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The Archaeology of the Atlantic Northeast

by Matthew W. Betts and M. Gabriel Hrynick

Price: $59.95

ISBN: 9781487587949

Pub Date: May 2021

The first comprehensive look at the archaeological history of the Atlantic Northeast, this book presents the archaeology of the region from the earliest Indigenous occupation to the first centuries of European occupation.

Science in Canada

Selections from the Speeches of E.W.R. Steacie

Edited by J.D. Babbitt

Price: $29.95

ISBN: 9781487598143

Pub Date: October 2017

Canadian Science leader Dr. Steacie's style will make this book an exciting and important one not only for scientists but also for that section of the general public who has for too long heard only the opinions of non-scientists--strongly felt, but often ill informed--on the relationship of science and society.

Conflict and Compromise

Post-Confederation Canada

by Raymond B. Blake, Jeffrey A. Keshen, Norman J. Knowles and Barbara J. Messamore

Price: $53.00

ISBN: 9781442635579

Pub Date: May 2017

Driven by its strong narrative, Conflict and Compromise presents Canadian history chronologically, allowing a better understanding of the interrelationships between events.

Conflict and Compromise

Pre-Confederation Canada

by Raymond B. Blake, Jeffrey A. Keshen, Norman J. Knowles and Barbara J. Messamore

Price: $53.00

ISBN: 9781442635531

Pub Date: May 2017

Driven by its strong narrative, Conflict and Compromise presents Canadian history chronologically, allowing a better understanding of the interrelationships between events.

Death in the Peaceable Kingdom

Canadian History since 1867 through Murder, Execution, Assassination, and Suicide

by Dimitry Anastakis

Price: $51.00

ISBN: 9781442606364

Pub Date: May 2015

Death in the Peaceable Kingdom is an intelligent, innovative response to the incorrect assumption that Canadian history is dry and uninspiring.

An Empire of Regions

A Brief History of Colonial British America

by Eric Nellis

Price: $46.95

ISBN: 9781442601406

Pub Date: January 2010

"This smart, knowing book examines the evolution of early America in terms of region. I know of no better way to come to terms with the development of the British colonies." - Alan Gallay, The Ohio State University

Class and Race Formation in North America

by James W. Russell

Price: $42.95

ISBN: 9780802096784

Pub Date: November 2008

"Russell's meticulously researched and highly detailed book presents a critically important people's history of North America. It provides rich insights and demonstrates the potential of comparative research to broaden our perspective." - Dan Zuberi, University of British Columbia

North America

An Introduction

by Michael M. Brescia and John C. Super

Price: $45.95

ISBN: 9780802096753

Pub Date: August 2008

"This exquisitely written history of a complex but unstudied continent should be required reading for all residents of the emerging region of North America." - Robert A. Pastor, Professor and Director of the Center for North American Studies, American University

The Butterflies of Canada

by Ross Layberry, Peter Hall and Don Lafontaine

Price: $58.00

ISBN: 9780802078810

Pub Date: December 1998

The first comprehensive guide to all the butterflies found in Canada. It contains descriptive individual accounts for 300 butterfly species, including descriptions of early stages of species development, subspecies, and a list of key features.

Aids as an Apocalyptic Metaphor in North America

by Susan J. Palmer

Price: $32.95

ISBN: 9780802076168

Pub Date: May 1997

In this highly original study, Susan Palmer explores the healing practices, metaphors, and apocalyptic fantasies of various religious, racial, and sexual minority groups as they respond to the AIDS threat.

The Sound of War

Memoirs of a CBC Correspondent

by Peter Stursberg

Price: $43.95

ISBN: 9780802077493

Pub Date: October 1995

The Sound of War is a highly personal account from a journalist who was on the front line, observing the men in battle. It is also an insider’s story of what war was like on a day-to-day basis, in London, Algiers, Sicily, Italy, and northwestern Europe.

Beyond the Provinces

Literary Canada at Century's End

by David Staines

Price: $22.95

ISBN: 9780802076069

Pub Date: May 1995

Beyond the Provinces takes stock of Canada’s literary scene at the end of the twentieth century, revealing the astonishing developments that have occurred in the country’s literary culture in the past decades and affirming the maturity of literary Canada.

Riots in New Brunswick

Orange Nativism and Social Violence in the 1840s

by Scott W. See

Price: $38.95

ISBN: 9781487580162

Pub Date: December 1993

During the mid to late 1840s, dramatic riots shook the communities of Woodstock, Fredericton, and Saint John. Irish-Catholic immigrants fought Protestant Orangemen, with fists, club, and firearms. This book is the first serious historical treatment of the bloody riots and the tangled events that led to them.

Barbara Pentland

by Timothy J. McGee and Sheila Eastman

Price: $19.95

ISBN: 9781487598228

Pub Date: December 1983

This book looks at Pentland's life and career as she moves from her native Winnipeg to study in Montreal, Paris, and New York and at Tanglewood with Aaron Copland, and becoming known as a performer and composer.