Author: Peter Gossage Publisher: Illustrated History of Canada ISBN: 9780199009954 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Detailed chapters on modern Quebec evaluate the political turmoil of recent years, from constitutional wrangles, to the Oka crisis, to sovereignty discussions, and the debate about cultural accommodation. Quebec remains a "curious and fascinating political space," a beacon of French-language culture in North America, and an extraordinary nation within a nation.
Author: Jacques Lacoursière Publisher: ISBN: 9780981240503 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Revealing a little-known part of North American history, this lively guide tells the fascinating tale of the settlement of the St. Lawrence Valley. It also tells of the Montreal and Quebec-based explorers and traders who traveled, mapped, and inhabited a very large part of North America, and "embrothered the peoples" they met, as Jack Kerouac wrote.Connecting everyday life to the events that emerged as historical turning points in the life of a people, this book sheds new light on Quebec's 450-year history--and on the historical forces that lie behind its two recent efforts to gain independence.
Author: Robert Craig Brown Publisher: ISBN: 9781552639207 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
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The Illustrasted History of Canada has been fully updated to bring readers into the twenty-first century, with contemporary material on such topics as the rise of small government, the recognition of Native land claims, and Canada's role in the post-Cold War "peace." -- cover p. 4.
Author: Robert Craig Brown Publisher: ISBN: 9781552635087 Category : Canada Languages : en Pages : 0
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An authoritative one-volume chronicle of Canada from its earliest times. First published in 1987, the 4th edition is fully updated and includes contemporary material on the rise of small government, Native land claims and Canada's post-Cold War role.
Author: Robert Craig Brown Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP ISBN: 077354089X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 701
Book Description
More than ever, The Illustrated History of Canada is a must-have reference guide for all Canadians interested in the history - and the future - of our country."--pub. desc.
Author: Peter Gossage Publisher: ISBN: Category : Québec (Province) Languages : en Pages : 0
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Some 7,500 years ago, the continental ice sheet retreated from the landscape we now know as Quebec. This cold, unique, and beautiful land has continued to shift with the movement of peoples and their often troubled interactions. The retreating ice marks the beginning of this fascinating and richly illustrated history. Peter Gossage and Jack Little recount the history of Quebec from the earliest days to the present in concise and elegant prose. By around 1000 BCE the Iroquois of the St. Lawrence Valley were making pottery and cultivating crops, with evidence of trade as far as the Gulf of Mexico. Of course European contact changed this world forever, from the introduction of metal to the introduction of Christianity. Early settlements became a militarized colony; Wolfe defeated Montcalm on the Plains of Abraham; and control of the colony's commerce slipped into the hands of English-speaking merchants, setting the stage for political conflict in the early nineteenth century. At the same time, the Industrial Revolution brought increased tension between tradition and modernity-two forces that even today can be difficult to reconcile. Quebec, in its often uneasy union with the rest of Canada (not to mention its own Aboriginal peoples), continues to evolve as its population becomes ever more diverse. -- Publisher description.
Author: Arthur J. Ray Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP ISBN: 0773539700 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 455
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Canada's Native people have inhabited this land since the Ice Age and were already accomplished traders, artisans, farmers and marine hunters when Europeans first reached their shores. Contact between Natives and European explorers and settlers initially presented an unprecedented period of growth and opportunity. But the two vastly different cultures soon clashed. Arthur J. Ray charts the history of Canada's Native people from first contact to current land claims. The result is a fascinating chronicle that spans 12,000 years and culminates in the headlines of today.
Author: Arthur J. Ray Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP ISBN: 077359079X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 452
Book Description
Canada's Native people have inhabited this land since the Ice Age and were already accomplished traders, artisans, farmers and marine hunters when Europeans first reached their shores. Contact between Natives and European explorers and settlers initially presented an unprecedented period of growth and opportunity. But the two vastly different cultures soon clashed. Arthur J. Ray charts the history of Canada's Native people from first contact to current land claims. The result is a fascinating chronicle that spans 12,000 years and culminates in the headlines of today.
Author: Peter Gossage
Author: Jacques Lacoursière
Author: Robert Craig Brown
Author: Robert Craig Brown
Author: Robert Craig Brown
Author: Peter Gossage
Author: Peter Gossage
Author: Arthur J. Ray
Author: Derek Hayes
Author: Arthur J. Ray