Western Canada
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From  PrefaceFrom: Moment of Truth |
This preface examines the cultural and political tensions between Western Canada and the rest of the country, tracing grievances from the Crow rate through the National Energy Policy. | Jack M. Mintz | 7 | 2020 | $0.70 Add |
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From  PrefaceFrom: The Rise of the New West |
A brief overview of the changing political landscape in the West of Canada lead by a concern for the economic landscape. Concluding that the future is ominous and uncertain | John F. Conway | 5 | 2014 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Presenting the ImagePart II From: The Imaginary Indian |
Non-Native Canadians came to know the Indian: in books, in public performance, at country fairs, in museums and schoolrooms, at summer camp and in the movies. There were very few places, in fact, … | Daniel Francis | 24 | 1992 | $2.40 Add |
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From  Presenting the ImagePart II From: The Imaginary Indian |
Non-Native Canadians came to know the Indian: in books, in public performance, at country fairs, in museums and schoolrooms, at summer camp and in the movies. There were very few places, in fact, … | Daniel Francis | 24 | 1992 | $2.40 Add |
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From  PrologueFrom: Cheated |
The authors provide some preemptory maps and tables to illustrate the details presented in the book. | Bill Waiser; Jennie Hansen | 8 | 2023 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! SaskatchewanFrom: Canada's Main Street |
In this chapter, Baird traces the construction of the Trans-Canada Highway in Saskatchewan, completed in 1957. | Craig Baird | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add |
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From Socialism and Syndicalism:The Rising of the Working Class, 1870–1919 From: The Rise of the New West |
Details the rise of the working class in the west, separating the analysis of BC and Prairies, and showcasing the small victories that led to the rise | John F. Conway | 26 | 2014 | $2.60 Add |
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From Speculators and BoodlersFrom: Cheated |
Chapter Four details an immigration scam pulled off by deputy minister James Smart and other Liberal government officials. | Bill Waiser; Jennie Hansen | 31 | 2023 | $3.10 Add |
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From  The BeginningFrom: Pierre Poilievre |
In this chapter, Lawton traces the early life of Pierre Poilievre, from his 1979 birth and adoption in Calgary through his politically formative teenage years in the 1980s and 1990s. | Andrew Lawton | 9 | 2024 | $0.90 Add |
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From  The Black Horse of Famine and the Indigenous Peoples on the Prairies (March) |
In this chapter, Dutil examines the devastating impact of bison extirpation on Indigenous peoples of the Canadian prairies during the 1860s and 1870s, and the policies Prime Minister Macdonald … | Patrice Dutil | 22 | 2024 | $2.20 Add |
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From NEW! The Critical Year 1949From: Canada's Main Street |
In this chapter, Baird examines how the Trans-Canada Highway debate dominated 1949, as provinces clashed over routes and funding. | Craig Baird | 24 | 2025 | $2.40 Add |
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From  The First Trudeau Regime, 1968–1979 |
Discusses the effect of Pierre Elliott Trudeau on the federation including constitutional battles of the 1970s, the natural resource battle of Ottawa vs. the West, and the rebalancing of powers … | Ed Whitcomb | 27 | 2017 | $2.70 Add |
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From The Indian Got What Was Owing to HimFrom: Cheated |
Chapter Seven further details the surrender of reserve lands and subsequent sale by the Wilfred Laurier Liberals. | Bill Waiser; Jennie Hansen | 28 | 2023 | $2.80 Add |
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From “The Last Best West”:The West in Confederation, 1869–1913 From: The Rise of the New West |
Details the history of confederation giving a firm background, the winning of the west, the initial failure, and the success with the wheat boom | John F. Conway | 24 | 2014 | $2.40 Add |
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From “The Man Behind the Plow”:Agrarian Populism and the Farmer Governments From: The Rise of the New West |
As the crisis of the 1880s unfolded in the West, the federal government, the CPR, and the private grain trade were taking the necessary steps to ensure the orderly and privately controlled export … | John F. Conway | 19 | 2014 | $1.90 Add |
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From The New Minister Has Gone Too FarFrom: Cheated |
Chapter Three, beginning in 1896, details the leadership of Clifford Sifton, then newly appointed Indian Affairs minister. | Bill Waiser; Jennie Hansen | 20 | 2023 | $2.00 Add |
