Books – History

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Two Centuries of Writing and Resistance at Six Nations of the Grand River

Rick Monture (Author)

A literary and intellectual history of the Haudenosaunee.

Published January 2015 | History, Indigenous Studies, Literary Criticism
The Showman and the Ukrainian Cause

Folk Dance, Film, and the Life of Vasile Avramenko

Orest T. Martynowych (Author)

The colourful life of a charismatic champion of Ukrainian independence.

Published October 2014 | Studies in Immigration and Culture, Ethnic Studies, History, Immigration, Performing Arts
Young, Well-Educated, and Adaptable

Chilean Exiles in Ontario and Quebec, 1973-2010

Francis Peddie (Author)

Chileans exiled following Pinochet’s coup make homes in Canada.

Published September 2014 | Studies in Immigration and Culture, Ethnic Studies, History, Immigration
The Patriotic Consensus

Unity, Morale, and the Second World War in Winnipeg

Jody Perrun (Author)

Winnipeg’s response to the Second World War.

Published September 2014 | History, Military History
The Edge of the Woods

Iroquoia, 1534-1701

Jon Parmenter (Author)

A re-examination of the relationship between mobility and Iroquois power.

Published July 2014 | History, Indigenous Studies
Indigenous Women, Work, and History

1940–1980

Mary Jane Logan McCallum (Author)

A modern history of Indigenous labour in the Canadian workforce.

Published May 2014 | Critical Studies in Native History, History, Indigenous Studies, Women’s Studies
Forest Prairie Edge

Place History in Saskatchewan

Merle Massie (Author)

A prairie history about life at the edge of the forest.

Published April 2014 | Environmental Studies, History
Devil in Deerskins

My Life with Grey Owl

Anahareo (Author), Sophie McCall (Editor)

A critical edition of the 1972 bestselling autobiography, Devil in Deerskins: My Life with Grey Owl.

Published April 2014 | First Voices, First Texts, Autobiography, History, Indigenous Studies
Mind’s Eye

Stories from Whapmagoostui

Susan Marshall (Editor), Emily Masty (Author)

An evocative collection of stories of Cree history and culture from northern Quebec.

Published April 2014 | History, Indigenous Studies
The Search for a Socialist El Dorado

Finnish Immigration to Soviet Karelia from the United States and Canada in the 1930s

Alexey Golubev (Author), Irina Takala (Author)

The untold story of the founding and subsequent destruction of a Finnish socialist community in the Soviet Union.

Published March 2014 | Studies in Immigration and Culture, Ethnic Studies, History, Immigration