North America local history
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"We Are in Charge Here": Inuit Self-Government and the Nunatsiavut AssemblyThis book provides a detailed analysis of the Nunatsiavut Assembly, the legislature of Canada's only Inuit self-government.Author: Graham WhitePublisher: University of Toronto PressPublished: 04/28/2023Pages: 304Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.21lbsSize: 9.30h x 6.37w x 0.96dISBN: 9781487551582
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David Thompson's Narrative of His Explorations in Western America: 1784-1812This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Independent Mexico: The Pronunciamiento in the Age of Santa Anna, 1821-1858In mid-nineteenth-century Mexico, garrisons, town councils, state legislatures, and an array of political actors, groups, and communities began aggressively petitioning the government at both local and national levels to address their grievances. Often viewed as a revolt or a coup d'état, these pronunciamientos were...
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The Mexican DreidelAuthor: Linda Elovitz Marshall, Ilan StavansPublisher: Kar-Ben Publishing (R)Published: 10/03/2023Pages: 24Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9781728449289Audience: Ages 4-8Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 08/28/2023
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Pierre's Song: A History of the Beauprés of PortsmouthThe Beauprés have a long and complex history with Canada, having helped build the country into what it is today through their hard work and perseverance. Beginning in 1620 and ending in 1956, Pierre's Song details the lives of various generations of Beauprés as...
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Held to the FireMonday, December 11, 1916. It is two weeks until Christmas. The First World War rages overseas. And in Peterborough, Ontario at around 10: !5 am, the Quaker Oats Factory explodes. Held To The Fire dissects the shocking event piece-by-piece. From the stories of those...
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You Can Pick Me Up at Peggy's CoveWhen Ryan's dad runs away from home because of the change of life, Ryan is sent to spend the summer with his aunt in Peggy's Cove. He goes fishing, almost gets into big trouble and learns a lot about tourist behavior, but most of...
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Serial Mexico: Storytelling Across Media, from Nationhood to NowNo book until now has tied in two centuries of Mexican serial narratives--tales of glory, of fame, and of epic characters, grounded in oral folklore--with their subsequent retelling in comics, radio, and television soap operas. Wright's multidisciplinary Serial Mexico delves into this storytelling tradition:...
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Dadibaajim: Returning Home through NarrativeDadibaajim narratives are of and from the land, born from experience and observation. Invoking this critical Anishinaabe methodology for teaching and learning, Helen Olsen Agger documents and reclaims the history, identity, and inherent entitlement of the Namegosibii Anishinaabeg to the care, use, and occupation...
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York's Sacrifice: Militia Casualties of the War of 1812Not only professional soldiers but also citizens serving as militiamen participated in the War of 1812. The militia's contribution to the War of 1812 is not well understood. Even now, 200 years later, we don't know how many Upper Canadian militia men died defending...
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Frida Kahlo Y Sus Animalitos (Spanish Edition)Told in Spanish, this celebration of one of the world's most influential painters, Frida Kahlo, and the animals that inspired her art and life is now available in paperback! Una visio n u nica de Frida Khalo -de su vida extraordinaria y sus mascotas-...
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Mercy Gene: The Man-Made Making of a Mad WomanThink Maggie Nelson meets Hannah Gadsby.Told in kaleidoscopic bursts of erratic recollections, daydreams, poetry, and lists, Mercy Gene is the powerful, genre-smashing debut work of auto-fiction by acclaimed writer, playwright, and comedian JD Derbyshire. Inspired by Derbyshire's critically acclaimed and award-winning stage play, Certified,...
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Canada: A New Tax HavenIn Canada: A New Tax Haven, Alain Deneault traces Canada's relationship with Britain's Caribbean colonies back through the last half of the twentieth century, arguing that the involvement of Canadian financiers in establishing and maintaining Caribbean tax havens has predisposed Canada to become a...
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Where We Ate: A Field Guide to Canada's Restaurants, Past and Present"You've heard (and probably asked) this question a million times: 'Where did you go for dinner?'" A love letter to 150 Canadian restaurants, and the stories and people behind them--from pre-Confederation to present day, from Victoria to St. John's--here's where we ate. What is...
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Fight to the Finish: Canadians in the Second World War, 1944-1945WINNER OF THE OTTAWA BOOK AWARD An unforgettable chronicle of Canadians fighting the Second World War. Historian Tim Cook displays his trademark storytelling ability in the second volume of his masterful account of Canadians in World War II. Cook combines an extraordinary grasp of...
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Royal City Compendium OneIn a return to the literary and thematic territory of JEFF LEMIRE's breakthrough graphic novel Essex County, ROYAL CITY follows Patrick Pike, a fading literary star who reluctantly returns to the once-thriving factory town where he grew up. There, Patrick is quickly drawn back...
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Serial Mexico: Storytelling Across Media, from Nationhood to NowNo book until now has tied in two centuries of Mexican serial narratives--tales of glory, of fame, and of epic characters, grounded in oral folklore--with their subsequent retelling in comics, radio, and television soap operas. Wright's multidisciplinary Serial Mexico delves into this storytelling tradition:...
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Samuel Cunard: Nova Scotia's Master of the North AtlanticAn illustrated biography of a Canadian who sparked a world transportation revolution In North America, the name Cunard is synonymous with shipping. This book traces the entrepreneurial rise of Samuel Cunard who, for decades, ruled a shipping empire on the North Atlantic.By the time...
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The Aztecs: Ruthless Warriors and Bloody SacrificeFrom being sacrificed to the gods through fighting brutal battles, daily life in Aztec times was pretty deadly! Readers will love digging up the past and finding out just how horrible it was in this gripping read. Primary sources, colorful designs, and engaging text...
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Secret Montreal: An Unusual GuideA giant crane in a supermarket, a portrait of Mussolini in Little Italy, Canada's only Coadaist temple, a monument to the world's strongest man, wrestling in a church, surfing on the Saint Lawrence River, a giant milk bottle, a gas station built by famous...
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