History

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Part II Miles McDonnell From: Unsettled View ECW Press	Part II describes the ongoing establishment of the Red River Settlement, and the role played Miles McDonnell, who was appointed to head the colony by the Earl of Selkirk in 1813. Part II includes …	Robert Lower	142	2023	$14.20 Add
From Part II From: The Matryoshka Memoirs View ECW Press	Part Two picks up from the first as Irina and Sergei escape from Germany with their child, and immigrate to Canada. The author continues to include scenes from the modern day between herself and …	Sasha Colby	80	2023	$8.00 Add
From NEW! Part II: Settlement From: Cobalt View House of Anansi Press	Part II contains Chapter 5: Boom Town, Chapter 6: Cobalt as Colony, Chapter 7: Women and the Domestication of Frontier, and Chapter 8: The Myth of the Gunless Frontier.	Charlie Angus	56	2022	$5.60 Add
From Part III Colin Robertson From: Unsettled View ECW Press	Part III describes the role of Colin Robertson, senior clerk of the Hudson’s Bay Trading Company, in the continued story of the Red River Settlement. Part III includes the following …	Robert Lower	86	2023	$8.60 Add
From NEW! Part III: Class Conflict From: Cobalt View House of Anansi Press	Part III contains Chapter 9: Class War in Cobalt, Chapter 10: A Place Called Hell, Chapter 11: Empire Ontario and Temagami, and Chapter 12: The Birth of an Industry.	Charlie Angus	45	2022	$4.50 Add
From Part IV Robert Semple From: Unsettled View ECW Press	Part IV describes the settlement under leadership of Robert Semple, Governor in Chief of the Red River Settlement, culminating in the Battle of Seven Oaks. Part IV includes the following …	Robert Lower	35	2023	$3.50 Add
From NEW! Part IV: Spectacle From: Cobalt View House of Anansi Press	Part IV contains Chapter 13: The Fight of the Century, Chapter 14: The Canadian Holy Grail, and Chapter 15: Cobalt as a Vaudeville Production.	Charlie Angus	28	2022	$2.80 Add
From NEW! Part One From: The Mantle of Struggle View Between The Lines	Part one explores Britain’s colonization of the Island of Dominica, provides historical background of Rosie Douglas’ ancestors, and describes the nature of his upbringing. Part one …	Irving Andre	24	2023	$2.40 Add
From NEW! Part One Indigenous Commons, Capital Cravings, and the Coming of Colonialism, 1500-1790 and The Dish with One Spoon From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890 View James Lorimer and Company	This section discusses first contact between the Europeans and the Indigenous inhabitants and divergent understandings of property rights and land tenure and collectivism and individualism.	Bryan D. Palmer	13	2024	$1.30 Add
From NEW! Part Three From: The Mantle of Struggle View Between The Lines	Part three describes Douglas’ life after his return to Dominica in 1976 and leading up to the general election in 2000. It explores his contributions to Domica’s political …	Irving Andre	76	2023	$7.60 Add
From NEW! Part Two From: The Mantle of Struggle View Between The Lines	Part two explores Douglas’ move to Canada to attend Sir George Williams University in Montreal during the 1960s. These chapters detail his life during this time; his civil rights activism …	Irving Andre	102	2023	$10.20 Add
From NEW! Part Two, The Capitalist Road from Colony to Nation, 1790-1890 and Contradictory Compulsions Colonial Autocracy and Capitalist & "Liberty," 1791-1820 From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890 View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter reviews the continued expansion of British rule in North America and the establishment of Upper Canada and Lower Canada under the Constitutional Act of 1791	Bryan D. Palmer	14	2024	$1.40 Add
From NEW! Part V: Catastrophe and Collapse From: Cobalt View House of Anansi Press	Part V contains Chapter 16: Fire, Racial Backlash, and Epidemic, Chapter 17: The War Comes Home, and Chapter 18: The Final Battle.	Charlie Angus	55	2022	$5.50 Add
From NEW! Part VI: Cobalt Goes Global From: Cobalt View House of Anansi Press	Part VI contains Chapter 19: Exporting Hinterland, Chapter 20: The Family Business, and Chapter 21: The Return to Cobalt.	Charlie Angus	29	2022	$2.90 Add
From Party Politics in British Columbia: The Persistence of Polarization From: British Columbia Politics and Government View Emond Montgomery	Analysis of the role of ideological and class-based distinctions as organizing principles in BC party politics at both the provincial and federal level.	Steven Phillips	21	2009	$2.10 Add
From NEW! Pass the Spuds From: Up the Coast View NeWest Press	Chapter Seven focuses on the cook house, the cook Dave, the routine at the logging camp, grizzly bears in the shed, and the cook Lousia the nazi.	Kathryn Willcock	10	2022	$1.00 Add