North America category: 699 books
Hallowed Ground
Stories of the Yale Pioneer Cemetery
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
This book makes it easy with its compelling collection of stories about the people who are buried at the Yale Pioneer Cemetery, an antique burial ground “at a stopping point between Fort Langley and Fort Kamloops,” BC. Established in 1858, the Yale Cemetery offers final refuge to some 300 souls,...
by William S. Geimer
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Canada did not come of age at Vimy, and in all of Canadas wars both soldiers and civilians have died in vain. So why do people continue to support war in general, despite its poor record of benefits? And why, in particular, does Canada involve herself in other peoples wars? Why does Canada, never...
Mary's Master
Colonization and the Indians in 17Th Century New England
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2010
Marys Master provides observations and interpretations of the English colonization of the area presently known as southern New England. This is a critical review of some of the English writings and quotes regarding those interactions that were contemporary to the time that the English were colonizing...
by Byron Hollinshead
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
I Wish I’d Been There brings together twenty of our most distinguished historians’ responses to the question “What scene or incident in American history would you most liked to have witnessed—and why?” The answers illuminate crucial moments in our past and give readers a front-row seat at...
Weaponizing Maps
Indigenous Peoples and Counterinsurgency in the Americas
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015
Maps play an indispensable role in indigenous peoples’ efforts to secure land rights in the Americas and beyond. Yet indigenous peoples did not invent participatory mapping techniques on their own; they appropriated them from techniques developed for colonial rule and counterinsurgency campaigns,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1981
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1981
This volume, containing ten essays, is the first of two designed to illustrate the wide possibilities for research and writing in Canadian legal history and reflecting the current interests of those working in that area. Topics covered include historical aspects of company law, the law and the economy,...
The War on Drugs
A Failed Experiment
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2014
A criminal prosecutor discusses the illegal drug trade and the failure of the so-called “War on Drugs” to stop it.
In 1971, President Richard Nixon coined the term “War on Drugs.” His campaign to eradicate illegal drug use was picked up by the media and championed by succeeding presidents,...
Heart So Hungry
A Woman's Extraordinary Journey into the Labrador Wilderness
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2011
A gripping cold weather, true-life adventure, Heart So Hungry tells the story of a race across Labrador and one woman’s determination — inspired by grief and fed by outrage — to set the record straight.
A remarkable adventure, a love story and a thrilling race are all front and centre...
එක්සත් ජනපදය, ජනාධිපති සහ රාජ්ය
The United States Presidents and Government In Sinhala
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2015
එක්සත් ජනපදය සභාපතිවරුන්, රජයේ ඉලක්කය සරල ඓතිහාසික දැනුම ඔබේ මනස පිරවීම සඳහා හා ඇමරිකානු ඉතිහාසය තුල යමෙකු උනන්දු...
Prisons, Asylums, and the Public
Institutional Visiting in the Nineteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
The prisons and asylums of Canada and the United States were a popular destination for institutional tourists in the nineteenth-century. Thousands of visitors entered their walls, recording and describing the interiors, inmates, and therapeutic and reformative practices they encountered in letters,...
by Larry Margulies
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2017
A non fiction. Everyone, please pray for me and those affected by this situation, and may good prevail. Honorable President Trump and anyone else in the position to help, please do.The attempts on my life have finally compelled me to ask for help from the president in public. The biggest problem...
Fiscal Adjustment and Economic Development
A Case Study of Nova Scotia
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1963
This study is an attempt to find a solution to the problem of fiscal adjustment between a province or a state and its municipalities–a pressing problem throughout Canada and the United States and in many other countries in view of the great disparities in the revenue-raising capacity of municipalities,...
by Ava Waddell
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was a 14-year-old African-American who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955. The brutality of his murder and the fact that his killers were acquitted drew attention to the long history of violent persecution of African Americans in the United States. Till posthumously became an icon of the Civil Rights Movement.
Haiti
Its dawn of progress after years in a night of revolution (Illustrations)
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015