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The major themes in this volume are the rise of Winnipeg to world curling prominence in the nineteenth century and the persistence of that prominence in the twentieth.
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University of Manitoba Press
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1989-01-15
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This bibliography of archival sources on the history of women in Manitoba, includes material pre-1867 right until 1970s. It categories sources into general three parts focussed on identity, work and activities, and mentality, faith, and reform. Exploring women from...
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University of Manitoba Press
Parution :
1987-01-01
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This book provides a synthesis of social, demographic and economic change in Quebec City during the British regime, a period which saw the former French capital transformed into an English city with all the problems associated with rapidly growing urban centres....
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Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1987-01-01
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Leading Canadian and American scholars explore the dimension and meaning of the intermingling of European and Native American peoples.
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University of Manitoba Press
Parution :
1985-11-01
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This volume consists of a general inventory of Marius Barbeau’s Northwest Coast Files and related material from the Barbeau collection. Published in English.
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Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1985-01-01
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W.E. Knowles Middleton, continuing his series of books on the history of the National Research Council of Canada, here presents a history of the challenges, defeats and triumphs of mechanical engineering at the Council. Throughout much of the history of the National...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
1984-04-12
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This volume contains biographies of over four hundred architects, artisans and builders who worked in Quebec during the first three centuries of the town’s existence. Detailed descriptions of their works, as well as numerous illustrations, help paint a broad picture of...
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Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1984-01-01
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A thoughtful account of life on a reserve and of the interaction of Native people with White society, this volume is based on the author’s three years’ experience with one Indian band on the prairie, during a period in which there were intense negotiations between the...
Editeur :
University of Manitoba Press
Parution :
1984-01-01
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Comparing Jacques Cartier’s Voyages with the fictional explorations of Rabelais’ Pantagruel, Marius Barbeau is able to demonstrate that it is the latter work which most influenced perceptions of the Americas at the French court of François I. Published in English.
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Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1984-01-01
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The history of Kitchener is unique among cities in southern Ontario. Although Kitchener shares so much of the character of the region today, its past was considerably different. Until 1916, Kitchener was Berlin, “Canada’s German capital.” Over two-thirds of the...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
1983-10-18
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This book provides a brief but sweeping treatment of the history of resource use in Canada. Subjects discussed include attitudes of the Native peoples and the colonists towards the environment, exploration, fishing, the fur trade, the timber industry, mining,...
Editeur :
Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1983-01-01
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Allan Sullivan wrote over forty works of popular fiction between 1890 and 1940; today it is difficult to find even one copy of many of these works. A well-known and widely read author in the first half of this century, Sullivan wrote thrillers, historical romance,...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
1982-07-15
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This is a revisionist account of Highland Scottish emigration to what is now Canada, in the formative half century before Waterloo.
Editeur :
University of Manitoba Press
Parution :
1982-01-15
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This volume examines glass manufacturing in Canada through individual company histories and includes a survey of pressed glass patterns in the National Museum of Man collections. Published in English.
Editeur :
Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1982-01-01
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Based on fieldwork conducted in 1978 and 1979, this study deals with the living tradition of building inshore fishing boats. It attempts to describe the dynamics and functions of boat building within the context of the community’s social, economic and natural...
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Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1982-01-01
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Letters from a Young Emigrant in Manitoba first published in 1883 and long out of print, is one of the best records of Canadian immigrant life. The letters were written by Edward ffolkes, who left England in 1880 to study at the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph...
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University of Manitoba Press
Parution :
1981-01-01
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Authors associated with seven leading museums from Atlantic Canada have contributed chapters for this volume. Each explains how history has been interpreted in his particular institution, describing the themes which are stressed and outlining the reasons for adopting...
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Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1981-01-01
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This volume comprises a historical study of the Scottish urban elite of Quebec between 1780 and 1840 whose educational, religious, philanthropic, and economic institutions demonstrate a strong continuity with their homeland and resistance to cultural assimilation within...
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Mercury-Mercure
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1981-01-01
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Reprinted by popular demand, this study of Canadian spinning wheels in the collection of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, demonstrates their broad variation by period, region and manufacturer. The discussion focuses on the wheel-driven spindle but also includes the...
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Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1980-01-01
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A selection of papers focusing on the Hungarian-Canadian community of Békévar (renamed Kipling), Saskatchewan, including discussions of Békévar folklore, family, material culture, language, and history. Published in English.
Editeur :
Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1979-01-01
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