North America local history
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Salvation Through Slavery: Chiricahua Apaches and Priests on the Spanish Colonial FrontierIn her latest work, H. Henrietta Stockel examines the collision of the ethnocentric Spanish missionaries and the Chiricahua Apaches, including the resulting identity theft through Christian baptism, and the even more destructive creation of a local slave trade. The new information provided in this...
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The Possession of Barbe Hallay: Diabolical Arts and Daily Life in Early CanadaWhen strange signs appeared in the sky over Québec during the autumn of 1660, people began to worry about evil forces in their midst. They feared that witches and magicians had arrived in the colony, and a teenaged servant named Barbe Hallay started to...
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Shepard, Alberta in the 1930s and Early 1940s: Reminiscences by Stan HumenukIf you enjoy reading simple human-interest stories and would like to learn things at the same time, you will enjoy reading the author's reminiscences in this book about growing up in Shepard, Alberta, a small hamlet near the City of Calgary in the 1930s...
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Counting on HopeHope and her family travel from England to their new home on an island off the coast of British Columbia in the 1860s. Hope thinks that she has arrived in paradise. She is right ... until whiskey traders arrive. Letia and her family are...
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Transforming Dentistry: The Rise and Near Demise of Dentistry at Western UniversityThe history of the dental program at Western University is a spirited and gritty story of grand visions, strong personalities, and contentious leadership. Focusing on the years from 1965 to 2015, Transforming Dentistry highlights Western University's ambitious plans to create and situate a dental...
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Pleasure and Panic: New Essays on the History of Alcohol and DrugsOffers a range of perspectives on the debate about liberalizing drug and alcohol laws. Booze, dope, smokes, and weed. Mind-altering, mood-changing substances have been part of human society for millennia. The history of drugs and alcohol is infused with what we understand as their...
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Revival and Change: The 1957 and 1958 Diefenbaker ElectionsA history of the rise and fall of Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's governments. Upsetting a decades-long Liberal majority, John Diefenbaker led the Canadian Conservatives to a landslide victory in 1957. His boisterous media appearances, denouncing leftist arrogance, not only earned him the prime...
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Ancient Oaxaca: The Monte Albán StateOver two thousand years ago, Oaxaca, Mexico, was the site of one of the New World's earliest episodes of primary state formation and urbanism, and today it is one of the world's archaeologically best-studied regions. This volume, which thoroughly revises and updates the first...
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Canadian Multiculturalism and the Far Right: Walter J. Bossy and the Origins of the 'Third Force', 1930s-1970sCanadian Multiculturalism and the Far Right examines a neglected aspect of the history of 20th century Canadian multiculturalism and the far right to illuminate the ideological foundations of the concept of 'third force'.Focusing on the particular thought of ultra-conservative Ukrainian Canadian Walter J. Bossy...
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Inequality, Wealth, and Market Exchange in the Maya Lowlands: A household-based approach to the economy of Uxul, Campeche, MexicoThis volume examines the economic system of the Classic Maya Lowlands center of Uxul, Campeche, a secondary center under the political influence of Calakmul. A household-based approach is used to review the urban economic system in which these households played a central role. Multiple...
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Wasted: How a Nation Lost Millions in the Legalization of CannabisWASTED is an aptly titled non-fictional account of the legalization of cannabis in Canada. The first element of 'waste' is the millions of tax dollars thrown away by incompetent government bureaucrats who failed to realize the economics of the legalization process. Each provincial jurisdiction...
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A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper CylinderA Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder (1888) is a novel by James De Mille. Originally serialized in Harper's Weekly, the novel was published posthumously and, at first, anonymously. Although De Mille's work predated such popular Lost World novels as H. Rider Haggard's...
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A Seven Year AcheRosie Kelvey is a spirited and willful prairie woman of the early twentieth century whose ache to pursue her own desires goes against the harsh and limiting moral landscape of her time. She has what the neighbours teasingly call "two men on her hook"...
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Tales from a SnowbankIn Tales from a Snowbank, you will read about the challenges of surviving in a sub-arctic community, such as walking home from school with the fear of turning a corner and coming face-to-face with a big white bear. This is an autobiographical collection documenting...
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The ValedictorianHigh school was child's play for Arthur Wilberforce Cardel. But now the valedictorian is back home after his first term at Queens, and something is terribly wrong. Once perceived as destined for great things, he's now inexplicably sullen. His parents are frantic. Why won't...
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MémoiresMon père resta près du malade avec son ami. L'enfant fut plongé dans une cuve d'eau sortant de la rivière, et déposé après ce bain glacial dans un lit, entouré de flanelles bien chaudes; et à l'expiration d'une demi-heure environ, il s'en suivit une...
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111 Places in Calgary That You Must Not Miss- Features interesting and unusual places not found in traditional travel guides- Part of the international 111 Places/111 Shops series with over 650 titles and 3.8 million copies in print worldwide- Appeals to both the local market (more than 1.3 million people call Calgary...
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Early Mesoamerican Cities: Urbanism and Urbanization in the Formative PeriodAuthor: Michael LovePublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 01/06/2022Pages: 350Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.69lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.75dISBN: 9781108838511Review Citation(s): Choice 11/01/2022About the AuthorLove, Michael: - Michael Love is Professor of Anthropology at California State University, Northridge. He is the author of Early Complex Society in...
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The Dinosaur Encounter: The Alberta EpisodeAfter a freak accident which leaves Tori blind, she acquires a unique ability that allows her to sense the thoughts and feelings of inanimate objects, and enables her to travel to new and unexplored places. Join Tori as she and her siblings embark on...
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The Dinosaur Encounter: The Alberta EpisodeAfter a freak accident which leaves Tori blind, she acquires a unique ability that allows her to sense the thoughts and feelings of inanimate objects, and enables her to travel to new and unexplored places. Join Tori as she and her siblings embark on...
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