Brownlee and the Triumph of Populism
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 39,36 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Alberta
ISBN :
Alberta Formed - Alberta Transformed
Author : Alberta 2005 Centennial History Society
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 13,28 MB
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781552381946
Book Description
Alberta Formed Alberta Transformed is a two-volume set spanning a remarkable 12,000 years of history and showcasing the work of 34 of Alberta's most respected scholars. Volume 1 sets the stage from human beginnings in Alberta to the eve of Alberta's inauguration as a province in 1905, while Volume 2 takes readers through the twentieth century and up to the 2005 centennial.
Game Plan
Author : Karen L. Wall
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 46,78 MB
Release : 2012-10-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0888646577
Book Description
How deep is the importance and influence of organized sports in Alberta? Discover key episodes and players in the history of Alberta's organized sports and read how sport shaped the lives of individuals as well as of communities of indigenous people, settlers, and immigrants. Read new perspectives on well-known sports stories along with tales of lesser-known games that remained on the margins of most histories for reasons of race, class, and gender. Whether a spectator, supporter, scholar, or fan, readers will be informed and delighted by the research contained in this sport history.
Forging Alberta's Constitutional Framework
Author : Richard Connors
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 15,62 MB
Release : 2005-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1772125350
Book Description
Forging Alberta's Constitutional Framework explores the nature and development of Alberta's constitution by examining a number of celebrated cases and themes that have shaped and altered legal, social, economic, political, and cultural rights and responsibilities within Alberta and Canada. Contributors from across Canada include historians, lawyers, political scientists, and politicians writing on themes that illustrate how Alberta's constitution is the product of decades, even centuries, of contest, debate, division, and negotiation.
The Grads Are Playing Tonight!
Author : M. Ann Hall
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 32,2 MB
Release : 2011-12-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0888646127
Book Description
Between 1915 and 1940 the amazing Edmonton Grads dominated women's basketball in Canada. Coached by J. Percy Page, they played over 400 official games, losing only 20; they travelled more than 125,000 miles in Canada, the United States, and Europe; and they crossed the Atlantic three times to defend their world title at exhibition games held in conjunction with the Summer Olympics in Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin. Meticulously researched and documented-including capsule biographies of all 38 women who played for the Grads over the years and over 100 photos-the story of the Edmonton Grads will enthrall fans of sport history and women in sport. [CTV interview: http://tinyurl.com/6pxg5aq]
Alberta Premiers of the Twentieth Century
Author : University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center
Publisher : University of Regina Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 34,20 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780889771512
Book Description
From the optimism associated with provincial status in 1905, through the trials of Depression and war, the boom times of the post-war period, and the economic vagaries of the 1980s and the 1990s, the twentieth century was a time of growth and hardship, development and change, for Alberta and its people. And during the century, twelve men, from a variety of political parties and from very different backgrounds, led the government of this province. The names of some--like William Aberhart, Ernest Manning, and Peter Lougheed--are still household names, while others--like Arthur Sifton, Herbert Greenfield and Richard Reid--have been all but forgotten. Yet each in his unique way, for better or for worse, helped to mould and steer the destiny of the province he governed. These are their stories.
Will the Real Alberta Please Stand Up?
Author : Geo Takach
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 36,43 MB
Release : 2010-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0888645430
Book Description
A spirited tour of Wild Rose Country reveals the real soul beneath some tired stereotypes.
Whisky Wars of the Canadian West
Author : Rich Mole
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 48,45 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1926613937
Book Description
In 1874, the newly formed North West Mounted Police marched west to shut down unscrupulous liquor traders who had devastated the lives of many First Nations people. The Mounties' famous trek heralded over 50 years of "whisky wars" in the Canadian West. Author Rich Mole traces the turbulent history of alcohol, temperance movements and prohibition between 1870 and the 1920s through the stories of those who suffered and profited from the West's insatiable thirst for liquor. Before prohibition, young James Gray was one of many Winnipeg children who endured poverty and humiliation due to an alcoholic father. Calgary newspaperman Bob Edwards, known for his witty aphorisms, publicly supported prohibition while waging his own battle with the bottle. Harry Bronfman, "King of the Boozoriums," built a business empire shipping mail-order liquor on both sides of the Canada-US border. Rum-runner "Emperor" Emilio Picariello and his housekeeper, Florence Lassandro, faced the gallows after an Alberta police constable was shot and killed in front of his own children. Mole's vivid, real-life stories chronicle a tumultuous and fascinating era.
Edmonton's Urban Villages
Author : Ron Kuban
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 29,17 MB
Release : 2005-07-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780888644381
Book Description
How did a collection of neighbourhood volunteer organizations come to influence the development of a major Canadian city? Few other North American cities have embraced the community league movement with the vigour of Edmonton. For 87 years, tens of thousands of volunteers from the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues (EFCL) have often acted as a counterweight to large private and institutional interests, shaping municipal development by providing a voice and a training ground for grassroots civic participation. In its wake, the EFCL has left a host of sports, cultural, and civic initiatives for the improvement of Edmonton, and an important lesson on how to create community.
The Sixties Revolution & the Fall of Social Credit
Author : Virginia Byfield
Publisher : History Book Publications
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 14,11 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
