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Historian Eliza Earle Ferguson's meticulously researched study of domestic violence among the working class in France uncovers the intimate details of daily life and the complex workings of court proceedings in fin-de-siècle Paris. With detective-like methods, Ferguson pores through hundreds of court records to understand why so many perpetrators of violent crime were fully acquitted. She finds that court verdicts depended on community standards for violence between couples. Her search uncovers voluminous testimony from witnesses, defendants, and victims documenting the conflicts and connections among men and women who struggled to balance love, desire, and economic need in their relationsh...
Socks and rocks and blocks and clocks, Fox loves everything in his box. But when he realizes he can no longer fit inside, Fox decides he must take action! Written by Eva Klassen and illustrated by Leanne Thiessen of Paper Canoe, Fox in a Box is a heartwarming story that reminds us happiness is not found in the accumulation of stuff, but in the people we love.
A comprehensive work covering the about 100,000 species of Coleoptera known to occur in the Palaearctic Region. The complete work is planned for 8 volumes that will be published in intervals of about 18 months.
Scrip was issued to the "Half-breeds" (Métis) of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories which included, in 1900, what is now Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the northern parts of Ontario and Québec.
Part of a series on the history of the Western Cree from the earliest pre-historic times to the post-reservation era.
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