Canadian History
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From ![]() NEW! Nancy MosleyA Black Loyalist on Trial |
This chapter explores the case of Nancy Mosley, the defendant in New Brunswick’s first murder trial. | Stephen Davidson | 17 | 2020 | $1.70 Add |
![]() National DreamsMyth, Mystery, and Canadian History |
As Canadians, we remember the stories told to us in high-school history class as condensed images of the past—the glorious Mountie, the fearsome Native, the Last Spike. National … | Daniel Frances | 217 | 1997 | View |
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From ![]() National Policy ToryFrom: Merchant Princes |
1848-1887 . Examines the life of John Fitzwilliam Stairs and his entry into politics as a Tory and how he was involved in the creation of national policy. Looks at sugar refining and steel making … | James D. Frost | 34 | 2003 | $3.40 Add |
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From ![]() Natural Resources and Canadian CapitalismThe View From Canadian Dimension Magazine |
Debates about natural resources that have been covered by Canadian Dimensions over the years and the relation to capitalism | John W. Warnock | 20 | 2016 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() Nature at HomeA Social Ecology of Postwar Landscape Design From: The Culture of Nature |
The author explores post-second world war landscape design, including the explosion of suburbs and the gendered nature of the urban environment. The chapter includes 13 photos and images. | Alexander Wilson | 32 | 2019 | $3.20 Add |
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From ![]() Nature Education and PromotionFrom: The Culture of Nature |
The chapter examines the growing desire to educate the public, in particular school-aged children, about the preservation and conservation of nature and the environment. The chapter includes 15 … | Alexander Wilson | 40 | 2019 | $4.00 Add |
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From ![]() Navigating the New CanadaFrom: Canada’s State Police |
In this chapter, Marquis examines how RCMP surveillance sparked debates over government interference with political activity. He highlights how reforms improved overall transparency but the force … | Greg Marquis | 43 | 2024 | $4.30 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! NecessityBenevolent Booze From: Bottoms Up |
Chapter 1 explores the history of alcohol in maritime societies and how it played an variety of essential roles, as a medicine, a ration for sailors, a social lubricant, and a trading commodity … | Sheilah Roberts Lukins | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() Neoliberalism and Decentralized ActivismFrom: Take Back the Fight |
The second chapter, Neoliberalism and Decentralized Activism, provides background on neoliberal economic policy and considers the role of it in the destruction of social movements via the ways it … | Nora Loreto | 20 | 2020 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Never a Day Alike to the OtherFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Eighteen wraps up the story of Louise’s life by reflecting on her accomplishments. The chapter includes the author’s last encounter with Louise, reflections on her legacy, and … | Merilyn Simonds | 28 | 2022 | $2.80 Add |
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From ![]() New Beginnings |
Looks at division amoung the CCF as to Canada’s partitipation in WWII, looks at different leadership of the CCF and goes through the reforming for the party as the NDP | Lynn Gidluck | 33 | 2012 | $3.30 Add |
![]() New Brunswick and the Navy |
From the seafaring battles between the British and the French of the 1640s to the privateers of the War of 1812, from the merchant ships of the Second World War to the construction of the … | 156 | View | ||
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From ![]() NEW! New Context, New Arrivals, 1945–1960 |
This chapter examines the postwar period, which marked a critical break with the past and the unfolding of a new world for Montreal Jewry. It looks at linguistic and cultural movements within the … | Pierre Anctil | 57 | 2021 | $5.70 Add |
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From ![]() New Era for the LaboratoryFrom: Montreal and the Bomb |
This chapter outlines the evolution of the project, touching on The MAUD Committee, Lew Kowarski’s work on the project, The ZEEP design, chemicals experimentation, the De Gaulle meeting, … | Gilles Sabourin | 41 | 2021 | $4.10 Add |
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From ![]() New Era, Old Reality: The BC Legislature and Accountable Government |
Review of representative and responsible government in BC and assessments of parliamentary reforms. | Norman Ruff | 13 | 2009 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() New France: A Frustrated Fiefdom, 1627-1763From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890 |
This chapter reviews the establishment of a colony in Quebec and its governance under the Company of New France and the effects of war. It highlights experiences of such populations as women, … | Bryan D. Palmer | 15 | 2024 | $1.50 Add |


















