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In parallel columns of French and English, lists over 4,000 reference works and books on history and the humanities, breaking down the large divisions by subject, genre, type of document, and province or territory. Includes titles of national, provincial, territorial, or regional interest in every subject area when available. The entries describe the core focus of the book, its range of interest, scholarly paraphernalia, and any editions in the other Canadian language. The humanities headings are arts, language and linguistics, literature, performing arts, philosophy, and religion. Indexed by name, title, and French and English subject. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Identifies and summarizes thousands of books, article, exhibition catalogues, government publications, and theses published in many countries and in several languages from the early nineteenth century to 1981.
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A survey of natural history collections in New Brunswick was carried out in1984-85. It revealed 11 institutions and nine individuals maintaining whatare considered 43 discrete collections of an estimated 401,576 naturalhistory specimens. Those categories of collections best represented inprovince were botany, entomology and geology. This survey suggests certaintaxa are markedly under-represented in provincial collections -non-vascular plants, freshwater invertebrates, and terrestrial invertebratesexclusive of insects. Natural history collections will have to be betterfunded and more adequately staffed if the full potential of provincialscientific collections is to be realized in the future.
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The eighteen papers presented in this volume deal with a range of topics in Arctic archaeology, from the earliest Palaeoeskimo t historical questions such as the origins of the Copper Inuit and the mysterious demise of the Sadlermiut.