North America local history
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The Snakes of Pelee Island: Standard SoftcoverNestled in the Western Basin of Lake Erie lies a small island that is truly like no other. The Southernmost inhabited part of Canada, Pelee Island, is a unique microclimate where many rare and endangered species call home. The Snakes of Pelee Island is...
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Commentaries: On Conservatism, Modern Liberalism, and the Nation-StateThese commentaries comprise a damning indictment of the globalism, moral relativism, post-nationalism, and identity politics of modern liberalism as embodied in Canada's current federal government. Author Robert W. Passfield argues that modern liberalism, with its goal of a world government, open borders, and the...
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Séance de jardinage avec Mémé: Une série d'aventures quotidiennesEnjoy this everyday adventure series about Grandma & Her Munchkins. Profitez de cette série d'aventures quotidiennes avec Mémé et ses Petits-tout. In this issue grandma and her munchkins play in the garden. Dans cette édition, Mémé et ses Petits-tout jouent dans le jardin. A...
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Sunshine Sketches of a Small TownSunshine Sketches of a Little Town is a sequence of stories by Stephen Leacock, first published in 1912. It is generally considered to be one of the most enduring classics of Canadian humorous literature. The fictional setting for these stories is Mariposa, a small...
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Historye of the Bermudaes or Summer Islands: Edited from a Ms. in the Sloane Collection, British MuseumThe publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to...
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Script and Glyph: Pre-Hispanic History, Colonial Bookmaking, and the Historia Tolteca-ChichimecaThe Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca was created at a pivotal transitional moment, bridging an era when pictorial manuscripts dominated and one that witnessed the rising hegemony of alphabetic texts. The Historia was composed using both systems, yet, as Dana Leibsohn notes, neither was fully trusted. Leibsohn...
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Capitalist Outsiders: Oil's Legacy in Mexico and VenezuelaSocial polarization has roiled neoliberal political establishments but has rarely culminated in electoral victories for anticapitalist outsiders. Instead, outsiders who accommodate capitalists often prevail. Capitalist Outsiders revisits celebrated exemplars of Latin American populism in Mexico and Venezuela to shed light on this phenomenon. It...
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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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