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  • A Short History of Quebec

    by John A. Dickinson, Brian Young ...
    John A. Dickinson and Brian Young bring a refreshing perspective to the history of Quebec, focusing on the social and economic development of the region as well as the identity issues of its diverse peoples. This revised fourth edition covers Quebec's recent political history and includes an updated bibliography and chronology and new illustrations. A Canadian classic, A Short History of Quebec ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

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  • A Fair Country

    Telling Truths About Canada

    by John Ralston Saul ...
    In this startlingly original vision of Canada, renowned thinker John Ralston Saul argues that Canada is a Métis nation, heavily influenced and shaped by Aboriginal ideas: Egalitarianism, a proper balance between individual and group, and a penchant for negotiation over violence are all Aboriginal values that Canada absorbed. An obstacle to our progress, Saul argues, is that Canada has an ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • A Brief History of Equality

    by Thomas Piketty ...
    Translated by Steven Rendall ...
    A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceA Public Books Best Book of the Year“A profound and optimistic call to action and reflection. For Piketty, the arc of history is long, but it does bend toward equality. There is nothing automatic about it, however: as citizens, we must be ready to fight for it, and constantly (re)invent the myriad of institutions that will bring it about. This book is ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • People's History of Quebec, A

    by Jacques Lacoursière, Robin Philpot ...
    This lively guide to Quebec history tells the fascinating story of the settlement of the St. Lawrence River Valley over nearly 500 years. But it also tells of the Montreal and Quebec-based explorers and traders who travelled, mapped, and inhabited most of North America, and embrothered the peoples they met. Combining vast research and great story telling, Jacques Lacoursière and Robin Philpot ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sorry, I Don't Speak French

    Confronting the Canadian Crisis That Won't Go Away

    by Graham Fraser ...
    As the threat of another Quebec referendum on independence looms, this book becomes important for every Canadian — especially as language remains both a barrier and a bridge in our divided countryCanada’s language policy is the only connection between two largely unilingual societies — English-speaking Canada and French-speaking Quebec. The country’s success in staying together depends on making ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The History of Canada Series - The Last Act: Pierre Trudeau

    The Gang Of Eight And The Fight For Canada

    by Ron Graham ...
    Series series History of Canada
    Between the morning of Wednesday, November 4, and the morning of Thursday, November 5, 1981, a fateful drama unfolded that changed Canada forever.In one last attempt to renew the constitution with the consent of the provinces, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau met behind closed doors in Ottawa with the ten premiers. It was the culmination of more than five decades of constitutional wrangling, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A Concise History of Canada

    by Professor Margaret Conrad ...
    Series series Cambridge Concise Histories
    Margaret Conrad's history of Canada begins with a challenge to its readers. What is Canada? What makes up this diverse, complex and often contested nation-state? What was its founding moment? And who are its people? Drawing on her many years of experience as a scholar, writer and teacher of Canadian history, Conrad offers astute answers to these difficult questions. Beginning in Canada's deep past ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Trudeaumania

    The Rise to Power of Pierre Elliott Trudeau

    by Robert Wright ...
    Finalist for the J.W. Dafoe Book PrizeA Hill-Times Best Book of the YearNearly twenty years after his death and more than thirty since his retirement from active politics, Pierre Elliott Trudeau is at long last receding from the lived memory of Canadians. But despite the distance of time, he still holds court in the minds of many, and today his son Justin now lives at 24 Sussex Drive, his own man, ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Oxford Companion to Canadian History

    Edited by Gerald Hallowell ...
    This indispensable guide to Canadian history is comprehensive, authoritative, and - above all - companionable. It is the essential guide to the significant events, issues, institutions, people, and places that have shaped Canadian life from earliest times to the late twentieth century. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Night Canada Stood Still

    by Robert Wright ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe night of October 30, 1995, was like no other in Canadian history. The young, modern nation that the UN Human Development Index had ranked #1 for the two previous years now faced its greatest challenge: the possibility of fracturing as Quebecers made a fateful decision—whether to separate from Canada—in a referendum that pollsters estimated would be as close as close could be ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Social Policy and Practice in Canada

    A History

    by Alvin Finkel ...
    Social Policy and Practice in Canada: A History traces the history of social policy in Canada from the period of First Nations’ control to the present day, exploring the various ways in which residents of the area known today as Canada have organized themselves to deal with (or to ignore) the needs of the ill, the poor, the elderly, and the young.This book is the first synthesis on social policy ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • History of Quebec For Dummies

    by Éric Bédard ...
    Grasp the unique history of Quebec? Easy.Packing in equal parts fun and facts, History of Quebec For Dummies is an engaging and entertaining guide to the history of Canada's second-largest province, covering the conflicts, cultures, ideas, politics, and social changes that have shaped Quebec as we know it today."My country isn't a country, it is winter!" sings the poet Gilles Vigneault . . . ... Read more

    $15.00 USD