Themes in Canadian History – serie
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47 produkter
Infinite Bonds of Family
Domesticity in Canada, 1850-1940
Inbunden, 1999
697 kr
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The history of the family is a relatively new, yet rapidly developing area of academic study. With this book, Cynthia Comacchio presents the first historical overview of domestic life in Canada.According to Comacchio, the social anxiety resulting from an ongoing perception of the family as being …
Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century
Häftad, 2012
366 kr
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Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an ideal foundation for undergraduates and general readers on the history of Canada's complex environmental issues. Through clear, easy-to-understand case studies, Neil Forkey integrates the ongoing interplay of humans and …
Promise of Schooling
Education in Canada, 1800-1914
Av Paul Axelrod
Häftad, 1997
352 kr
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Between 1800 and 1914, Canadian society and its school systems were forged, populated, expanded and reformed. The Promise of Schooling explores the links between social and educational change in this complex and dynamic period. It raises and seeks to answer a number of questions: How extensive was …
People of New France
Av Allan Greer
Häftad, 1997
352 kr
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This book surveys the social history of New France. For more than a century, until the British conquest of 1759-60, France held sway over a major portion of the North American continent. In this vast territory several unique colonial societies emerged, societies which in many respects mirrored …
Discounted Labour
Women Workers in Canada, 1870-1939
Av Ruth Frager, Carmela Patrias
Häftad, 2005
366 kr
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The years between 1870 and 1939 were a crucial period in the growth of industrial capitalism in Canada, as well as a time when many women joined the paid workforce. Yet despite the increase in employment, women faced a difficult struggle in gaining fair remuneration for their work and in gaining …
Making Good
Law and Moral Regulation in Canada, 1867-1939.
Häftad, 1997
294 kr
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Young Canada was often portrayed as a virginal woman or as a healthy frontiersman, and the ideals of purity, industry, and self-discipline were celebrated as essential features of the Canadian identity. To ensure that Canadians lived up to this image, different levels of government passed a variety …
Infinite Bonds of Family
Domesticity in Canada, 1850-1940
Häftad, 1999
294 kr
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The history of the family is a relatively new, yet rapidly developing area of academic study. With this book, Cynthia Comacchio presents the first historical overview of domestic life in Canada.According to Comacchio, the social anxiety resulting from an ongoing perception of the family as being …
Aboriginal People and Colonizers of Western Canada to 1900
Av Sarah Carter
Häftad, 1999
352 kr
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The history of Canada's Aboriginal peoples after European contact is a hotly debated area of study. In Aboriginal People and Colonizers of Western Canada to 1900, Sarah Carter looks at the cultural, political, and economic issues of this contested history, focusing on the western interior, or what …
Blood, Sweat, and Cheers
Sport and the Making of Modern Canada
Av Colin Howell
Häftad, 2001
352 kr
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Blood, Sweat, and Cheers looks at the contribution of sport to the making of the Canadian nation, focusing on the gradual transition from rural sporting practices to the emphasis on contemporary team sports that accompanied the industrial and urban transition. The book also analyzes sport's …
Creeping Conformity
How Canada Became Suburban, 1900-1960
Häftad, 2004
366 kr
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Creeping Conformity, the first history of suburbanization in Canada, provides a geographical perspective – both physical and social – on Canada's suburban past. Shaped by internal and external migration, decentralization of employment, and increased use of the streetcar and then the automobile, the …
Canada's Rural Majority
Households, Environments, and Economies, 1870-1940
Häftad, 2016
370 kr
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Before the Second World War, Canada was a rural country. Unlike most industrializing countries, Canada’s rural population grew throughout the century after 1871 – even if it declined as a proportion of the total population. Rural Canadians also differed in their lives from rural populations …
Canada's Rural Majority
Households, Environments, and Economies, 1870-1940
Inbunden, 2016
769 kr
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Before the Second World War, Canada was a rural country. Unlike most industrializing countries, Canada’s rural population grew throughout the century after 1871 – even if it declined as a proportion of the total population. Rural Canadians also differed in their lives from rural populations …
Nation in Conflict
Canada and the Two World Wars
Av Andrew Iarocci, Jeffrey Keshen
Häftad, 2015
395 kr
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The First and Second World Wars were two of the most momentous events of the twentieth century. In Canada, they claimed 110,000 lives and altered both the country’s domestic life and its international position. A Nation in Conflict is a concise, comparative overview of the Canadian national …
Dominion of Shoppers
Canadian Consumption from Hudson's Bay to EBay
Häftad, 2026
396 kr
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The Dominion of Shoppers is a concise introduction to the long history of Canadian consumption. Building on the “four Ps” of consumer history – place, product, payment, and power – historian Steve Penfold traces the complex mix of business, economic, social, and cultural dynamics that shaped …
Commemorating Canada
History, Heritage, and Memory, 1850s-1990s
Häftad, 2016
355 kr
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Commemorating Canada is a concise narrative overview of the development of history and commemoration in Canada, designed for use in courses on public history, historical memory, heritage preservation, and related areas.Examining why, when, where, and for whom historical narratives have been …
Nation in Conflict
Canada and the Two World Wars
Av Andrew Iarocci, Jeffrey Keshen
E-bok, 2016
487 kr
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The First and Second World Wars were two of the most momentous events of the twentieth century. In Canada, they claimed 110,000 lives and altered both the country’s domestic life and its international position. A Nation in Conflict is a concise, comparative overview of the Canadian national …
Nation in Conflict
Canada and the Two World Wars
Av Andrew Iarocci, Jeffrey Keshen
E-bok, 2016
487 kr
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The First and Second World Wars were two of the most momentous events of the twentieth century. In Canada, they claimed 110,000 lives and altered both the country’s domestic life and its international position. A Nation in Conflict is a concise, comparative overview of the Canadian national …
Short History of the State in Canada
Av E. A. Heaman
E-bok, 2015
437 kr
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A concise, elegant survey of a complex aspect of Canadian history, A Short History of the State in Canada examines the theory and reality of governance within Canada’s distinctive political heritage: a combination of Indigenous, French, and British traditions, American statism and anti-statism, and …
Short History of the State in Canada
Av E. A. Heaman
E-bok, 2015
437 kr
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A concise, elegant survey of a complex aspect of Canadian history, A Short History of the State in Canada examines the theory and reality of governance within Canada’s distinctive political heritage: a combination of Indigenous, French, and British traditions, American statism and anti-statism, and …
Discounted Labour
Women Workers in Canada, 1870-1939
Av Ruth Frager, Carmela Patrias
E-bok, 2006
470 kr
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The years between 1870 and 1939 were a crucial period in the growth of industrial capitalism in Canada, as well as a time when many women joined the paid workforce. Yet despite the increase in employment, women faced a difficult struggle in gaining fair remuneration for their work and in gaining …
Creeping Conformity
How Canada Became Suburban, 1900-1960
E-bok, 2004
455 kr
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Creeping Conformity, the first history of suburbanization in Canada, provides a geographical perspective – both physical and social – on Canada's suburban past. Shaped by internal and external migration, decentralization of employment, and increased use of the streetcar and then the automobile, the …
Blood, Sweat, and Cheers
Sport and the Making of Modern Canada
Av Colin Howell
E-bok, 2001
453 kr
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Blood, Sweat, and Cheers looks at the contribution of sport to the making of the Canadian nation, focusing on the gradual transition from rural sporting practices to the emphasis on contemporary team sports that accompanied the industrial and urban transition. The book also analyzes sport's …
Short History of the State in Canada
Av E. A. Heaman
Häftad, 2015
424 kr
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A concise, elegant survey of a complex aspect of Canadian history, A Short History of the State in Canada examines the theory and reality of governance within Canada’s distinctive political heritage: a combination of Indigenous, French, and British traditions, American statism and anti-statism, and …
Short History of the State in Canada
Av E. A. Heaman
Inbunden, 2015
783 kr
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A concise, elegant survey of a complex aspect of Canadian history, A Short History of the State in Canada examines the theory and reality of governance within Canada’s distinctive political heritage: a combination of Indigenous, French, and British traditions, American statism and anti-statism, and …
Commemorating Canada
History, Heritage, and Memory, 1850s-1990s
Inbunden, 2016
711 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Commemorating Canada is a concise narrative overview of the development of history and commemoration in Canada, designed for use in courses on public history, historical memory, heritage preservation, and related areas.Examining why, when, where, and for whom historical narratives have been …
Discounted Labour
Women Workers in Canada, 1870-1939
Av Ruth Frager, Carmela Patrias
E-bok, 2006
470 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The years between 1870 and 1939 were a crucial period in the growth of industrial capitalism in Canada, as well as a time when many women joined the paid workforce. Yet despite the increase in employment, women faced a difficult struggle in gaining fair remuneration for their work and in gaining …
Creeping Conformity
How Canada Became Suburban, 1900-1960
E-bok, 2004
470 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Creeping Conformity, the first history of suburbanization in Canada, provides a geographical perspective – both physical and social – on Canada's suburban past. Shaped by internal and external migration, decentralization of employment, and increased use of the streetcar and then the automobile, the …
Blood, Sweat, and Cheers
Sport and the Making of Modern Canada
Av Colin Howell
E-bok, 2001
453 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Blood, Sweat, and Cheers looks at the contribution of sport to the making of the Canadian nation, focusing on the gradual transition from rural sporting practices to the emphasis on contemporary team sports that accompanied the industrial and urban transition. The book also analyzes sport's …
Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century
E-bok, 2012
453 kr
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Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an ideal foundation for undergraduates and general readers on the history of Canada's complex environmental issues. Through clear, easy-to-understand case studies, Neil Forkey integrates the ongoing interplay of humans and …
Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century
E-bok, 2012
453 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century provides an ideal foundation for undergraduates and general readers on the history of Canada's complex environmental issues. Through clear, easy-to-understand case studies, Neil Forkey integrates the ongoing interplay of humans and …
