Mqup: 855 books
Permanent State of Emergency
Unchecked Executive Power and the Demise of the Rule of Law
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
In the wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States launched initiatives that test the limits of international human rights law. The indefinite detention and torture of detainees at Guantánamo Bay, targeted killing, and mass surveillance require an expansion of executive authority...
Le retour à la bière...et au hockey
L'histoire d'Eric Molson
Language: French
Release Date: April 25, 2018
Pour la majorité des Canadiens, le nom de la famille Molson fait partie de l'essence même du Canada. Depuis 1786, année où John Molson fonda sa première brasserie à Montréal, il rime avec bière, hockey et philanthropie. Rares sont cependant ceux qui savent à quel point la famille est passée...
From Treaties to Reserves
The Federal Government and Native Peoples in Territorial Alberta, 1870-1924
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Though some believe that the Indian treaties of the 1870s achieved a unity of purpose between the Canadian government and First Nations, in From Treaties to Reserves D.J. Hall asserts that - as a result of profound cultural differences - each side interpreted the negotiations differently, leading...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
War marked L.M. Montgomery’s personal life and writing. As an eleven-year-old, she experienced the suspense of waiting months for news about her father, who fought during the North-West Resistance of 1885. During the First World War, she actively led women’s war efforts in her community, while suffering...
In Duty Bound
Men, Women, and the State in Upper Canada, 1783-1841
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
In Duty Bound is an unprecedented look at Upper Canada's forgotten people and the ways in which their lives were by necessity bound in a mutual relationship of duty and obligation to the Upper Canadian state. This neglected area of Canada's history has been preserved, in part, in the form of personal...
A Land of Dreams
Ethnicity, Nationalism, and the Irish in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Maine, 1880–1923
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2018
Wherever they settled, immigrants from Ireland and their descendants shaped and reshaped their understanding of being Irish in response to circumstances in both the old and new worlds. In A Land of Dreams, Patrick Mannion analyzes and compares the evolution of Irish identity in three communities on...
The Grand Regulator
The Miseducation of Nova Scotia's Teachers, 1838-1997
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Schools of education with utilitarian goals and strict standardization - often called "Normal Schools" - have been widely criticized by both the academy and the general public. In a story that resonates across Canada, The Grand Regulator examines an educational system that failed to inspire great teachers...
36 Steps on the Road to Medicare
How Saskatchewan Led the Way
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
The co-operative spirit of citizens in twentieth-century Saskatchewan nurtured innovation in health care and health policy. 36 Steps on the Road to Medicare showcases the decisions that led to the province's medicare system - the forerunner of Canadian health care. Stuart Houston and Merle Massie document...
Diagnosing Genius
The Life and Death of Beethoven
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2007
Mai's experience as a physician and psychiatrist serves as a basis for his analysis. Working from the symptoms described in the medical evidence, Beethoven's letters and those of his friends, and the reports of his physicians, Mai compares how Beethoven's health complaints would have been understood...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Despite a long and rich tradition of oral history research, few are aware of the innovative and groundbreaking work of oral historians in Canada. For this first primer on the practices within the discipline, the editors of The Canadian Oral History Reader have gathered some of the best contributions...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Whether it is wildfires in Alberta, widespread flooding in Newfoundland, or massive snowstorms in Nova Scotia, Canadian governments must be prepared to manage a range of emergencies. Many organizations and resources have to be coordinated in emergency management, and the quality of emergency planning...
Letters from Rupert's Land, 1826-1840
James Hargrave of the Hudson's Bay Company
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2009
A prodigious letter writer, Hargrave saved drafts of his business and personal correspondence in letterbooks. He wrote to family and friends settled in Beauharnois County on the south shore of the St Lawrence and in the Tweed valley in Scotland, as well as to his future wife, Letitia Mactavish, and...
The Sum of the Satisfactions
Canada in the Age of National Accounting
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
Determined to banish the ravages of the Depression, win the war, and build a better post-war world, Canadian academics and mandarins applied the ideas of Keynes and Kuznets to the Canadian predicament - a highly regionalized nation interested in building a society that harnessed both the private and...
My Peerless Story
It Starts with the Collar
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
In 1951, Alvin Cramer Segal, at the age of eighteen and without a formal education, started working in the factory of his stepfather’s company in Montreal. Today he is the chairman and chief executive officer of the largest supplier of men’s fine-tailored clothing in North America, and is considered...