Author: François-Alexandre-Frédéric duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Travels Through the United States of North America
Author: François-Alexandre-Frédéric duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
The Makers of Canada Series
Author: William Lawson Grant
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
The Fur Trade in Canada
Author: Harold A. Innis
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487516843
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
At the time of its publication in 1930, The Fur Trade in Canada challenged and inspired scholars, historians, and economists. Now, almost seventy years later, Harold Innis's fundamental reinterpretation of Canadian history continues to exert a magnetic influence. Innis has long been regarded as one of Canada's foremost historians, and in The Fur Trade in Canada he presents several histories in one: social history through the clash between colonial and aboriginal cultures; economic history in the development of the West as a result of Eastern colonial and European needs; and transportation history in the case of the displacement of the canoe by the York boat. Political history appears in Innis's examination of the nature of French-British rivalry and the American Revolution; and business history is represented in his detailed account of the Hudson's Bay and Northwest Companies and the industry that played so vital a role in the expansion of Canada. In his introduction to this new edition, Arthur J. Ray argues that The Fur Trade in Canada is the most definitive economic history and geography of the country ever produced. Innis's revolutionary conclusion - that Canada was created because of its geography, not in spite of it - is a captivating idea but also an enigmatic proposition in light of the powerful decentralizing forces that threaten the nation today. Ray presents the history of the book and concludes that "Innis's great book remains essential reading for the study of Canada."
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487516843
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
At the time of its publication in 1930, The Fur Trade in Canada challenged and inspired scholars, historians, and economists. Now, almost seventy years later, Harold Innis's fundamental reinterpretation of Canadian history continues to exert a magnetic influence. Innis has long been regarded as one of Canada's foremost historians, and in The Fur Trade in Canada he presents several histories in one: social history through the clash between colonial and aboriginal cultures; economic history in the development of the West as a result of Eastern colonial and European needs; and transportation history in the case of the displacement of the canoe by the York boat. Political history appears in Innis's examination of the nature of French-British rivalry and the American Revolution; and business history is represented in his detailed account of the Hudson's Bay and Northwest Companies and the industry that played so vital a role in the expansion of Canada. In his introduction to this new edition, Arthur J. Ray argues that The Fur Trade in Canada is the most definitive economic history and geography of the country ever produced. Innis's revolutionary conclusion - that Canada was created because of its geography, not in spite of it - is a captivating idea but also an enigmatic proposition in light of the powerful decentralizing forces that threaten the nation today. Ray presents the history of the book and concludes that "Innis's great book remains essential reading for the study of Canada."
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Canadian History
Author: Various
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 839
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Oxford Encyclopedia of Canadian History" by Various. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 839
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Oxford Encyclopedia of Canadian History" by Various. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The Fur Trade in Canada
Author: Harold Adams Innis
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802081964
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
A classic work of Canadian historical scholarship, first published in 1930. In his new introduction, A.J. Ray states that this book is argueably the most definitive economic history and geography of Canada ever produced.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802081964
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
A classic work of Canadian historical scholarship, first published in 1930. In his new introduction, A.J. Ray states that this book is argueably the most definitive economic history and geography of Canada ever produced.
The Capital Years
Author: Nancy Butler
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1770700684
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
The Capital Years is being published to celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of the opening of the first parliament of Upper Canada. Nine scholars have contributed to this book, which explores the daily life of the inhabitants during the time period 1792-1796 when the area served as the capital of Upper Canada. Their knowledge and expertise give the book depth and breadth of scholarship.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1770700684
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
The Capital Years is being published to celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of the opening of the first parliament of Upper Canada. Nine scholars have contributed to this book, which explores the daily life of the inhabitants during the time period 1792-1796 when the area served as the capital of Upper Canada. Their knowledge and expertise give the book depth and breadth of scholarship.
Cincinnati Public Library
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 980
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 980
Book Description
Chronicles of Canada: The United Empire loyalists
Author: George McKinnon Wrong
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
The Apathetic and the Defiant
Author: Craig Leslie Mantle
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1550027107
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
From the War of 1812 to the First World War, this book reveals that disobedience has marked all of the major conflicts in which Canada has participated.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1550027107
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
From the War of 1812 to the First World War, this book reveals that disobedience has marked all of the major conflicts in which Canada has participated.
Making Ontario
Author: David Wood
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773568042
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The colony that became Ontario arose almost spontaneously out of the confusion and uncertainty following the American Revolution, as a quickly chosen refuge for some 10,000 Loyalists who had to leave their former homes. After the War of 1812 settlers began to spread throughout the inter-lake peninsula that was to become southern Ontario and by the middle of the nineteenth century expansion had led to a diversifying agriculture and an increasingly open farming landscape that replaced a mature forest ecosystem. The scale of the change from forest to cropland profoundly affected what had been for many decades a rich environment for life forms, from large herbivores down to microscopic creatures. In Making Ontario David Wood shows that the most effective agent of change in the first century of Ontario's development was not the locomotive but settlers' attempts to change the forest into agricultural land. Wood traces the various threads that went into creating a successful farming colony while documenting the sacrifice of the forest ecosystem to the demands of progress, progress that prepared the ground for the railway. Making Ontario provides a detailed focus on environmental modification at a time of great changes. It is liberally illustrated with analytical maps based on archival research.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773568042
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The colony that became Ontario arose almost spontaneously out of the confusion and uncertainty following the American Revolution, as a quickly chosen refuge for some 10,000 Loyalists who had to leave their former homes. After the War of 1812 settlers began to spread throughout the inter-lake peninsula that was to become southern Ontario and by the middle of the nineteenth century expansion had led to a diversifying agriculture and an increasingly open farming landscape that replaced a mature forest ecosystem. The scale of the change from forest to cropland profoundly affected what had been for many decades a rich environment for life forms, from large herbivores down to microscopic creatures. In Making Ontario David Wood shows that the most effective agent of change in the first century of Ontario's development was not the locomotive but settlers' attempts to change the forest into agricultural land. Wood traces the various threads that went into creating a successful farming colony while documenting the sacrifice of the forest ecosystem to the demands of progress, progress that prepared the ground for the railway. Making Ontario provides a detailed focus on environmental modification at a time of great changes. It is liberally illustrated with analytical maps based on archival research.