Canada category: 4109 books
Great Fortune Dream
The Struggles and Triumphs of Chinese Settlers in Canada, 1858-19966
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
In 1858, gold was discovered in the Fraser River. News of this discovery travelled to the Pearl River Delta, where, in the aftermath of the Opium Wars, many Chinese sought to escape the poverty, overcrowding, political unrest and even slavery—invaders from western Asia captured and shipped many...
The History of Canada Series - The Last Act: Pierre Trudeau
The Gang Of Eight And The Fight For Canada
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Between the morning of Wednesday, November 4, and the morning of Thursday, November 5, 1981, a fateful drama unfolded that changed Canada forever.
In one last attempt to renew the constitution with the consent of the provinces, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau met behind closed doors in...
None Is Too Many
Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933-1948
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2017
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award (Holocaust Category)
Winner of the Canadian Historical Association John A. Macdonald Prize
Featured in The Literary Review of Canada 100: Canada’s Most Important Books
[This] is a story best summed up in the words of an anonymous senior...
How Hockey Explains Canada
The Sport That Defines a Country
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
The role of hockey in Canada serves as a national identity, a unifying force in a country of 33 million people. So crazed are Canadians for their national sport that they ranked outrageous hockey commentator and high school drop-out Don Cherry ahead of Alexander Graham Bell on a list of the greatest...
Navigating a New World
Canada's Global Future
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2010
In Navigating a New World Lloyd Axworthy charts how we can become active citizens in the demanding world of the twenty-first century, to make it safer, more sustainable and more humane. Throughout he emphasizes the human story. As we meet refugees from civil war and drought, child soldiers and landmine...
This Is That
Travel Guide To Canada
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Discover the majesty of Canada—or what the internet calls “One of North America’s Top Three Must-Visit Nations”—in this laugh-out-loud, farcical travel guide from the country’s most celebrated comedy team, This is That.
Have you always wanted to travel Canada, but but are fearful...
by Mrs. Leonidas Hubbard, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
According to Wikipedia: "Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area,[6] and shares land borders with the United...
Canada's Bastions of Empire
Halifax, Victoria and the Royal Navy 1749-1918
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
This book offers a fresh perspective on North American history, and the key role played by Halifax and Victoria in ensuring that Canada emerged as an independent country in the 20th century. Brian Elson focuses on the significance of the bases for the all-powerful British navy at Halifax and Victoria...
All Canada in the Hands of the British
General Jeffery Amherst and the 1760 Campaign to Conquer New France
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
In 1760, General Jeffery Amherst led the British campaign that captured Montreal and began the end of French colonial rule in North America. All Canada in the Hands of the British is a detailed account of Amherst’s successful military strategy and soldiers’ experiences on both sides.
Newly...
by Robert Bothwell
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2007
Canada is in many ways a country of limits, a paradox for a place that enjoys virtually unlimited space. Most of that space is uninhabited, and much of it is uninhabitable. It is a country with a huge north but with most of its population in the south, hugging the U.S. border. An uneasy and difficult...
Rails Over the Mountains
Exploring the Railway Heritage of Canada's Western Mountains
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2016
Journey through the engineering marvels, stations, and heritage sites of Canada’s western mountains.
Ride the rails through Canada’s western mountains to explore the many vestiges of the region’s spectacular and surprising railway heritage. Here is where grand railway hotels were built...
by Insight Guides
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Natural wonders abound in Canada's many provinces, from polar bears in Manitoba to the thundering Niagara Falls in Ontario, skiing in Whistler, sprawling prairies and stunning national parks. Add to that fascinating insights into the culture of native peoples such as the Inuit and M�tis, the history...
by Barbara Rogers, Stillman Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
This guide zeroes in primarily on Canada's Nova Scotia province, the sights, the activities, where to stay and much more. This is based on our much larger guide to all the Atlantic Provinces. Hiking, trout and salmon fishing, skiing, snowmobiling, cycling, kayaking, exploring, puffin spotting - discover...
Communicating in Canada's Past
Essays in Media History
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2009
Communicating in Canada's Past evolved out of essays presented at the inaugural Conference on Media History in Canada of 2006, which brought together media historians from across the disciplines and from both French and English Canada. The first collection of its kind, this volume assembles both well-established...