Download or read book Canada and the End of Empire written by Phillip Alfred Buckner and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir John Seeley once wrote that the British Empire was acquired in "a fit of absence of mind." Whatever the truth of this comment, it is certainly arguable that the Empire was dismantled in such a fit. This collection deals with a neglected subject in post-Confederation Canadian history -- the implications to Canada and Canadians of British decolonization and the end of empire. Canada and the End of Empire looks at Canadian diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom and the United States, the Suez crisis, the changing economic relationship with Great Britain in the 1950s and 1960s, the role of educational and cultural institutions in maintaining the British connection, the royal tour of 1959, the decision to adopt a new flag in 1964, the efforts to find a formula for repatriating the constitution, the Canadianization of the Royal Canadian Navy, and the attitude of First Nations to the changed nature of the Anglo-Canadian relationship. Historians in Commonwealth countries tend to view the end of British rule from a nationalist perspective. Canada and the End of Empire challenges this view and demonstrates the centrality of imperial history in Canadian historiography. An important addition to the growing canon of empire studies and imperial history, this book will be of interest to historians of the Commonwealth, and to scholars and students interested in the relationship between colonialism and nationalism.
Download or read book How the Tricolor Got Its Stripes written by Dmytro Dubilet and published by Serpent's Tail. This book was released on 2023-10-26 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A sparkling tour through the stories of the symbols we know so well' - Tim Marshall Starting with flags that we know, this captivating history explains the origins and hidden meanings of flags, taking a chatty but always entertaining path through this universal subject. Each chapter starts with a well-known flag and shows how that flag led to a number of other flags - so, for example, how the French tricolor led to the red, white and green tricolor of Italy, and then to a host of other tricolors in different parts of the world. Many of the over 200 colour illustrations feature alternative versions of existing flags - the flags that might have been - such as the red Canadian maple leaf between two bands of blue, representing the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. This entertaining and very likeable history of flags was written by Ukrainian businessman and ex-cabinet minister Dmytro Dubilet and first published in Ukrainian six months before the start of the Ukrainian-Russian war.
Download or read book Canada s Holy Grail written by Jordan B. Goldstein and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1892, Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley donated the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup – later known as the Stanley Cup – to crown the first Canadian hockey champions. Canada’s Holy Grail documents Lord Stanley’s personal politics, his desire to affect Canadian nationality and unity, and the larger transformations in Anglo-liberal political thought at the time. This book posits that the Stanley Cup fit directly within Anglo-American traditions of using sport to promote ideas of the national, and the donation of the cup occurred at a moment in history when Canadian nationalists needed identifying symbols. Jordan B. Goldstein asserts that only with a transformation in Anglo-liberal thought could the state legitimately act through culture to affect national identity. Drawing on primary source documentation from Lord Stanley’s archives, as well as statements by politicians and hockey enthusiasts, Canada’s Holy Grail integrates political thought into the realm of sport history through the discussion of a championship trophy that still stands as one of the most well-known and recognized Canadian national symbols.
Download or read book The Big Book of Canadian Trivia written by Mark Kearney and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2009-04-27 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here in one big book is all the trivia and facts about Canada anyone needs to know. The Big Book is jam-packed with facts and stories. There are stories of important Canadian artifacts and history including what became of Canada's World War II spy camp. All regions and provinces are covered, as well as important Canadian figures like John Molson, Elizabeth Arden and Russ Jackson. If that isn't enough there will also be pieces explaining whatever happened to such Canadian icons as the last spike, the first skidoo and the first Tim Hortons donut shop. Some of the items are "classics." Others are little known facts. Approximately 25% of the material has never before appeared in print. This fascinating Big Book brings together for the first time in one package the most notable facts and trivia from the archives of the trivia guys' collection.
Download or read book The Flag and Other Poems 1918 written by Amy Redpath Roddick and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting an incredible collection of the most cherished poems by Amy Redpath Roddick. She was born and brought up in Montreal and published over a dozen verses, plays and verse drama books. Roddick beautifully presented her thoughts in her poems throughout this volume. These verses are written on interesting topics that will keep the readers hooked until the end.
Download or read book A Military History of Canada written by Desmond Morton and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated to 2007, including Canada’s war on terrorism. Is Canada really “a peaceable kingdom” with “an unmilitary people”? Nonsense, says Desmond Morton. This is a country that has been shaped, divided, and transformed by war — there is no greater influence in Canadian history, recent or remote. From the shrewd tactics of Canada’s First Nations to our troubled involvement in Somalia, from the Plains of Abraham to the deserts of Afghanistan, Morton examines our centuries-old relationship to war and its consequences. This updated edition also includes a new chapter on Canada’s place in the war on terrorism. A Military History of Canada is an engaging and informative chronicle of Canada at war, from one of the country’s finest historians.
Download or read book Canadian Gazette and Export Trader written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Debates of the Senate written by Canada. Parliament. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alberta Crude written by Frank Cosentino and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canadian Football 1969-1982: CLOSED DOORS & Alberta Crude leans heavily on the original publication A Passing Game: A History of the CFL published in 1996. This book is based mainly on minutes of meetings made available to the author. It is a companion to another effort published under the title Canadian Football 1983-1994: Gone South. An earlier work, Canadian Football: The Grey Cup Years, published in 1969 will also become available soon. The fourth book in the series Canadian Football 1995-2014 Home Again has already been published and is also available through Lulu.co
Download or read book Fighting Tuscarora written by Barbara Graymont and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1984-07-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The autobiography of Chief Rickard, who fought for the recognition of his Tuscarora nation throughout his life. He led his people in the Indian resistance to federal policies, and founded the Indian Defense League of America.
Download or read book Debates of the Senate Official Report Hansard written by Canada. Parliament. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Debates of the Senate of the Dominion of Canada written by Canada. Parliament. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Canadian Teacher written by Gideon E. Henderson and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 1286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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