History

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Preface and Introduction From: Canada’s State Police View James Lorimer and Company	In this preface and introduction, Marquis examines the history of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, comparing official narratives to historical records. He explores how the RCMP prioritized …	Greg Marquis	16	2024	$1.60 Add
From Preface & Introduction A Paradigm Shift From: Samuel Cunard View Formac Publishing	Explains the importance of Samuel Cunard in giving a major push to the use of steamships and the paradigm shift of the first use of regularized transportation and communication by steamship …	John Boileau	5	2006	$0.50 Add
From Preface & Introduction From: Oak Island and Its Lost Treasure View Formac Publishing	In this chapter, Harris and MacPhie introduce the mystery of Oak Island and why there are so many differing theories.	Graham Harris	11	2013	$1.10 Add
From NEW! Preface: Living in the Middle Ground From: Toronto: The First 13,000 Years View James Lorimer and Company	In this preface, Carruthers situates Toronto within its ecological landscape of lakes, rivers, and the Niagara Escarpment.	Peter J. Carruthers	3	2026	$0.30 Add
From Preface, Note on Language and Conceptualization and Introduction From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890 View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, the author explains his methodology for a book on Colonialism and Capitalism, as well as a note on considerations about terminology related to Indigenous peoples and the concepts …	Bryan D. Palmer	32	2024	$3.20 Add
From NEW! Preface: The Demon Metal From: Cobalt View House of Anansi Press	In the Preface author Charlie Angus provides a brief history of cobalt and its importance to digital technology, clean energy, and electric vehicles. He also discusses the darker side of cobalt …	Charlie Angus	4	2022	$0.40 Add
From NEW! Preface to Colored People From: Blind Persistence View Baraka Books	This chapter is a 1993 letter written by Henry Louis Gates Jr. to his daughters from Piedmont, West Virginia, reflecting on Black identity and community in the 1950s and 1960s.	Henry Louis Jr. Gates	5	2025	$0.50 Add
From Preface to the English Edition Quebec at the Crossroads: The Roots of the 2012 Students’ Spring From: In Defiance View Between The Lines		Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler	12	2015	$1.20 Add
From Preface to the Second Edition, Acknowledgements, Foreword by Randy Fred, Introduction From: The Imaginary Indian View Arsenal Pulp Press	Randy Fred debunks the concept of “Indians” and claims that Native people live within a world of imagery that isn’t their own. Daniel Frances further explores the myth that is …	Daniel Francis; Randy Fred	43	1992	$4.30 Add
From Preface to the Second Edition, Acknowledgements, Foreword by Randy Fred, Introduction From: The Imaginary Indian View Arsenal Pulp Press	Randy Fred debunks the concept of “Indians” and claims that Native people live within a world of imagery that isn’t their own. Daniel Frances further explores the myth that is …	Daniel Francis	43	1992	$4.30 Add
From Prefaces to the Fourth, First and Second Editions From: The Canadian Labour Movement View James Lorimer and Company	The prefaces to the fourth, first and second editions of this book outline the changes the various editions have seen and to what degree.	Charles Smith; Craig Heron	2	2020	$0.20 Add
From Prehistory From: The Beothuk View Breakwater Books	This chapter investigates the prehistory of the Beothuk: When and how they first arrived in Newfoundland and the archaeological evidence discovered at numerous sites around the island.	Ingeborg Marshall	4	2009	$0.40 Add
From NEW! Prelude From: The Governors General View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Fraser traces the office of Canada’s Governor General from 1620 to the present, focusing on the transition to Canadian-born officeholders in 1952.	John Fraser	9	2026	$0.90 Add
From PrEP Will Not Save Us The Ghosts of AIDS and Suicide From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future View Arsenal Pulp Press	This chapter explores suicide among gay men, which has surpassed HIV as the leading cause of death of gay men in Canada.	Kody Muncaster	6	2021	$0.60 Add
From Preparing for War From: Churchill and Fisher View James Lorimer and Company	Historian Barry Gough examines the preperations for war made by Winston Churchill and Jack Fisher (1911-1914) including the naval officers involved, the role of oil, the Mediterranean naval …	Barry Gough	41	2017	$4.10 Add
From PRESENT DAY From: Casa Loma View James Lorimer and Company	The castle today	Bill Freeman; Vincenzo Pietropaolo	3	2016	$0.30 Add