North America local history
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The History and Archeology of the Iroquois Du NordIn the mid-to late 1660s and early 1670s, the Haudenosaunee established a series of settlements at strategic locations along the trade routes inland at short distances from the north shore of Lake Ontario. From east to west, these communities consisted of Ganneious, on Napanee...
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What Nudism Exposes: An Unconventional History of Postwar CanadaA new history of Canada through the story of its nudist movement.What Nudism Exposes offers an original perspective on postwar Canada by charting the nudist movement's navigation through changing times and broader social and cultural contexts. As nudism took root after World War II,...
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Cher Journal: Si Je Meurs Avant Le Jour: Fiona Macgregor, Au Temps de la Grippe Espagnole, Toronto, Ontario, 1918See below for English description. Ramen?e d'Europe par des soldats ayant combattu lors de la Premi?re Guerre mondiale, la grippe espagnole fait des ravages au sein de la population canadienne. Fiona Macgregor est t?moin des ravages de cette maladie qui risque d'emporter ses deux...
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Cher Journal: Seule Au Nouveau Monde: H?l?ne St-Onge, Fille Du Roy, Montr?al, En La Nouvelle-France, 1666See below for English description. Au XVIIe si?cle, H?l?ne St-Onge doit, ? treize ans, quitter la France et voyager jusqu'au Nouveau Monde avec sa sur, une Fille du Roy. Mais celle-ci ne survit pas au voyage et H?l?ne se retrouve seule. La vie en...
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Cher Journal: Mon Pays ? Feu Et ? Sang: Genevi?ve Aubuchon, Au Temps de la Bataille Des Plaines d'Abraham, Qu?bec, Nouvelle-France, 1759See below for English description.Apr's que son village a ?t? an?anti par une tribou ennemie, Genevi?ve Aubuchon, une orpheline abenakise, est adopt?e par une famille qu?b?coise. Elle s'inqui?te beaucoup au sujet de son fr?re a?n?, qui s'est joint ? une autre tribu ab?nakise afin...
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Cher Journal: Des Pas Sur La Neige: Isobel Scott ? La Rivi?re Rouge, Terre de Rupert, 1815See below for English description.Isabelle Scott, une jeune fille de 12 ans, commence son journal en juillet 1815, pendant la travers?e qui les m?ne, elle et sa famille, de l'?cosse au Canada, dans l'espoir d'une vie meilleure. Une fois arriv's ? destination, ils apprennent...
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The Limits of Racial Domination: Plebeian Society in Colonial Mexico City, 1660-1720Challenges the traditional view of castas (members of the caste system created by Spanish overlords) as alienated and dominated by a desire to improve their status. This text argues that instead, social control by the Spanish rested on patron-client networks.Author: R. Douglas CopePublisher: University...
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125 Nature Hot Spots in Alberta: The Best Parks, Conservation Areas and Wild PlacesA guide to the best places in Alberta to connect with the natural world. Since the first travelers visited the hot springs in Banff during the railway era of tourism, Alberta has been a compelling destination for visitors worldwide. Banff became Canada's first national...
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I'll Go the Length of Meself: The Story of Newfoundland's Daring Rascal, Captain Guy Earle, North America's Youngest Master Mariner"Guy's life was a living adventure: he was a mariner and navigator of the first order, a character with the bravery of a Viking and the kindness of Robin Hood. Generous to a fault, he could never turn his back on someone in need,...
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I'll Go the Length of Meself: The Story of Newfoundland's Daring Rascal, Captain Guy Earle, North America's Youngest Master Mariner"Guy's life was a living adventure: he was a mariner and navigator of the first order, a character with the bravery of a Viking and the kindness of Robin Hood. Generous to a fault, he could never turn his back on someone in need,...
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Sex and the Married Girl: Heterosexual Marriage and the Body in Postwar CanadaSex - who was having it, who shouldn't have it, and who was supposed to be having it but wasn't - was a major concern to social authorities in the immediate postwar era. Though they are often remembered with nostalgia as a sexually simpler...
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The Boundaries of Ethnicity: German Immigration and the Language of Belonging in OntarioIn the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, European settlers from diverse backgrounds transformed Ontario. By 1881, German speakers made up almost ten per cent of the province's population and the German language was spoken in businesses, public schools, churches, and homes. German speakers...
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Sea Serpents: On the Hunt in British Columbia: Or, How I Went to the Bottom of the Ocean, and a Giant Fish Accidentally Got Me DrunkPat Spain is used to doing things that he acknowledges are not normal -- such as lying in a pit of 200,000 snakes or having a pygmy village take excessive interest in his bathroom habits. /Sea Serpents: On the Hunt in British Columbia/ chronicles...
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Residential Schools and Reconcilliation: Canada Confronts Its HistorySince the 1980s, successive Canadian institutions and federal governments as well as Christian churches have attempted to grapple with the malignant legacy of residential schooling through official apologies, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, and the Truth and...
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Feeling Feminism: Activism, Affect, and Canada's Second WaveAn analysis of how emotions shape and nourish feminist activism. From the anger behind beauty pageant protests to the fury that galvanizes the fire bombings of pornographic video stores, emotions are a powerful but often unexamined force underlying feminist activism. They are at play...
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The Eye of the BeholderCoracarries secrets her daughter can't know. Freyais frightened by what her mother leaves unsaid. Angelwill only bury the past if it means putting her abusers into the ground. Angel is working in a wolf sanctuary in Canada when an abandoned dog isbrought in -...
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Unstable Properties: Aboriginal Title and the Claim of British ColumbiaA clear-eyed study that dissects the unstable ideologies of settler-Indigenous land and title arrangements in British Columbia. The question of land dominates political discourse in British Columbia. Unstable Properties upends the usual approach--investigating Aboriginal claims to Crown land--to reframe the issue as attempts by...
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Junior Field Guide: Birds of Nunavut: English EditionThere are a lot of different types of birds living in Nunavut. From snowy owls to rock ptarmigans, learn all about what each bird looks like, how they live, what they eat, their migration patterns, and more. This science book combines colourful illustrations and...
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A Postcard from CanadaTwins Camila and Carlos find a postcard in their mailbox from a boy in Canada, and they set off on a magical adventure to see his country.Author: Laurie FriedmanPublisher: Crabtree BlossomsPublished: 01/17/2022Pages: 32Binding Type: Library BindingWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.10h x 6.20w x 0.30dISBN: 9781039645165Accelerated Reader:Reading...
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Dominion Over Palm and Pine: A History of Canadian Aspirations in the British CaribbeanFrom the expansionist fervour of the late nineteenth century through both world wars and the Cold War, a varied and ever-changing group of dreamers campaigned for Canada's union with the British Caribbean colonies. They hoped to diversify Canada's climate and agricultural capabilities, spur economic...
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