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A study of a ten-member rural sibling group, characterized by a high degree of specialization in traditional skills, which determines the factors regulating the achievement of status in a family setting. Published in English.
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Mercury-Mercure
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1979-01-01
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This study examines the life and work of a rural nineteenth-century Ontario cabinetmaker, Francis Jones. An appreciation of his work is gained through illustrations and discussions of his shop and furniture-making techniques.This story is typical of many...
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Mercury-Mercure
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1979-01-01
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Focusing on the presentation of Western Canadian history to the general public, this volume compares exhibitions from the British Columbia Provincial Museum, the Vancouver Centennial Museum, the Glenbow-Alberta Institute, the Alberta Provincial Museum, the Western...
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Mercury-Mercure
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1979-01-01
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Index of the first six years of the publication of the Urban History Review/La revue d’histoire urbaine published by the History Division, National Museum of Man in association with the Urban History Committee of the Canadian Historical Association by author, subject,...
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Mercury-Mercure
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1978-01-01
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The papers included in this volume concern the different ways in which Europeans have interacted with Native peoples such as through trade, religious missions, and land use. Published in English.
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Mercury-Mercure
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1978-01-01
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Utilizing anecdotal, technical, and documentary data as well as historical photographs and photographs of logging and associated artifacts curated by the Museum, the author of this text offers insights into West Coast logging from the contact period to the demise of the...
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Mercury-Mercure
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1977-01-01
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This volume comprises a selection of papers and reviews concerning material culture. Bilingual Ediion.
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Mercury-Mercure
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1977-01-01
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A study of thirteen Doukhobor Canadian cultural values and the circumstances of their continuity and change over time. In essence: while Doukhobor beliefs are observed by the author to be resistant to change, other aspects of their culture have been modified to conform...
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Mercury-Mercure
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1977-01-01
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Focusing on historical material culture, this volume offers a variety of both French and English papers and reviews ranging from discussions of Halifax cabinetmakers to ethnographic film, Huron ceramics, and museum curation. Bilingual Edition.
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Mercury-Mercure
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1976-01-01
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A bibliographic reference containing over eight hundred entries pertaining to British Columbia’s late nineteenth-century domestic material history. Published in English.
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Mercury-Mercure
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1976-01-01
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Utilizing social surveys, participant observation, interviews, life histories, oral testimony and documentary evidence, adherence to Chinese cultural traditions in Alberta is found to be inversely related to the accessibility of opportunity within the wider social...
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Mercury-Mercure
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1976-01-01
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A valuable contribution to the literature on Canadian social and women’s history...The treatment is thorough, balanced and fair...it offers many insights into modern society, and its extensive identification and clarification of sources will undoubtably assist and...
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Mercury-Mercure
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1976-01-01
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A history of Kingston, Ontario, cabinetmakers from their heyday in the early nineteenth century to their decline by the end of that century. The author discusses sources of information pertaining to these individuals, the effect of various events on their businesses,...
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Mercury-Mercure
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1976-01-01
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William V. Uttley's outline of Kitchener's growth from the 1840's into 20th century [is] shot through with a reassuring consistency and integration of purpose .... The complex of life as we still know it—social freedom and social restraint, economy and ecology—has its...
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
1975-10-01
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A summary of the activities of the History Division in 1974. Published in English.
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Mercury-Mercure
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1975-01-01
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A summary of the activities of the Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies in 1974. Published in English.
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Mercury-Mercure
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1975-01-01
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During the summer of 1972 the life histories of four Hungarian immigrants to Canada were recorded on tape in and around Delhi in southwestern Ontario, a major tobacco farming district. Published in English.
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Mercury-Mercure
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1975-01-01
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The Social Gospel Movement has long been recognized as one of the creative forces in the development of a uniquely Canadian style of social criticism.The eleven papers presented in this volume examine the movement from a wide variety of perspectives. Published in...
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Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1975-01-01
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The relatively recent preoccupation of Western Canadian historians with their urban past has resulted in an imaginative new field of research and writing.The papers presented in this volume sample that research from a variety of perspectives: the development of local...
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Mercury-Mercure
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1975-01-01
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This checklist of Toronto cabinet and chairmakers is published as an aid to and encouragement of further studies in the field of material history. It illustrates the variety and wealth of archival sources available for research, as well as the shortcomings of such...
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Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1975-01-01
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