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The Illustrated History of Canada
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by Craig Brown
Sales Rank: 537733
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Discount: 27 %
List Price: $32.95
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 648 pages
Published by: Key Porter Books; Fifth edition edition July 28, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1552639207
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1552639207
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.9 x 1.3 inches
Weighs: 2.5 pounds
From Booklist
Perhaps because of our growing Hispanic population, Americans have become increasingly aware of the history, politics, and culture of our neighbors to the south, particularly Mexico. But what about Canada? One suspects that even most well-educated Americans are woefully ignorant of the key personalities, events, and trends in Canadian history. Hopefully, this great anthology devoted to various aspects of Canadian History will help remedy that situation. Each of the six chapters is written by a different and distinguished historian or geographer. Among the topics covered, the examinations of Native American cultures and of Canada's relations with the U.S. are particularly interesting. The illustrations, both black and white and color, are superb complements to the text, and few of them are familiar to Americans. This is a fine general History of a huge, diverse nation with a rich heritage, and it is certainly in our interest to learn more about it. Jay Freeman
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
--This text refers to the
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Book Description
Published in 1987, The Illustrated History of Canada was the first comprehensive, authoritative one-volume History of our nation. It featured text by seven of Canadas leading historians and hundreds of engravings, lithographs, cartoons, maps, posters, and photographs. Together, these elements created a sweeping chronicle of Canada from its earliest times to yesterdays news. Now, The Illustrated History of Canada has been fully updated to bring readers into the twenty-first century, with contemporary material on such topics as the rise of small government, the recognition of Native land claims, and Canadas role in the post-Cold War peace. Now more than ever, The Illustrated History of Canada is a must-have reference guide for all Canadians interested in the historyand the futureof our country.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: The Illustrated History of Canada (Paperback)
I have family roots from the 17th Century in Quebec and from the 19th Century in Ontario. I wanted to know more about their lives so I bought this book. Pretty broad spectrum of needs on my part and this book worked quite well. A description of the daily lives of the "habitants" is nestled in with the overall history of Canada. It's great. Using the index, I can easily skip around and read the pages relevant to my genealogy. Although I found no reference to any of my 500 plus ancestor-relatives, I do feel like I have a sense of who they were, why they came, and what they were doing in Canada. Even what they were wearing, from the illustrations. Yes, lots of illustrations. I appreciate the effort gone to to provide such classic ones of people, places, maps, and events. I found myself reading beyond my family history partly because of the illustrations, but also because this book is easy to read, despite the small print. Such an ambitious book. Thank you Craig Brown.
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