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  • The Critical Years 1857-1873

    The Union of British North America

    by W.L. Morton ...
    Series Book 12 - The Canadian Centenary Series
    Volume XII of the Canadian Centenary SeriesNow available as e-books for the first time, the Canadian Centenary Series is a comprehensive nineteen-volume history of the peoples and lands which form Canada. Although the series is designed as a unified whole so that no part of the story is left untold, each volume is complete in itself.The Confederation of 1867 was the uncertain climax of more than a ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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  • A Short History of Canada

    Sixth Edition

    by Desmond Morton ...
    Most of us know bits and pieces of our history but would like to be more sure of how it all fits together. The trick is to find a history that is so absorbing you will want to read it from beginning to end. With this book, Desmond Morton, one of Canada’s most noted and highly respected historians, shows how the choices we can make at the dawn of the 21st century have been shaped by history.Morton ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Scugog Carrying Place

    A Frontier Pathway

    by Grant Karcich ...
    The story of Scugog Carrying Place, the ancient aboriginal trails connecting Lake Ontario with Lakes Scugog and Simcoe and the Kawartha lakes is a multifaceted one. In tracing its documented history from the 1790s to the 1850s, author Grant Karcich unravels mysteries; explores the lifestyles of early First Nations; provides background on local archaeological sites; and introduces the intrepid ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD

  • Canada's Odyssey

    A Country Based on Incomplete Conquests

    by Peter H. Russell ...
    150 years after Confederation, Canada is known around the world for its social diversity and its commitment to principles of multiculturalism. But the road to contemporary Canada is a winding one, a story of division and conflict as well as union and accommodation.In Canada’s Odyssey, renowned scholar Peter H. Russell provides an expansive, accessible account of Canadian history from the pre ... Read more

    $32.79 CAD

  • Willowdale

    Yesterday's Farms, Today's Legacy

    by Scott Kennedy ...
    In 1855, Willowdale's post office opened in Jacob Cummer's store on Yonge Street. Today, streets in Toronto's community of Willowdale are peppered with the names of the early farm families of North York, such as the Shepards, Finches, and Kennedys.Author Scott Kennedy's intriguing stories embrace the evolution of Willowdale from the earliest acquisition of land to today's urban environment. You ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Canada the Good

    A Short History of Vice since 1500

    by Marcel Martel ...
    To invest in vice can be a sound financial decision, but despite the lure of healthy profits, individuals and mutual funds have been reluctant to invest in this type of stock. After all, who would take pride in supporting the tobacco industry, knowing it sells a deadly product? And what social responsibilities do investors bear with respect to compulsive gamblers who have lost so much money that ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • The Settlers Settled; or Pat Connor and His Two Masters

    by Catharine Parr Traill, Paul Allen, Paul Allen ...
    Series Book 1 - Allen's Upper Canada Sundries
    We are proud to re-issue the four instalments of Catharine Parr Traill's "The Settlers Settled" in their entirety for the first time since they appeared together in "Sharpe's London Magazine," vol. X, 1850. Original pagination is preserved here. For the reader's enjoyment, we also provide an intimate portrait of Ms. Traill, written by her niece, Mary Agnes Fitzgibbon in 1894. ... Read more

    $2.73 CAD

  • The Queen at the Council Fire

    The Treaty of Niagara, Reconciliation, and the Dignified Crown in Canada

    by Nathan Tidridge ...
    Series Book 1 - Institute for the Study of the Crown in Canada (ISCC) at Massey College
    In the summer of 1764, Sir William Johnson (Superintendent of Indian Affairs) and over two thousand chiefs representing twenty-four First Nations met on the shores of the Niagara River to negotiate the Treaty of Niagara — an agreement between the British Crown and the Indigenous peoples. This treaty, symbolized by the Covenant Chain Wampum, is seen by many Indigenous peoples as the birth of modern ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD

  • Canada under Attack

    Irish-American veterans of the Civil War and their Fenian campaign to conquer Canada

    by Cheryl MacDonald ...
    Series series Amazing Stories
    Most history books make a joke of it, but Canada faced a serious military threat in the 1860s -- and came under multiple attacks by military forces based in the United States. It took the combined effort of British troops in Canada and the Canadian militia -- plus some good luck -- to repel the invaders and end the threat. The experience helped push Confederation to fruition in 1867.Cheryl ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Across the Aisle

    Opposition in Canadian Politics

    by David E. Smith ...
    How do parties with official opposition status influence Canadian politics? Across the Aisle is an innovative examination of the theory and practice of opposition in Canada, both in Parliament and in provincial legislatures. Extending from the pre-Confederation era to the present day, it focuses on whether Canada has developed a coherent tradition of parliamentary opposition.David E. Smith argues ... Read more

    $31.19 CAD

  • Our Old Home Town

    by Francis Hincks Dobbin, Paul Allen, Paul Allen ...
    Series Book 1 - Allen's Upper Canada Sundries
    Francis Hincks Dobbin (1850-1932) was born in Watertown, New York. His family came to Peterborough in Upper Canada about 1853. Between 1864-1869 Dobbin was a press boy at the Peterborough Review, working for Robert Romaine. He worked his way up through the newspaper. In 1881 he left the Review to become manager of the Lindsay Post. In 1887 he returned to the Review as publisher and general manager ... Read more

    $2.73 CAD

  • Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces

    The contentious history of the Canadian federation

    by Ed Whitcomb ...
    Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces tells the story of the politicians who continually contend over the division of power (and money) between Ottawa and the provinces. The heroes and villains of this story include many of the leading lights of Canadian history, from John A. Macdonald, Wilfred Laurier, and Maurice Duplessis to Pierre Trudeau, Joe Clark, Bill Davis, Peter Lougheed and Jean ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD