Author : George Raudzens
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 31,23 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0889206384
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Author : Phillip Alfred Buckner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 23,12 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 019927164X
Canada and the British Empire traces the evolution of Canada, placing it within the wider context of British imperial history. Beginning with a broad chronological narrative, the volume surveys the country's history from the foundation of the first British bases in Canada in the early seventeenth century, until the patriation of the Canadian constitution in 1982. Historians approach the subject thematically, analysing subjects such as British migration to Canada, the role played by gender in the construction of imperial identities, and the economic relationship between Canada and Britain. Other important chapters examine the history of Newfoundland, the history and legacy of imperial law, and the attitudes of French Canadians and Canada's aboriginal peoples to the imperial relationship. The overall focus of the book is on emphasising the part that Canada played in the British Empire, and on understanding the Canadian response towards imperialism. With contributions from leading scholars in the field, it is essential reading for anyone interested either in the history of Canada or in the history of the British Empire.
Author : Michael M. Chrimes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 42,68 MB
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1351892630
Between 1750 and 1850 the British landscape was transformed by a transport revolution which involved engineering works on a scale not seen in Europe since Roman times. While the economic background of the canal and railway ages are relatively well known and many histories have been written about the locomotives which ran on the railways, relatively little has been published on how the engineering works themselves were made possible. This book brings together a series of papers which seek to answer the questions of how canals and railways were built, how the engineers responsible organised the works, how they were designed and what the role of the contractors was in the process.
Author : Suzanne Zeller
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 31,96 MB
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0773576371
The Carleton Library Series makes available once again Inventing Canada, Suzanne Zeller's classic history of science, land, and nation in Victorian Canada. Zeller argues that the middle decades of the nineteenth century that saw the British North American colonies attempting to establish a transcontinental nation also witnessed the rise of an analytical tradition in science that challenged older conceptions of humanity's relationship with nature and the land. Zeller taps a wide range of archival and published sources to document the prominent place of Victorian science in British North American thought and society. Her focus on the creative functions of Victorian geological, geophysical, and botanical sciences highlights the formation of a Canadian community of scientists, politicians, educators, journalists, businessmen, and others who promoted public support of scientific activities and institutions. By moving beyond the eighteenth-century mechanical ideals that had forged the United States, they reassessed the land and its possibilities to redefine the transcontinental future of a northern variant of the British nation. Inventing Canada is a must-read for anyone interested in the scientific background of Canada's history, including its environmental history.
Author : Alastair Sweeny
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 19,44 MB
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0776636812
The Laird of Rideau Hall explores the life and times of Thomas Mackay, the chief founder of Bytown/Ottawa. Born and raised in Perth, Scotland, Mackay and his family emigrated to Montreal in 1817. Partnering with fellow mason John Redpath, he built the locks of the first Lachine Canal, did military construction work at Fort Lennox and St. Helen’s Island, and supplied stone for Montreal’s Notre Dame Basilica. Engaged by Colonel By of the Royal Engineers to build the Ottawa and Hartwell Locks of the Rideau Canal, Mackay used his profits to found the village of New Edinburgh and build a mill complex at Rideau Falls, as well as the residence his daughter named Rideau Hall. With his hefty canal profits—paid in Spanish silver pieces of eight—Mackay was a major financier of the Ottawa and Prescott Railway, and chief promoter of Ottawa as the capital of Canada. He served as Colonel of the Russell and Carleton militias, was MLA for Russell for seven years, and a member of the Legislative Council of Canada for fifteen. After Mackay’s death in 1855, his son-in-law and estate manager Thomas Keefer sold Rideau Hall to the government to serve as a residence for Canada’s Governor General. Keefer also developed a tract of land owned by the estate into the village of Rockcliffe Park, today home to over 70 diplomatic residences.
Author : Douglas McCalla
Publisher :
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 13,37 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
A publication of the Ontario Historical Studies Series on behalf of the Government of Ontario. McCalla (history, Trent U.) provides a comprehensive account of the way in which a small group of settlements on the margin of the North Atlantic became a prosperous society in a process that was balanced and relatively self-sustaining. He sets the economic history of Upper Canada in the context of the dynamic economy of the North Atlantic world, and draws useful comparisons with other parts of that world, particularly states such as Michigan and Ohio which were developing along similar lines. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Publisher :
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 47,71 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Ontario
ISBN :
Vols. 29- include the society's Report, 1931/32- except 1938/39-1939/40 which were issued separately.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1770 pages
File Size : 40,64 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Bibliography
ISBN :
Author : Normand Lafrenière
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 46,15 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
This study presents a brief history of the Ottawa River canal system from the time construction began until 1963. Although the Carillon Canal (a national historic park) would normally have been the focal point of such an undertaking, a specific study of this canal proved virtually impossible owing to the lack of information pertaining to its initial construction period. Records of the commercial use of the canal over the years were equally sparse. Fortunately, however, the history of the Carillon Canal is closely linked with that of several other canals (the Vaudreuil, St. Anne's, Chute-a-Blondau, and Grenville canals) constructed on the lower Ottawa River in the early 19th century. As a consequence this study encompasses the entire Ottawa River canal system.
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Page : 640 pages
File Size : 27,12 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Canada
ISBN :
