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The Eagle and the Virgin: Nation and Cultural Revolution in Mexico, 1920-1940When the fighting of the Mexican Revolution died down in 1920, the national government faced the daunting task of building a cohesive nation. It had to establish control over a disparate and needy population and prepare the country for global economic competition. As part...
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Border People: Life and Society in the U.S.-Mexico BorderlandsWhile the U.S.-Mexico borderlands resemble border regions in other parts of the world, nowhere else do so many millions of people from two dissimilar nations live in such close proximity and interact with each other so intensely. Borderlanders are singular in their history, outlook,...
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Black and Brown: African Americans and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920Winner of a 2005 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award (Honorable Mention) Horne brings to light the lives of black Americans living along the Mexican border during and immediately after the Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution was a defining moment in the history of race...
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Great Lakes Island Escapes: Ferries and Bridges to AdventureThe Great Lakes Basin is the largest surface freshwater system on Earth. The more than 30,000 islands dotted throughout the basin provide some of the best ways to enjoy the Great Lakes. While the vast majority of these islands can only be reached by...
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Mexico's Indigenous Past: Volume 240This handsomely illustrated book offers a panoramic view of ancient Mexico, beginning more than thirty thousand years ago and ending with European occupation in the sixteenth century. Drawing on archaeological and ethnohistorical sources, the book is one of the first to offer a unified...
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Making the Voyageur World: Travelers and Traders in the North American Fur TradeFrench Canadian workers who paddled canoes, transported goods, and staffed the interior posts of the northern North American fur trade became popularly known as voyageurs. Scholars and public historians alike have cast them in the romantic role of rugged and merry heroes who paved...
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Toronto's Railway HeritageOn May 16, 1853, the first passenger train steamed out of Toronto from a wooden depot that was located near the site of today's Union Station. Over the next century, the railways had a profound impact on the geography and economic fortunes of Toronto...
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Vancouver's Expo '86To mark the 100th anniversary of the city's founding and the arrival of the first trans-Canada train, Vancouver's political and business leaders invited the whole world to participate in the festivities.The result was Expo '86, and more than 22 million people came for the...
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The Last Gentleman Adventurer: Coming of Age in the ArcticAt sixteen, Edward Beauclerk Maurice impulsively signed up with the Hudson's Bay Company -- the company of Gentleman Adventurers -- and ended up at an isolated trading post in the Canadian Arctic, where there was no communication with the outside world and only one...
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The Matchmaker's ListOne devoted modern girl + a meddlesome, traditional grandmother = a heartwarming multicultural romantic comedy about finding love where you least expect it. Raina Anand may have finally given in to family pressure and agreed to let her grandmother play matchmaker, but that doesn't...
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Canadian DisastersAuthor: Rene SchmidtPublisher: Scholastic CanadaPublished: 05/01/2006Pages: 182Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9780439949361Language: FrenchAudience: Ages 9-12Review Citation(s): Quill & Quire 06/01/2006 pg. 60This title is not returnableThis title is only available via back order
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The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold RushNew York Times bestselling author Howard Blum expertly weaves together three narratives to tell the true story of the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush. It is the last decade of the 19th century. The Wild West has been tamed and its fierce, independent and often...
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The Decolonial Imaginary: Writing Chicanas Into History"The Decolonial Imaginary is a smart, challenging book that disrupts a great deal of what we think we know . . . it will certainly be read seriously in Chicano/a studies." --Women's Review of BooksEmma Pérez discusses the historical methodology which has created Chicano...
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Flying to Extremes (B&w Edition): Memories of a Northern Bush PilotRecalling some of the most memorable escapades ever conducted in the Canadian Arctic with bush planes, Flying to Extremes takes place in the late ?60s and early ?70s from a base at Yellowknife, in the heart of the Northwest Territories. Beyond recounting so many...
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Eating the Ocean: Seafood and Consumer Culture in CanadaDuring the first half of the twentieth century, Canadian fisheries regularly produced more fish than markets could absorb, driving down profits and wages. To address this, both industry and government sought to stimulate domestic consumption via increased advertising. In Eating the Ocean Brian Payne...
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Fishing the Canadian Rockies 2nd Edition: An Angler's Guide to Every Lake, River and StreamFishing the Canadian Rockies 2nd Edition is an updated, revised and comprehensive guidebook to the lakes, rivers and streams of the Canadian Rockies. The area covered by Fishing the Canadian Rockies, extends from the Canada-U.S. border in the south, through Jasper, Switzer and Mt....
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A Métis Christmas: Thelma's Gift*Winner of the Best of State Medal for Children's Books*"Julie Coulter Bellon captures the specific distinction of the Métis powerfully...This story has a rightful place on the shelves of every home and school library." ---Readers' FavoriteA beautiful introduction to Métis culture and traditions ....
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Jaha Kali Jaha Pailiକଥାରେ ଅଛି "ମଣିଷ ପରିସ୍ଥିତିର ଦାସ ।" ପରିସ୍ଥିତିକୁ ମୁକାବିଲା କରିବା ମଣିଷର କାମ । ପରିସ୍ଥିତି କେତେବେଳେ ନିଜ ଆୟତ୍ତରେ ରହେ ତ କେତେବେଳେ ଅଣଆୟତ୍ତ । କର୍ମ କରି ସୁଦ୍ଧା ପରିସ୍ଥିତି ବେଳେବେଳେ ଅଣଆୟତ୍ତକୁ ଚାଲିଯାଏ, ଯାହା କି ଆମେ ଭାଗ୍ୟ ବୋଲି କହିଥାଉ । ତେଣୁ ମୁଁ ଭାବେ ଜୀବନ ହେଉଛି କର୍ମ ଓ ଭାଗ୍ୟ ଭିତରେ...
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Fast Sailing and Copper-Bottomed: Aberdeen Sailing Ships and the Emigrant Scots They Carried to Canada, 1774-1855Stories of the Aberdeen-built ships that carried emigrant Scots to Canada are documented in this account of early Scottish emigration.Author: Lucille H. CampeyPublisher: Natural Heritage BooksPublished: 05/20/2002Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 8.99h x 6.35w x 0.63dISBN: 9781896219318About the AuthorDr. Lucille Campey is a Canadian,...
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The Slow Road to Deadhorse: An Englishman's Discoveries and Reflections on the Backroads of North AmericaThe community of Deadhorse, Alaska (population 25) lies 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle, at the northern terminus of the Pan-American Highway, the longest road in the world. Key West, Florida, sits at the southern tip of the Florida Keys, an archipelago of...
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