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Author | : Will Ferguson |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 535 |
Release | : 2012-10-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0470676787 |
Download Canadian History For Dummies Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A wild ride through Canadian history, fully revised and updated! This new edition of Canadian History For Dummies takes readers on a thrilling ride through Canadian history, from indigenous native cultures and early French and British settlements through Paul Martin's shaky minority government. This timely update features all the latest, up-to-the-minute findings in historical and archeological research. In his trademark irreverent style, Will Ferguson celebrates Canada's double-gold in hockey at the 2002 Olympics, investigates Jean Chrétien's decision not to participate in the war in Iraq, and dissects the recent sponsorship scandal.
Author | : Carlotta Hacker |
Publisher | : Kids Can Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009-02-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781554533282 |
Download The Kids Book of Canadian History Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Canada has a rich and fascinating history. In this informative overview, kids will discover the people, places and events that have shaped our country. Featuring fact boxes, mini-profiles, maps, a timeline and more, this title in the acclaimed Kids Book of series offers a comprehensive and engaging look at Canada's development, change and growth. Kids can read about ? the potlatch ceremonies of the west coast Aboriginal people ? the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway ? the battle of Vimy Ridge in World War I ? the role of Canadian women in World War II ? the establishment of Nunavut, Canada's newest territory, and more ...
Author | : J. L. Granatstein |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
Download Who Killed Canadian History? Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Have we lost our past, and, in turn, ourselves? Who is slamming shut our history books -- and why? In an indictment that points damning fingers at our education system, the media and our government's preoccupation with multiculturalism to the exclusion of English Canadian culture, historian J.L. Granatstein offers astonishing evidence of our lack of historical knowledge. He shows not only how "dumbing down" in our education system is contributing to the death of Canadian history, but how a multi-disciplinary social studies approach puts more nails in the coffin. He explains how some teachers think studying the Second World War glorifies violence and may worsen French-English conflicts if conscription is mentioned, And he tells how the pride Canadians should feel over their past has been brushed aside by efforts to create a history that suits the misguided ideas of successive ministers of Canadian heritage and multiculturalism. Finally, he shows that there is hope, and there are steps we must take if we are to renew our past -- and ensure our future. With his intelligent and outspoken "blow the dust off the history books" approach to his subject, J.L. Granatstein has produced a brilliantly argued book that addresses a subject too important to ignore. Published to coincide with the anniversary of the battle of Vimy Ridge (April 9, 1917), and appearing at a time when our education system is coming under ever sharper attack Who Killed Canadian History? is a timely and provocative release. A recent test on Canada given to 100 first-year students at an Ontario university revealed the following statistics: -- 61% did not know that Sir John A. Macdonald was our first English-speaking prime minister -- 55% did not know that Canada was founded in 1867 -- 95% did not know that 1837 was the date of the Rebellions of Upper and Lower Canada -- 92% did not know the year of the first Quebec referendum
Author | : Rosemary Sadlier |
Publisher | : Kids Can Press Ltd |
Total Pages | : 58 |
Release | : 2010-08 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1554535875 |
Download The Kids Book of Black Canadian History Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Learn the important role Black Canadian's have played, and will continue to play, in the development of Canada.
Author | : Pierre Berton |
Publisher | : Anchor Canada |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2011-02-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0385673604 |
Download The Invasion of Canada Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
To America's leaders in 1812, an invasion of Canada seemed to be "a mere matter of marching," as Thomas Jefferson confidently predicted. How could a nation of 8 million fail to subdue a struggling colony of 300,000? Yet, when the campaign of 1812 ended, the only Americans left on Canadian soil were prisoners of war. Three American armies had been forced to surrender, and the British were in control of all of Michigan Territory and much of Indiana and Ohio. In this remarkable account of the war's first year and the events that led up to it, Pierre Berton transforms history into an engrossing narrative that reads like a fast-paced novel. Drawing on personal memoirs and diaries as well as official dispatches, the author has been able to get inside the characters of the men who fought the war — the common soldiers as well as the generals, the bureaucrats and the profiteers, the traitors and the loyalists. Berton believes that if there had been no war, most of Ontario would probably be American today; and if the war had been lost by the British, all of Canada would now be part of the United States. But the War of 1812, or more properly the myth of the war, served to give the new settlers a sense of community and set them on a different course from that of their neighbours.
Author | : Nancy Janovicek |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2019-05-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1442629738 |
Download Reading Canadian Women’s and Gender History Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Inspired by the question of "what’s next?" in the field of Canadian women’s and gender history, this broadly historiographical volume represents a conversation among established and emerging scholars who share a commitment to understanding the past from intersectional feminist perspectives. It includes original essays on Quebecois, Indigenous, Black, and immigrant women’s histories and tackles such diverse topics as colonialism, religion, labour, warfare, sexuality, and reproductive labour and justice. Intended as a regenerative retrospective of a critically important field, this collection both engages analytically with the current state of women’s and gender historiography in Canada and draws on its rich past to generate new knowledge and areas for inquiry.
Author | : Sara Z. Burke |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 441 |
Release | : 2011-12-13 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0802095771 |
Download Schooling in Transition Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An exploration of two centuries of formal education in Canada in which the accomodation of minority needs and local versus central control are recurring themes.
Author | : R. Douglas Francis |
Publisher | : Nelson |
Total Pages | : 644 |
Release | : 2006-02-09 |
Genre | : Canada |
ISBN | : 9780176415365 |
Download Readings in Canadian History : Post-Confederation Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In this seventh edition of the two-volume Readings in Canadian History, the focus has been to provide a collection of articles suitable for introductory Canadian history tutorials. Topics were selected in relation to the major issues that are explored in such history courses, and the end result is valuable readings throughout the volume. Articles vary in voice and represent the various regions of the country. Whenever possible they reflect new research interests among Canadian historians. Short introductions to each topic set the readings in a historical context and offer suggestions for further readings. The reader also provides a series of questions at the end of each topic introduction to guide students in their reading of the articles and as a basis for discussion in tutorials.
Author | : Gail Edwards |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 429 |
Release | : 2014-07-31 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1442622822 |
Download Picturing Canada Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The study of children's illustrated books is located within the broad histories of print culture, publishing, the book trade, and concepts of childhood. An interdisciplinary history, Picturing Canada provides a critical understanding of the changing geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Canadian identity, as seen through the lens of children's publishing over two centuries. Gail Edwards and Judith Saltman illuminate the connection between children's publishing and Canadian nationalism, analyse the gendered history of children's librarianship, identify changes and continuities in narrative themes and artistic styles, and explore recent changes in the creation and consumption of children's illustrated books. Over 130 interviews with Canadian authors, illustrators, editors, librarians, booksellers, critics, and other contributors to Canadian children's book publishing, document the experiences of those who worked in the industry. An important and wholly original work, Picturing Canada is fundamental to our understanding of publishing history and the history of childhood itself in Canada.
Author | : Adam Shoalts |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2017-10-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0143194003 |
Download A History of Canada in Ten Maps Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Winner of the 2018 Louise de Kiriline Lawrence Award for Nonfiction Longlisted for the 2018 RBC Taylor Prize Shortlisted for the 2018 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction The sweeping, epic story of the mysterious land that came to be called “Canada” like it’s never been told before. Every map tells a story. And every map has a purpose--it invites us to go somewhere we've never been. It’s an account of what we know, but also a trace of what we long for. Ten Maps conjures the world as it appeared to those who were called upon to map it. What would the new world look like to wandering Vikings, who thought they had drifted into a land of mythical creatures, or Samuel de Champlain, who had no idea of the vastness of the landmass just beyond the treeline? Adam Shoalts, one of Canada’s foremost explorers, tells the stories behind these centuries old maps, and how they came to shape what became “Canada.” It’s a story that will surprise readers, and reveal the Canada we never knew was hidden. It brings to life the characters and the bloody disputes that forged our history, by showing us what the world looked like before it entered the history books. Combining storytelling, cartography, geography, archaeology and of course history, this book shows us Canada in a way we've never seen it before.