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: Ged Martin |
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: Dundurn |
Total Pages |
: 517 |
Release |
: 2014-10-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781459730298 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1459730291 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis The John A. Macdonald Retrospective 2-Book Bundle by : Ged Martin
This special 2-book bundle contains a number of perspectives on a man who was arguably Canada’s most famous political leader, a figure of legendary proportions in the history of Canada’s birth and development. Ged Martin’s biography tells Macdonald’s story. Shocked by Canada’s 1837 rebellions, Macdonald sought to build alliances and avoid future conflicts. Thanks to financial worries and an alcohol problem, he almost quit politics in 1864. The challenge of building Confederation harnessed his skills, and in 1867 he became the country’s first prime minister. He drove the Dominion’s westward expansion, rapidly incorporating the Prairies and British Columbia before a railway contract scandal unseated him in 1873. He conquered his drinking problem and rebuilt the Conservative Party to regain power in 1878. The centrepiece of his protectionist National Policy was the transcontinental railway, but a western uprising in 1885 was followed by the controversial execution of rebel leader Louis Riel. Although dominant nationally, this popular hero had many flaws. Macdonald at 200 presents fifteen fresh interpretations of Canada’s founding prime minister, published for the occasion of the bicentennial of his birth in 1815. Crisply written by recognized scholars and specialists, the collection throws new light on Macdonald’s formative role in shaping government, promoting women’s rights, managing the nascent economy, supervising westward expansion, overseeing relations with Native peoples, and dealing with Fenian terrorism. A special section deals with how Macdonald has (or has not) been remembered by historians as well as the general public. The book concludes with an afterword by prominent Macdonald biographer Richard Gwyn. Macdonald emerges as a man of full dimensions — an historical figure that is surprisingly relevant to our own times. Includes John A. Macdonald Macdonald at 200
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: 2014 |
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: OCLC:1091222295 |
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: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis The John A. Macdonald Retrospective 2-Book Bundle Macdonald at 200 by :
This special 2-book bundle contains a number of perspectives on a man who was arguably Canada’s most famous political leader, a figure of legendary proportions in the history of Canada’s birth and development. Ged Martin’s biography tells Macdonald’s story. Shocked by Canada’s 1837 rebellions, Macdonald sought to build alliances and avoid future conflicts. Thanks to financial worries and an alcohol problem, he almost quit politics in 1864. The challenge of building Confederation harnessed his skills, and in 1867 he became the country’s first prime minister. He drove the Dominion’s westward expansion, rapidly incorporating the Prairies and British Columbia before a railway contract scandal unseated him in 1873. He conquered his drinking problem and rebuilt the Conservative Party to regain power in 1878. The centrepiece of his protectionist National Policy was the transcontinental railway, but a western uprising in 1885 was followed by the controversial execution of rebel leader Louis Riel. Although dominant nationally, this popular hero had many flaws. Macdonald at 200 presents fifteen fresh interpretations of Canada’s founding prime minister, published for the occasion of the bicentennial of his birth in 1815. Crisply written by recognized scholars and specialists, the collection throws new light on Macdonald’s formative role in shaping government, promoting women’s rights, managing the nascent economy, supervising westward expansion, overseeing relations with Native peoples, and dealing with Fenian terrorism. A special section deals with how Macdonald has (or has not) been remembered by historians as well as the general public. The book concludes with an afterword by prominent Macdonald biographer Richard Gwyn. Macdonald emerges as a man of full dimensions — an historical figure that is surprisingly relevant to our own times. Includes John A. Macdonald Macdonald at 200.
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Total Pages |
: 1592 |
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: 2001 |
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: UOM:39015054043081 |
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: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis Canadian Books in Print by :
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: University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages |
: 1610 |
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: 1975 |
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: 00688398 |
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: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Canadian Books in Print. Author and Title Index by :
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Total Pages |
: 648 |
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: 1964 |
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: UCSC:32106021029969 |
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: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis The National Union Catalogs, 1963- by :
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Total Pages |
: 648 |
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: 1968 |
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: WISC:89015289309 |
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: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis National Union Catalog by :
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
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Total Pages |
: 1008 |
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: 1922 |
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: OSU:32435029804036 |
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: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Publishers Weekly by :
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: Errol Morris |
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: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 575 |
Release |
: 2014-01-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780143123699 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0143123696 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Wilderness of Error by : Errol Morris
Soon to be an FX Docuseries from Emmy® Award-Winning Producer Marc Smerling (The Jinx) featuring the author Errol Morris! Academy Award–winning filmmaker Errol Morris examines one of the most notorious and mysterious murder trials of the twentieth century In this profoundly original meditation on truth and the justice system, Errol Morris—a former private detective and director of The Thin Blue Line—delves deeply into the infamous Jeffrey MacDonald murder case. MacDonald, whose pregnant wife and two young daughters were brutally murdered in 1970, was convicted of the killings in 1979 and remains in prison today. The culmination of an investigation spanning over twenty years and a masterly reinvention of the true-crime thriller, A Wilderness of Error is a shocking book because it shows that everything we have been told about the case is deeply unreliable and that crucial elements of case against MacDonald are simply not true.
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: 1212 |
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: 1897 |
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: BSB:BSB11816678 |
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: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Publishers' Weekly by :
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: Loren Ruth Lerner |
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: University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages |
: 1646 |
Release |
: 1991-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0802058566 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780802058560 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis Art Et Architecture Au Canada by : Loren Ruth Lerner
Identifies and summarizes thousands of books, article, exhibition catalogues, government publications, and theses published in many countries and in several languages from the early nineteenth century to 1981.