Canada and the British Empire
Canada and the British Empire

Author: Phillip Alfred Buckner

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 019927164X

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Canada and the British Empire traces the evolution of Canada, placing it within the wider context of British imperial history. Beginning with a broad chronological narrative, the volume surveys the country's history from the foundation of the first British bases in Canada in the early seventeenth century, until the patriation of the Canadian constitution in 1982. Historians approach the subject thematically, analysing subjects such as British migration to Canada, the role played by gender in the construction of imperial identities, and the economic relationship between Canada and Britain. Other important chapters examine the history of Newfoundland, the history and legacy of imperial law, and the attitudes of French Canadians and Canada's aboriginal peoples to the imperial relationship. The overall focus of the book is on emphasising the part that Canada played in the British Empire, and on understanding the Canadian response towards imperialism. With contributions from leading scholars in the field, it is essential reading for anyone interested either in the history of Canada or in the history of the British Empire.

Landscapes of Injustice
Landscapes of Injustice

Author: Jordan Stanger-Ross

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 2020-08-20

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 0228003075

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In 1942, the Canadian government forced more than 21,000 Japanese Canadians from their homes in British Columbia. They were told to bring only one suitcase each and officials vowed to protect the rest. Instead, Japanese Canadians were dispossessed, all their belongings either stolen or sold. The definitive statement of a major national research partnership, Landscapes of Injustice reinterprets the internment of Japanese Canadians by focusing on the deliberate and permanent destruction of home through the act of dispossession. All forms of property were taken. Families lost heirlooms and everyday possessions. They lost decades of investment and labour. They lost opportunities, neighbourhoods, and communities; they lost retirements, livelihoods, and educations. When Japanese Canadians were finally released from internment in 1949, they had no homes to return to. Asking why and how these events came to pass and charting Japanese Canadians' diverse responses, this book details the implications and legacies of injustice perpetrated under the cover of national security. In Landscapes of Injustice the diverse descendants of dispossession work together to understand what happened. They find that dispossession is not a chapter that closes or a period that neatly ends. It leaves enduring legacies of benefit and harm, shame and silence, and resilience and activism.

Epic Wanderer
Epic Wanderer

Author: D'Arcy Jenish

Publisher: Anchor Canada

Published: 2011-05-18

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0385672705

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Popular historian D’Arcy Jenish recreates the adventure and sacrifice of mapmaker David Thompson’s fascinating life in the wilderness of North America. Epic Wanderer, the first full-length biography of David Thompson, is set in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries against a broad canvas of dramatic rivalries—between the United States and British North America, between the Hudson’s Bay Company and its Montreal-based rival, the North West Co., and between the various First Nations thrown into disarray by the advent of guns, horses and alcohol. Less celebrated than his contemporaries Lewis and Clark, Thompson spent nearly three decades (1784–1812) surveying and mapping over 1.2 million square miles of largely uncharted Indian territory. Travelling across the prairies, over the Rockies and on to the Pacific, Thompson transformed the raw data of his explorations into a map of the Canadian West. Measuring ten feet by seven feet, and laid out with astonishing accuracy, the map became essential to the politicians and diplomats who would decide upon the future of the rich and promising lands of the West. Yet its creator worked without personal glory and died in penniless obscurity. Drawing extensively on David Thompson’s personal journals, illustrated with his detailed sketches, intricate notebook pages and the map itself, Epic Wanderer charts the life of a man who risked everything in the name of scientific advancement and exploration.

The Canadian West
The Canadian West

Author: Alexander McIntyre

Publisher: Toronto, Morang

Published: 1904

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13:

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Illustrations and maps -- 1. Ploughing Scrub-land on the Western Prairie -- 2. Map of the Dominion of Canada -- 3. The Indian of To-day -- 4. Indians landing on the Shore of Great Slave Lake -- 5. Hunting the Buffalo -- 6. Indians on Horseback -- 7. Making a Portage -- 8. Map showing Location of Indian Reserves -- 9. An Indian Industrial School -- 10. Mounds -- 11. Soapstone Pipe found in a Mound -- 12. Arrow-heads, Pipes, and Ornaments found in a Mound -- 13. Eskimo Family -- 14. The Walrus or Whale-horse -- 15. Eskimos in their Kayaks -- 16. Hunting the Hooded Seal -- 17. The Eskimo Dog or Husky -- 18. Hudson's Bay Company Posts in the Far North -- 19. Trappers in the Woods of the Far North -- 20. Fur Traders on their Way to the Northern Posts -- 21. Sir Alexander Mackenzie -- 22. Missionary visiting the Indians -- 23. Map of North America, showing Location of the Central Plain.

The Canadian West Saga
The Canadian West Saga

Author: Janette Oke

Publisher: Arrowood Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 660

ISBN-13: 9780884861126

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This saga of life and love follows Elizabeth, a lovely young teacher from the east, who braves the Canadian frontier to teach in a one- room schoolhouse where she meets Wynn, A Royal Candian Mountie, who becomes her husband and partner.

Promoters, Planters, and Pioneers
Promoters, Planters, and Pioneers

Author: Cornelius J. Jaenen

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781552382585

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In this comprehensive study of Belgian settlement in western Canada, Cornelius Jaenen shows that Belgian immigration was unique in its character and brought with it significant benefits out of proportion to its comparatively small numbers.

The Western Interior of Canada
The Western Interior of Canada

Author: John Warkentin

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 1964-01-15

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0773591532

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This volume consists of excerpts from journals, diaries and reports of geographical explorations into the western interior of Canada from the first known journeys of Jens Munck and Luke Foxe up to the scientific surveys undertaken in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

D-Day Invasion
D-Day Invasion

Author: iMinds

Publisher: iMinds Pty Ltd

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 6

ISBN-13: 1921746939

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The story behind D-Day begins in 1939 when Nazi Germany, led by Adolf Hitler, attacked Poland and ignited World War Two. The following year, the Germans occupied France and Western Europe and launched a vicious air war against Britain. In 1941, they invaded the Soviet Union. Seemingly unstoppable, the Nazis now held virtually all of Europe. They imposed a ruthless system of control and unleashed the horror of the Holocaust. However, by 1943, the tide had begun to turn in favor of the Allies, the forces opposed to Germany. In the east, despite huge losses, the Soviets began to force the Germans back.