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Borderline Canadianness
Border Crossings and Everyday Nationalism in Niagara
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
Canada and the United States share the world’s longest international border. For those living in the immediate vicinity of the Canadian side of the border, the events of 9/11 were a turning point in their relationship with their communities, their American neighbours and government officials.
Borderline...
Opening a Window to the West
The Foreign Concession at Kobe, Japan, 1868-1899
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
After more than two centuries of self-seclusion, Japan finally opened itself to Western traders and influences in the 1850s. However, Westerners were restricted to a handful of Foreign Concessions set adjacent to selected Japanese cities, where they could fashion a working urban space suited to their...
by H. F. Angus
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1953
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1953
This book brings together and interprets the information relating to Canada's contacts with Asiatic countries since the beginning of the Second World War. Lucidly written and freshly presented, it will be of great interest to everyone concerned with international affairs.
As Canada's policies...
by Charles Herbert Best
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1963
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1963
The name of Charles H. Best, co-discoverer of insulin, Head of the Department of Physiology and Director of the Banting and Best Department of Medical Research in the University of Toronto, is familiar to medical and lay readers all over the world. The story of his early insulin research with Dr....
Manliness and Militarism
Educating Young Boys in Ontario for War
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2001
Euphoria swept Canada, and especially Ontario, with the outbreak of World War I. Young men rushed to volunteer for the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and close to 50 per cent of the half-million Canadian volunteers came from the province of Ontario. Why were people excited by the prospect of war? What...
by Edwin Guillet
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1969
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1969
The settlement of Upper Canada began in the Detroit river district where there were several hundred people living before the close of the French régime. Between 1785 and 1800 colonization continued with the arrival of Loyalists and other settlers, including a contingent of German mercenaries who...
by Edwin Guillet
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1963
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1963
One of the most fascinating aspects of the history of Canada is the development of trave—from the canoe-routes and woodland trails first followed by the Indians, the fur-traders and explorers, and the pioneers, to the canals, locks, and highways of a later age, and the seaways, railroads, and air...
by Edwin Guillet
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1933
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1933
Although there were abundant hardships, early life in Upper Canada was romantic and colourful in many ways. However, despite important contributions to the social and economic history of Canada, few good, comprehensive accounts have been generally available. Early Life in Upper Canada, originally...
The Niagara Escarpment
From Tobermory to Niagara Falls
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1975
This book provides an informal history and tour of the Niagara Escarpment, the backbone of Ontario and one of Canada's natural wonders. Stretching from Tobermory at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula to Niagara Falls, the escarpment exhibits a wide diversity of landscape, people, and industry, in the...
Celebrating Urban Community Life
Fairs, Festivals, Parades, and Community Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Communal celebrations bring out the best in us, offering a place for people to come together and take a break from the routines of daily life. They are a vital aspect of city life and are increasingly popular as an urban development strategy.
Celebrating Urban Community Life is a comprehensive...
Planning Politics in Toronto
The Ontario Municipal Board and Urban Development
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
The Ontario Municipal Board is an independent provincial planning appeals body that has wielded major influence on Toronto’s urban development. In this book, Aaron A. Moore examines the effect that the OMB has had on the behavior and relationships of Toronto’s main political actors, including...
The Protective Tariff in Canada's Development
Eight Essays on Trade and Tariff When Factors Move with Special Reference to Canadian Protectionism, 1870-1955
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1966
Canadian historians have always looks favourably on Macdonald's national policies, including the protective tariff. On the other hand, the canons of economic theory have little or nothing to say in favour of protection. Professor Dales attempts in these essays to bridge this gap between trade theory...
Democratic Illusion
Deliberative Democracy in Canadian Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
The theory of deliberative democracy promotes the creation of systems of governance in which citizens actively exchange ideas, engage in debate, and create laws that are responsive to their interests and aspirations. While deliberative processes are being adopted in an increasing number of cases,...
by David Mutimer
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
The Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs is an acclaimed series offering informed commentary on important national events and considering their significance in local and international contexts. The 2006 installment of the series covers the thirty-ninth general election, in which the...