Farming the Frontier
The Agricultural Opening of the Oregon Country, 1786-1846
The first comprehensive history of the agricultural development of the Oregon Country.
Clifford Sifton, Volume 2
A Lonely Eminence, 1901-1929
This second colume in a two-part biography examines one of Canada's most controversial politicians during the twentieth century, especially his political activities.
Chinatowns
Towns within Cities in Canada
From instant Chinatowns in gold- and coal-mining communities to new Chinatowns which have sprung up in city neighbourhoods and suburbs since World War II, this is definitive history of Chinatowns in Canada.
Canadian Travellers in Europe, 1851-1900
This book provides both a detailed survey of Canadian travel writing in the nineteenth century and an unusual perspective on Canadian cultural history.
Canada Home
Juliana Horatia Ewing's Fredericton Letters, 1867-1869
Here are 101 letters, reproduced almost in their entirety, from famed children's author Juliana Horatia Ewing that recreates the 'high colonial' society of mid-nineteenth-century, post-Confederation Fredericton.
Beyond the City Limits
Rural History in British Columbia
This wide-ranging collection draws together a distinguished group of contributors to discuss Aboriginal-White settler relations on Vancouver Island, pimping and violence in northern BC, and the triumph of the coddling moth over Okanagan orchardists.
Kiumajut (Talking Back)
Game Management and Inuit Rights, 1900-70
Examines Inuit relations with the Canadian state, with a particular focus on regulating Inuit based on government animal counting methods, and the emerging regime of government intervention.
Cree Narrative Memory
From Treaties to Contemporary Times
Drawing upon the narrative memory of his family from the James Smith and Sandy Lake reserves in Saskatchewan, Neal McLeod gives a narrative history of the determination and adaptability of Plains Cree.