History
From the West Coast to the Western Front
It has often been observed that the First World War jolted Canada into nationhood, and as Mark Forsythe and Greg Dickson show in this compelling book, no province participated more eagerly in that transformation ...
The Elusive Mr. Pond
Sir Alexander Mackenzie is known to schoolchildren as a great Canadian explorer who gave his name to the country’s longest river, but hardly anyone could name the man who mentored Mackenzie and mapped ...
Closing Time
Canadians have long associated Prohibition with the colourful history of the Jazz Age in the United States. But even before the American ban that was in place from 1920 to 1933, Canada initiated its own ...
“Métis”
Ask any Canadian what "Métis" means, and they will likely say "mixed race. " Canadians consider Métis mixed in ways that other Indigenous people are not, and the census and courts have premised their ...
Cowboy Way, The
The Cowboy Way is a tribute to the classic image of the cowboy, old-time lore, and its influence on popular culture written in the style of a trivia book with archival photos, interesting facts and figures, ...
Fields of Fire
With Fields of Fire, Terry Copp challenges the conventional view that the Canadian contribution to the Battle of Normandy was a “failure” – that the allies won only through the use of brute force, ...
Petropolitics
Petropolitics delves into the complex interplay between the economic realities of producing energy for a global market and the role of government in regulating and structuring the extraction, production, ...
The Indian History of British Columbia
First published in 1965, The Indian History of British Columbia: The Impact of the White Man remains an important book thanks to Wilson Duff’s rigorous scholarship. It is an excellent overview of the ...
Canadians and Their Pasts
What role does history play in contemporary society? Has the frenetic pace of today’s world led people to lose contact with the past? A high-profile team of researchers from across Canada sought to ...
Truth and Indignation
Truth and Indignation offers the first close and critical assessment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission as it is unfolding. Niezen uses interviews with survivors and oblate priests and nuns, as ...