North America local history
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The Line Which Separates: Race, Gender, and the Making of the Alberta-Montana BorderlandsNations are made and unmade at their borders, and the forty-ninth parallel separating Montana and Alberta in the late nineteenth century was a pivotal Western site for both the United States and Canada. Blackfoot country was a key site of Canadian and American efforts...
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Canada's Religions: An Historical IntroductionWith nine out of ten Canadians claiming a religious affiliation of some kind - Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, Aboriginal, or one of dozens of other religions - faith has huge impact on our personal and social lives. In this book, Robert Choquette...
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Under a Shooting StarEdward turned to follow the others as a cannon exploded. The powder charge was too great. Men fell to the deck screaming, but Edward could not hear them, for the blast had been deafening It is 1812 and Edward MacNeil's task is simple: escort...
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Fruits of Perseverance: The French Presence in the Detroit River Region, 1701-1815 Volume 4Founded by French military entrepreneur Antoine Laumet de Lamothe Cadillac in 1701, colonial Detroit was occupied by thousands of French settlers who established deep roots on both sides of the river. The city's unmistakable French past, however, has been long neglected in the historiography...
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Finding Franklin: The Untold Story of a 165-Year SearchIn 2014 media around the world buzzed with news that an archaeological team from Parks Canada had located and identified the wreck of HMS Erebus, the flagship of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition to find the Northwest Passage. Finding Franklin outlines the larger story...
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A Legacy of Exploitation: Early Capitalism in the Red River Colony, 1763-1821An exhaustive uncovering of the history of exploitation in Canada's Red River Colony. As a settler-colonialist project par excellence, the Red River Colony was the Hudson's Bay Company's first planned settlement. A Legacy of Exploitation unveils the history of this development, whose design was...
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The Land of Feast and FamineThe young Norwegian was Helge Ingstad, now famous for his discovery in 1960 of a Viking village at L'Anse aux Meadows (on the northern tip of Newfoundland) -- the oldest known European settlement in North America. Ingstad recorded his adventures in the Canadian North...
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Owls and LoonsBoard Book. Ten intriguing prints of owls and loons. Playful rhyming text accompanies each image. 24 pages, 7 x 6 in.Author: Pomegranate Communications, Zoe BurkePublisher: Pomegranate CommunicationsPublished: 09/15/2016Pages: 24Binding Type: Board BookWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 6.90h x 5.90w x 0.60dISBN: 9780764975424Audience: Baby-PreschoolReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 10/17/2016This...
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A Gift from AbuelaIn her first book for children, Cecilia Ruiz illuminates how things can change -- and the importance of holding on to our dearest relationships when they do. The first time Abuela holds Nina, her heart overflows with tenderness. And as Nina grows up, she...
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Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure in PoliticsIn 2005 Michael Ignatieff left his life as a writer and professor at Harvard University to enter the combative world of politics back home in Canada. By 2008, he was leader of the country's Liberal Party and poised--should the governing Conservatives falter--to become Canada's...
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The Mystery of the Northern Lights (Canada)Mimi, Papa, Christina and Grant may have bitten off more than can chew when they decide to Canada from one end to the other Mysterious totem-pole clues lead them across the massive, magnificent country via a long black limo, a swank private jet, the...
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Distance Between Us (Young Reader's Edition)Award-winning author Reyna Grande shares her personal experience of crossing borders and cultures in this middle grade adaptation of her memoir, The Distance Between Us--"an important account of the many ways immigration impacts children" (Booklist, starred review). When her parents make the dangerous and...
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The Classic MayaIn the first millennium AD, the Classic Maya created courtly societies in and around the Yucatan Peninsula that have left some of the most striking intellectual and aesthetic achievements of the ancient world, including large settlements like Tikal, Copan, and Palenque. This book is...
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Maize for the Gods: Unearthing the 9,000-Year History of CornMaize is the world's most productive food and industrial crop, grown in more than 160 countries and on every continent except Antarctica. If by some catastrophe maize were to disappear from our food supply chain, vast numbers of people would starve and global economies...
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Suddenly Supernatural 4: Crossing OverOne year older and a whole lot wiser, medium-in-training Kat Roberts finally seems comfortable healing the living dead. But when her free-spirited mother (aka professional medium) volunteers to chaperone her eighth-grade class trip to Old Montreal, Kat's problems become dead serious. From dealing with...
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The States of Mexico: A Reference Guide to History and CultureMexico comprises 32 diverse states, and this reference is the first to succinctly profile each. Each chapter devoted to one of the states provides a contemporary snapshot of the most important information to know about the state, with essay sections on its characteristics, flora...
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Canoe Country: The Making of CanadaOne of our favourite chroniclers of all things Canadian presents a rollicking, personal, photo-filled history of the relationship between a country and its canoes. From the earliest explorers on the Columbia River in BC or the Mattawa in Ontario to a doomed expedition of...
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The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico 1517-1521Bernal Díaz del Castillo (14951584) served under Cortés through the entire Mexican campaign, and his narrative is both an invaluable document and a spectacular epic. Del Castillo saw Cortés sink his own ships (to prevent desertion) as soon as they landed on Mexican soil,...
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Viva Cristo Rey!: The Cristero Rebellion and the Church-State Conflict in MexicoBetween 1926 and 1929, thousands of Mexicans fought and died in an attempt to overthrow the government of their country. They were the Cristeros, so called because of their battle cry, Viva Cristo Rey!--Long Live Christ the King! The Cristero rebellion and the church-state...
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Ancient Origins of the Mexican Plaza: From Primordial Sea to Public SpaceThe plaza has been a defining feature of Mexican urban architecture and culture for at least 4,000 years. Ancient Mesoamericans conducted most of their communal life in outdoor public spaces, and today the plaza is still the public living room in every Mexican neighborhood,...
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