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  • Essays in Canadian Economic History

    par Harold A. Innis ...
    Harold A. Innis helped to found the field of Canadian economic history. He is best known for the "staples thesis" which dominated the discourse of Canadian economic history for decades.This volume collects Innis’ published and unpublished essays on economic history, from 1929 to 1952, thereby charting the development of the arguments and ideas found in his books The Fur Trade in Canada and The Cod ... En savoir plus

    $40.99 CAD

  • Allied Power

    Mobilizing Hydro-electricity during Canada's Second World War

    par Matthew Evenden ...
    Canada emerged from the Second World War as a hydro-electric superpower. Only the United States generated more hydro power than Canada and only Norway generated more per capita. Allied Power is about how this came to be: the mobilization of Canadian hydro-electricity during the war and the impact of that wartime expansion on Canada’s power systems, rivers, and politics.Matthew Evenden argues that ... En savoir plus

    $30.99 CAD

  • The River Returns

    An Environmental History of the Bow

    par Christopher Armstrong, Matthew Evenden, H.V. Nelles ...
    Alberta's iconic river has been dammed and plumbed, made to spin hydro-electric turbines, and used to cleanse Calgary. Artificial lakes in the mountains rearrange its flow; downstream weirs and ditches divert it to irrigate the parched prairie. Far from being wild, the Bow is now very much a human product: its fish are as manufactured as its altered flow, changed water quality, and newly ... En savoir plus

    $27.99 CAD

  • Urban Rivers

    Remaking Rivers, Cities, and Space in Europe and North America

    Modifié par Stephane Castonguay, Matthew Evenden ...
    Collections Livre 66 - History of the Urban Environment
    Urban Rivers examines urban interventions on rivers through politics, economics, sanitation systems, technology, and societies; how rivers affected urbanization spatially, in infrastructure, territorial disputes, and in flood plains, and via their changing ecologies. Providing case studies from Vienna to Manitoba, the chapters assemble geographers and historians in a comparative survey of how ... En savoir plus

    $62.39 CAD

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  • Original Highways

    Travelling the Great Rivers of Canada

    par Roy MacGregor ...
    Expanding on his landmark Globe and Mail series in which he documented his travels down sixteen of Canada's great rivers, Roy MacGregor tells the story of our country through the stories of its original highways, and how they sustain our spirit, identity and economy—past, present and future.No country is more blessed with fresh water than Canada. From the mouth of the Fraser River in BC, to the ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • More and More and More

    An All-Consuming History of Energy

    par Jean-Baptiste Fressoz ...
    The radical, paradigm-shifting international bestseller that destroys our delusions about energy consumption and will change the way we talk about climate change.We have long been taught that humanity’s relationship with energy is one of progress, with wood superseded by coal, coal by oil, oil by nuclear—until at some future point everything will be replaced by “green” energy. But the long-held ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

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  • The Oxford Companion to Canadian History

    Modifié par Gerald Hallowell ...
    This indispensable guide to Canadian history is comprehensive, authoritative, and - above all - companionable. It is the essential guide to the significant events, issues, institutions, people, and places that have shaped Canadian life from earliest times to the late twentieth century. ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Mill: Fifty Years of Pulp and Protest

    par Joan Baxter ...
    For fifty years, the pulp mill near Pictou in northern Nova Scotia has buoyed the local economy and found support from governments at all levels. But it has also pulped millions of acres of forests, spewed millions of tonnes of noxious emissions into the air, consumed quadrillions of litres of fresh water and then pumped them out again as toxic effluent into nearby Boat Harbour, and eventually ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Two Billion Trees and Counting

    The Legacy of Edmund Zavitz

    par John Bacher ...
    Edmund Zavitz (1875–1968) rescued Ontario from the ravages of increasingly more powerful floods, erosion, and deadly fires. Wastelands were talking over many hectares of once-flourishing farmlands and towns. Sites like the Oak Ridges Moraine were well on their way to becoming a dust bowl and all because of extensive deforestation. Zavitz held the positions of chief forester of Ontario, deputy ... En savoir plus

    $8.99 CAD

  • A Short History of Quebec

    par 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 ... En savoir plus

    $26.99 CAD

  • New Brunswick Book of Everything

    Everything You Wanted to Know About New Brunswick and Were Going to Ask Anyway

    Modifié par Martha Walls ...
    From local history to the best beaches, craziest weather and more—this book reveals everything you ever wanted to know about the Canadian coastal province.In New Brunswick Book of Everything, local author Martha Walls explores everything from the stories behind its weird place names, like Skeedaddle Ridge, to profiles of New Brusnwick notables, such as singer/songwriter Stompin' Tom and former ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • How Different It Was

    Canadians at the Time of Confederation

    par Michael J. Goodspeed ...
    An enthralling exploration of the lifestyles, ideas, habits, organizations, customs, fears, and aspirations of Canadians in the age of Confederation.Too often we think of Victorian Canada as dull. We imagine our ancestors as sepia-tinged, dour, excruciatingly respectable figures sitting stiffly in over-decorated parlours. In How Different It Was, Michael J. Goodspeed changes all that, bringing to ... En savoir plus

    $9.99 CAD