Blacks in Canada
Blacks in Canada

Author: Robin W. Winks

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 578

ISBN-13: 077351631X

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**** A sweeping historical survey covering all aspects of the Black experience in Canada, from 1628 through the 1960s. Investigates the French and English periods of slavery, the abolitionist movement in Canada, and the role played by Canadians in the broader antislavery crusade, as well as Canadian adaptations to 19th- and 20th-century racial mores. First published in 1971 by Yale University Press. This second edition includes a new introduction outlining changes that have occurred since the book's first appearance and discussing the state of African-Canadian studies today. Cited in BCL3. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Towards Freedom
Towards Freedom

Author: Ken Alexander

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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The book traces the four-hundred-year struggle for freedom, justice, peace, and equality in Canada. Blending historic events and people with contemporary issues, it show black nation-builders contributing enormously to Canda's evolving demoncracy. The border is described as porous, with influences moving to and from the United States, the Caribbean, Africa, with influences moving to and from the United Staes, the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe. The book chronicles these influences, highlights major black achievements, and depicts Canadian history from a black perspective.

The Art of Assemblage
The Art of Assemblage

Author: William Chapin Seitz

Publisher:

Published: 1961

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13:

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"Assemblage art consists of making three-dimensional or two-dimensional artistic compositions by putting together found-objects."--Boundless.