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This collection of Aboriginal life histories provides a glimpse of a world about which little has been published previously. Focusing on themes such as religious life, living off the land, Dreamings and missions and using the voices of men and women living in and around the Lake Eyre Basin today, Shaw recorded a history of oppression and deprivation, disease and exploitation, but also celebrates the survival of a rich culture, and the growth of political awareness and community self management.
This lively book encompasses the French predecessors of Fort William, Native Peoples of the time, and the evolution of the fur trade.
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Viking Blood" (A Story of Seafaring) by Frederick William Wallace. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Settling and Unsettling Memories analyses the ways in which Canadians over the past century have narrated the story of their past in books, films, works of art, commemorative ceremonies, and online. This cohesive collection introduces readers to overarching themes of Canadian memory studies and brings them up-to-date on the latest advances in the field. With increasing debates surrounding how societies should publicly commemorate events and people, Settling and Unsettling Memories helps readers appreciate the challenges inherent in presenting the past. Prominent and emerging scholars explore the ways in which Canadian memory has been put into action across a variety of communities, regions, and time periods. Through high-quality essays touching on the central questions of historical consciousness and collective memory, this collection makes a significant contribution to a rapidly growing field.
In Family Medicine, the physician often takes on the role of Junior Psychiatrist treating depression, grief, anxiety, social phobia, panic attack disorder, and bipolar affective disorder. He or she may have among his/her patients others with schizophrenia, dissociative, or a wide variety of personality disorders. Counselling is commonplace in Family Medicine engaging these as well as excessive appetite behaviours: addictions.
No longer willing to accept naval blockades, the impressment of American seamen, and seizures of American ships and cargos, the United States declared war on Great Britain. The aim was to frighten Britain into concessions and, if that failed, to bring the war to a swift conclusion with a quick strike at Canada. But the British refused to cave in to American demands, the Canadian campaign ended in disaster, and the U.S. government had to flee Washington, D.C., when it was invaded and burned by a British army. By all objective measures, the War of 1812 was a debacle for the young republic, and yet it was celebrated as a great military triumph. The American people believed they had won the war ...
This book explores gendered experiences of violence, migration, and settlement for Irishmen in Upper and Lower Canada between 1798 and 1841 when the 'wild Irish' stereotype applied to both Protestants and Catholics. Presumptions about Irish manliness created an enduring legacy in the Canadas and also affected how the Irish were treated across the British Empire.
Political, social and economic advancement in Upper Canada were often linked to characteristics other than merit. Through a collective biographical study of the social and economic background of the 283 men who were elected to the House of Assembly of Up