still others dedicated themselves to freeing fellow citizens from the oppression of ignorance We find that they all used social networks to secure the fulfillment of the promises made in the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution We hope that the lessons in social networking and in perfecting democracy by Ohios African American citizens will inspire ordinary people everywhere especially in the Mediterranean Rim where people are living through the hell fires of democratic revolutions that are popularly known as the Twitter Revolutions of 20102013 While democratic popular uprisings create a tough row to hoe for patriotic demonstrators the many people and families that you will meet in this volume teach us that the fruits of democracy are worthy of diligent and brave efforts by the demonstrators and their descendants
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The Saturniidae are among the largest and showiest moths in North America This comprehensive work covers the life history and taxonomy of a hundred species and subspecies The adults and larvae of all species are illustrated in thirty color plates which are supplemented by line drawings of cocoons photographs of behavior and distribution mapsMore than a natural history this book includes chapters on population biology life history strategies disease and parasitoids and the importance of silk moths to human culture The systematic account emphasizes genetic differences among populations and the process of speciation and presents new information on experimental hybridization and life histories For the student researcher and naturalist practical information is offered on collecting rearing and conducting original research The entire text is referenced to an extensive bibliography
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