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The Secession of Quebec and the Future of Canada

By (author) Robert A. Young
Categories: History of the Americas

Robert Young discusses the ways in which Canadians might reconstitute their country after Quebec separates and considers possible political and economic arrangements between Quebec and Canada – the ...

With All Her Might

By (author) Gretchen Wilson
Categories: History of the Americas

Born in 1889, Gertrude Harding spent a boistrous childhood on a Welsford, New Brunswick, farm. She travelled to Hawaii to live with her sister, and, when her sister moved to London in 1912, Harding went ...

Acadians of Nova Scotia

The first work devoted exclusively to Acadians in Nova Scotia, this book presents a thorough study of Acadian history from the earliest days of French settlement to present-day Acadian communities. Authors ...

The Beothuk of Newfoundland

By (author) Ingeborg Marshall
Categories: European history

A wonderful history of the Red Indians of Newfoundland. Exciting in its detail, this book shares all available information conce ing every aspect of Beothuk life-housing, clothing, hunting methods, arts ...

The Noble Savage

By (author) Stelio Cro
Foreword by Aubrey Rosenberg
Categories: General and world history

Stelio Cro’s revealing work, arising from his more than half dozen previous books, considers the eighteenth-century Enlightenment in the context of the European experience with, and reaction to, the ...

The Lure of the Labrador Wild

By (author) Dillon Wallace
Categories: History of the Americas

Attracted by Labrador’s unexplored vastness, two American adventurers embark on an ill-planned attempt to traverse Labrador by canoe. Having ingnored the advice of the local guide, the leader of the ...

Country Post

The rural post office in Canada was once a vibrant institution of sociability and communication in Canada. Its impact was both tangible and inescapable. Everyone who lived in a rural community was touched ...

The Dynamics of Outport Furniture Design

The outport furniture of Newfoundland and Labrador is one of the most colourful and distinctive forms of regional furniture in North America. Based upon European country furniture, it was adapted to reflect ...