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  • The Creator’s Game

    Lacrosse, Identity, and Indigenous Nationhood

    by Allan Downey ...
    A gift from the Creator – that is where it all began. The game of lacrosse has been a central element of many Indigenous cultures for centuries, but once non-Indigenous players entered the sport, it became a site of appropriation – then reclamation – of Indigenous identities. Focusing on the history of lacrosse in Indigenous communities from the 1860s to the 1990s, The Creator’s Game explores ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Jack the Ripper

    The code was on the Wall

    by Allan Downey ...
    The Book describes in detail how the letters that Jack the Ripper wrote to the police and others who had an interest in the murders, contained a message. The message was also found on the chalk writing on the wall, the enigmatic, the Juwes are the men that will not be blamed for nothing. This was found soon after and near to where the fifth victim, Catherine Eddowe's body was discovered. Just ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Journal of the Canadian Historical Association. Vol. 33 No. 1, 2023

    by Benjamin Bryce, Benjamin Bryce, Donald Wright, James W. St. G. Walker*, Claudine Bonner, P. E. Bryden, Lara Campbell, Adele Perry, Allan Downey, Nathan Ince0, David Bigaouette1, David R. Quintyne2 ...
    Series Book 33 - Journal of the Canadian Historical Association
    What can be said about one hundred years of historical writing in the journals of the Canadian Historical Association, as they have evolved from the Report of the Annual Meeting|Rapport de l’assemblée annuelle (1922-1965, the journal only took on a bilingual name in 1951) to Historical Papers|Communications historiques (1966-1989) and then to the Journal of the Canadian Historical Association ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Journal of the Canadian Historical Association. Vol. 23 No. 1, 2012

    by Beth A. Robertson, Michael Eamon, Robin Jarvis Brownlie, Dan Horner, Colin Grittner, Joanna L. Pearce, Dominique Marquis, Benjamin Bryce, Rebecca Beausaert, Janice Cavell, Joan Sangster, Allan Downey ...
    Series Book 23 - Journal of the Canadian Historical Association
    At the height of the American Revolution in 1779, the Quebec Library was created by Governor Sir Frederick Haldimand. For Haldimand, the library had a well-defined purpose: to educate the public, diffuse useful knowledge, and bring together the French and English peoples of the colony. Over the years, the memory of this institution has faded and the library has tended to be framed as an historical ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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    Forty-Three Thought-Provoking Responses

    Edited by Irvin Studin ...
    Each of these essays begins with the words “A Canadian is . . .”. Each one is very different, producing a fascinating book for all thinking Canadians.Irvin Studin is an idealistic young Canadian who wanted to do something extraordinary for his country. So he decided to approach leading Canadians — he calls them “sages” — to tell us what they believe defines us. The people who responded eagerly, to ... Read more

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  • A Short History of Quebec

    by John A. Dickinson, Brian Young ...
    John A. Dickinson and Brian Young bring a refreshing perspective to the history of Quebec, focusing on the social and economic development of the region as well as the identity issues of its diverse peoples. This revised fourth edition covers Quebec's recent political history and includes an updated bibliography and chronology and new illustrations. A Canadian classic, A Short History of Quebec ... Read more

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  • The Empire Within

    Postcolonial Thought and Political Activism in Sixties Montreal

    by Sean Mills ...
    Series Book 23 - Studies on the History of Quebec/Études d'histoire du Québec
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  • Claire L’Heureux-Dubé

    A Life

    by Constance Backhouse ...
    Series series Law and Society
    Both lionized and vilified, Claire L’Heureux-Dubé has shaped the Canadian legal landscape – and in particular its highest court. The second woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, and the first from Quebec, she was known as “the great dissenter” on the bench, making judgments that were applauded and criticized in turn.L’Heureux-Dubé’s innovative legal approach was anchored in the social, ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Remembering 1759

    The Conquest of Canada in Historical Memory

    by Phillip Buckner, John G. Reid ...
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    $35.99 CAD

  • Capitalism

    The Story behind the Word

    by Michael Sonenscher ...
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  • A Social Laboratory for Modern France

    The Musée Social and the Rise of the Welfare State

    by Janet R. Horne ...
    As a nineteenth-century think tank that sought answers to France’s pressing “social question,” the Musée Social reached across political lines to forge a reformist alliance founded on an optimistic faith in social science. In A Social Laboratory for Modern France Janet R. Horne presents the story of this institution, offering a nuanced explanation of how, despite centuries of deep ideological ... Read more

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  • Napoléon-Antoine Belcourt

    Un Grand Canadien - A Great Canadian

    by Marc L. Belcourt ...
    L’auteur s’est inspiré d’écrire cette biographie informelle suite à sa quête aux connaissances, aux questions, aux réponses sur la vie familiale et la vie politique de ce grand Canadien-français qui a laissé sa marque au début du 20ième siècle.The result of asking questions, of research and of answers inspired the author to write this family biography of the family and political life of a great ... Read more

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