Canadian History

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Fighting For Space How a Group of Drug Users Transformed One City's Struggle with Addiction Arsenal Pulp Press	North America is in the grips of a drug epidemic. While deaths across the continent soar, Travis Lupick’s Fighting for Space explains the concept of harm reduction as a crucial component of …	Travis Lupick	408	2017	View
From Suffragette to Homesteader Exploring British and Canadian Colonial Histories and Women's Politics Through Memoir Fernwood Publishing	From Suffragette to Homesteader opens a unique window into the past. Central to this book is a powerful memoir written in 1952 by Ethel Marie Sentance as an anniversary present for her husband, …	Emily van der Meulen	203		View
NEW! From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge Canada and the Civil War ECW Press	Filled with engaging stories and astonishing facts, From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge examines the role of Canadians in the American Civil War Despite all we know about the Civil War, its …	Brian Martin	353	2022	View
Gay Marriage The Story of a Canadian Social Revolution James Lorimer and Company	A history of the fight for same-sex marriage in Canada. Few issues have dominated recent Canadian politics like the legalization of same-sex marriage. As a political correspondent for The …	Louisa Blair; Sylvain Larocque	312	2006	View
Gunboats on the Great Lakes 1866-68 The British Navy's show of force at the time of Confederation James Lorimer and Company	This book describes British gunboat diplomacy practiced on the Great lakes in the aftermath of the US Civil War when Canada was negotiating Confederation and under Fenian attack. Cheryl MacDonald …	Cheryl MacDonald	192	2017	View
Harry Livingstone’s Forgotten Men Canadians and the Chinese Labour Corps in the First World War James Lorimer and Company	HARRY LIVINGSTONE was a small town doctor from Listowel, Ontario when he felt the pull of patriotism that led him to volunteer in the First World War. In 1917, Livingstone found himself embarking …	Dan Black	504	2019	View
NEW! History of the Jews in Quebec University of Ottawa Press	The presence of Jews in Quebec dates back four centuries. Quebec Jewry, in Montreal in particular, has evolved over time, thanks to successive waves of migration from different regions of the …	Pierre Anctil	490	2021	View
How We Go Home Voices from Indigenous North America Fernwood Publishing	In myriad ways, each narrator’s life has been shaped by loss, injustice, and resilience—and by the struggle of how to share space with settler nations whose essential aim is to take …	Sara Sinclair	344	2020	View
Immodest and Sensational 150 Years of Canadian Women in Sports James Lorimer and Company	With the Canadian women’s Olympic hockey team and other high-profile female athletes in recent years drawing a healthy share of the sports media limelight, there is a perception that …	M. Ann Hall	96	2008	View
In a Queer Country Gay and Lesbian Studies in the Canadian Context Arsenal Pulp Press	In terms of rights and freedoms for queers, Canada holds an international reputation as among the most liberal of nations. Yet this picture of harmonious gay and lesbian assimilation is nothing …	Terry Goldie	320	2001	View
In Defiance Between The Lines	On February 7, 2012, as students in Quebec prepared to vote to go on strike, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois gave a rousing speech: “What you do today will be remembered. The decision you make will …	Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler	186	2015	View
NEW! Inside the Montreal Mafia The Confessions of Andrew Scoppa ECW Press	A groundbreaking, exclusive inside look at the North American Mafia and the Rizzuto family. For the first time in Canadian history, a high-ranking Mafioso agreed to break the code of omertà by …	Eric Thibault; Félix Séguin	240	2022	View
Jeannie’s Demise Abortion on Trial in Victorian Toronto Between The Lines	August 1, 1875, Toronto: The body of a young woman is discovered in a pine box, half-buried in a ditch along Bloor Street. So begins Jeannie’s Demise, a real-life Victorian melodrama that …	Ian Radforth	198	2020	View
NEW! John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and the Year Canada Was Cool James Lorimer and Company	John Lennon was the world’s biggest rock star in the late Sixties. With his new wife Yoko Ono, the duo were icons of the peace movement denouncing the Vietnam War. In 1969, at the height of …	Greg Marquis	250	2020	View
Lawyers, Families, and Businesses The Shaping of a Bay Street Law Firm, Faskens 1863-1963 Irwin Law Inc.	In Lawyers, Families, and Businesses: The Shaping of a Bay Street Law Firm, Faskens 1863–1963, noted lawyer and historian, Ian Kyer, provides a superbly researched and fascinating study of …	C. Ian Kyer	337	2013	View
NEW! Leading Progess The Professional Institute of the Public Service Canada, 1920–2020 Between The Lines	On February 6, 1920, a small group of public service employees met for the first time to form a professional association. A century later, the Professional Institute of the Public Service Canada …	Jason Russell	272	2020	View