Before Ontario

Before Ontario
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Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages : 517
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ISBN-10 : 9780773589209
ISBN-13 : 0773589201
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Before Ontario by : Marit K. Munson

Before Ontario there was ice. As the last ice age came to an end, land began to emerge from the melting glaciers. With time, plants and animals moved into the new landscape and people followed. For almost 15,000 years, the land that is now Ontario has provided a home for their descendants: hundreds of generations of First Peoples. With contributions from the province's leading archaeologists, Before Ontario provides both an outline of Ontario's ancient past and an easy to understand explanation of how archaeology works. The authors show how archaeologists are able to study items as diverse as fish bones, flakes of stone, and stains in the soil to reconstruct the events and places of a distant past - fishing parties, long-distance trade, and houses built to withstand frigid winters. Presenting new insights into archaeology’s purpose and practice, Before Ontario bridges the gap between the modern world and a past that can seem distant and unfamiliar, but is not beyond our reach. Contributors include Christopher Ellis (University of Western Ontario), Neal Ferris (University of Western Ontario/Museum of Ontario Archaeology), William Fox (Canadian Museum of Civilization/Royal Ontario Museum), Scott Hamilton (Lakehead University), Susan Jamieson (Trent University Archaeological Research Centre - TUARC), Mima Kapches (Royal Ontario Museum), Anne Keenleyside (TUARC), Stephen Monckton (Bioarchaeological Research), Marit Munson (TUARC), Kris Nahrgang (Kawartha Nishnawbe First Nation), Suzanne Needs-Howarth (Perca Zooarchaeological Research), Cath Oberholtzer (TUARC), Michael Spence (University of Western Ontario), Andrew Stewart (Strata Consulting Inc.), Gary Warrick (Wilfrid Laurier University), and Ron Williamson (Archaeological Services Inc).

The Province of Ontario--a History, 1615-1927

The Province of Ontario--a History, 1615-1927
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 794
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ISBN-10 : MINN:319510017800884
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Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis The Province of Ontario--a History, 1615-1927 by : Jesse Edgar Middleton

V. 3-5 biographical.

Arrivals

Arrivals
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Publisher : Penguin Books Canada
Total Pages : 418
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ISBN-10 : 0143013408
ISBN-13 : 9780143013402
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Arrivals by : John Bentley Mays

Stories from the history of Ontario from the ice age to 1913, brimming with stories of the men and women who left their mark on the province.

Early Life in Upper Canada

Early Life in Upper Canada
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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Total Pages : 1019
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ISBN-10 : 9781487598037
ISBN-13 : 1487598033
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Early Life in Upper Canada by : Edwin C. Guillet

Although there were abundant hardships, early life in Upper Canada was romantic and colourful in many ways. However, despite important contributions to the social and economic history of Canada, few good, comprehensive accounts have been generally available. Early Life in Upper Canada, originally published in 1933, is by far the finest history yet compiled, and it is now being reprinted in order to make available to a new generation an important and engrossing description of this area of Canadian history. The author, a distinguished Canadian historian, has drawn on contemporary letters, diaries, newspapers, and periodicals, as well as consulting all the existing histories, and he has supplemented these researches with interviews with persons who had personal contacts with early life in the Province. Mr. Guillet has compiled a thorough, accurate and delightfully readable history, that brings vividly to life the early settlers and their experiences. This is in accordance with the author's profound desire to make the study of Canadian history a delight rather than a chore. He has not concealed the unpleasant aspects of pioneer life, nor does he attempt to glamorize its difficulties. There is a tendency at times to forget that the founders of Upper Canada include hundreds of thousands of men and women of many nationalities, and fur traders, lumbermen, and voyageurs, as well as settlers. Their contributions, too, are acknowledged and recorded here. This book is profusely illustrated, with drawings made, in many cases, by army cartographers, who were skilled creative artists as well. Their paintings, fortunately, have been better preserved than were written accounts of the times, and are accurate depictions of pioneer life. The extensive bibliography and carefully prepared index will make this work invaluable for historians as well as for general readers.

Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology

Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology
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Publisher : Dundurn
Total Pages : 278
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ISBN-10 : 9781554881833
ISBN-13 : 1554881838
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology by : Frederick H. Armstrong

A revised and greatly expanded eition of this important and long out of print reference book on Upper Canada to 1841. Similar in format to A Handbook of British Chronology, this work is a listing of all legislative councillors, and assemblymen, all officials, dates of all parliaments, and judges and court officials. It gives as well, a complete picture of local government: legislation relating to local territorial authorities, lists of counties, districts, cities and townships, and all major officials. The new edition includes the basic population statistics, a completely revised list of the events of the War of 1812 and new lists of the events of the Rebellions of 1837 and the Patriot Raids that followed the next year, tables of the provincial and British statutes relating to the incorporation of businesses, the officers of the major Upper Canadian corporations, a complete list of post office officials and post offices, and a list of provincial surveyors, and the major disasters.

The History of Immigration and Racism in Canada

The History of Immigration and Racism in Canada
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Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Total Pages : 311
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ISBN-10 : 9781551303406
ISBN-13 : 155130340X
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis The History of Immigration and Racism in Canada by : Barrington Walker

Examines the complex and disturbing history of immigration and racism in Canada. This book covers themes including Native/non-Native contact, migration and settlement in the nineteenth century, immigrant workers and radicalism, human rights, internment during WWII, and racism.

Canada and the British Empire

Canada and the British Empire
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 9780199271641
ISBN-13 : 019927164X
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Canada and the British Empire by : Phillip Alfred Buckner

Canada and the British Empire traces the evolution of Canada, placing it within the wider context of British imperial history. Beginning with a broad chronological narrative, the volume surveys the country's history from the foundation of the first British bases in Canada in the early seventeenth century, until the patriation of the Canadian constitution in 1982. Historians approach the subject thematically, analysing subjects such as British migration to Canada, the role played by gender in the construction of imperial identities, and the economic relationship between Canada and Britain. Other important chapters examine the history of Newfoundland, the history and legacy of imperial law, and the attitudes of French Canadians and Canada's aboriginal peoples to the imperial relationship. The overall focus of the book is on emphasising the part that Canada played in the British Empire, and on understanding the Canadian response towards imperialism. With contributions from leading scholars in the field, it is essential reading for anyone interested either in the history of Canada or in the history of the British Empire.

Pakenham, Ottawa Valley Village, 1823-1860. --

Pakenham, Ottawa Valley Village, 1823-1860. --
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Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : 1013472640
ISBN-13 : 9781013472640
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Pakenham, Ottawa Valley Village, 1823-1860. -- by : Verna Ross McGiffin

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