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Saints, Sinners, and Soldiers

Canada's Second World War

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From labour conflicts to the black market to prostitution, this book examines the moral and social underbelly of Canada’s Second World War.

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Canadians Behind Enemy Lines, 1939-1945

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A history of the activities and lives of undercover Canadian operatives in Europe and Asia during World War II.

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Negotiated Memory

Doukhobor Autobiographical Discourse

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This demonstrates how the Doukhobors employed both “classic” and alternative forms of autobiography to communicate their views about communal living, vegetarianism, activism, and spiritual life, as well as to pass on traditions to successive generations.

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A Voyage to the North West Side of America

The Journals of James Colnett, 1786-89

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The journal of James Colnett is the last unpublished account of the early maritime fur trade on the Northwest Coast.

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When Coal Was King

Ladysmith and the Coal-Mining Industry on Vancouver Island

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The first scholarly history of the Ladysmith miners, the Great Strike of 1912-1914, and the coalmining industry on Vancouver Island.

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Frigates and Foremasts

The North American Squadron in Nova Scotia Waters 1745-1815

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A meticulously researched and groundbreaking study of the activities and motivations of the British Navy on North America’s eastern seabord.

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The Oriental Question

Consolidating a White Man's Province, 1914-41

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Patricia E. Roy continues her study into why British Columbians were historically so opposed to Asian immigration.

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Hunters and Bureaucrats

Power, Knowledge, and Aboriginal-State Relations in the Southwest Yukon

UBC Press

A timely anthropological examination of the effect of land claims settlements and co-management of resources on the Kluane First Nation of the Southwest Yukon.

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Tales of Ghosts

First Nations Art in British Columbia, 1922-61

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An insightful examination of the complex functions of Northwest Coast art objects produced between 1922 and 1961, and a vital addition to First Nations and Canadian history.

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Parties Long Estranged

Canada and Australia in the Twentieth Century

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A comparative collection of essays that examine different aspects of Canadian-Australian relations throughout the twentieth century.

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