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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
The Canadian Labour Movement A Short History James Lorimer and Company	The Canadian Labour Movement tells the story of Canada’s workers since the mid-nineteenth century, painting a vivid picture of key developments, such as the birth of craft unionism, the …	Charles Smith; Craig Heron	240	2020	View
The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History Third Edition James Lorimer and Company	In The Canadian Labour Movement, historian Craig Heron tells the story of Canada’s workers from the mid-nineteenth century through to today, painting a vivid picture of key developments …	Craig Heron	252	2012	View
The Culture of Nature North American Landscape from Disney to the Exxon Valdez, Second Edition Between The Lines	Since it was first published in 1991, few books have come close to capturing the depth and breadth of Alexander Wilson’s innovative ecocultural compendium The Culture of Nature. His work …	Alexander Wilson	352	2019	View
The Einstein File The FBI’s Secret War Against the World’s Most Famous Scientist - New Updated Edition Baraka Books	Einstein arrived in the United States in 1933, the year the Nazis rose to power in Germany. From that moment until he died in 1955, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI—with other …	Ajamu Baraka; David Suzuki; Fred Jerome	402	2018	View
The Fall of New France How the French lost a North American empire 1754-1763 James Lorimer and Company	Two great empires collided in North America in the 1750s when France and Great Britain (with the eager support of Britain’s American colonies) contested control of the Ohio Valley and Nova …	Ronald J. Dale	96	2004	View
NEW! The Fire and the Ashes Rekindling Democratic Socialism Between The Lines	In The Fire and the Ashes, long-time union economist and policy analyst Andrew Jackson looks back on a fascinating career in the labour movement, the NDP, and left politics, combining keen …	Andrew Jackson	180	2021	View
The First Jews in North America The Extraordinary Story of the Hart Family, 1760-1860 Baraka Books	“Vaugeois’s fascinating account, amply illustrated by archival documents, is a valuable contribution to the history of Quebec, Canada and minority-majority relations.” The …	Denis Vaugeois; Käthe Roth	380	2012	View
The Franz Boas Enigma Inuit, Arctic, and Sciences Baraka Books	“… Franz Boas has remained an enigma, so misunderstood as a person and so often misrepresented as an anthropologist.” William S. Willis, Jr. How did Franz Boas become the …	Ludger Müller-Wille	188	2014	View
The Golden Age of Liberalism A Portrait of Roméo LeBlanc James Lorimer and Company	This book explores the life and times of Roméo LeBlanc, one of Canada’s most popular and successful politicians and statesmen. Probably best known as the long-standing fisheries …	Naomi E. S. Griffiths	376	2011	View
NEW! The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case The Group of Seven & Tom Thomson Forgeries Goose Lane Editions	In May 2016, Jon S. Dellandrea came into possession of a box of the last effects of an obscure artist, William Firth MacGregor. The contents of the box chronicled a major, and long forgotten, …	John S. Dellandrea	192	2022	View
The Great Class War 1914-1918 James Lorimer and Company	Far from an accident of history, the First World War was a long sought-after event welcomed by European elites as a check against democratization and socialist reforms — but the war had …	Jacques R. Pauwels		2016	View
The History of Montréal The Story of a Great North American City Baraka Books	Montreal is one of those unique cities at the crossroads of history. Paul-André Linteau’s The History of Montréal provides essential background for both Montrealers and all those …	Paul-André Linteau	206	2013	View
The Hope that Remains Canadian Survivors of the Rwandan Genocide Véhicule Press	Every immigrant that comes to Canada has a story. This book captures ten of those stories and the remarkable resiliency and fortitude of the human spirit. In 1994 one of the worst genocides in …	Christine Magill	192	2019	View
The Imaginary Indian The Image of the Indian in Canadian Culture Arsenal Pulp Press	First published in 1992, The Imaginary Indian is a revealing history of the "Indian" image mythologized by popular Canadian culture since 1850, propagating stereotypes that exist to …	Daniel Francis	284	1992	View
The Imaginary Indian, 1st Edition The Image of the Indian in Canadian Culture Arsenal Pulp Press	First published in 1992, The Imaginary Indian is a revealing history of the “Indian” image mythologized by popular Canadian culture since 1850, propagating stereotypes that exist to …	Daniel Francis	284	1992	View
The Invisibles A History of the Royal Newfoundland Companies Breakwater Books	During the tumultuous and often violent election riots of 1861, members of the Royal Newfoundland Companies opened fire on a crowd of rioters, killing three and wounding several others. In the …	James E. Candow	256	2019	View