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The Mounted Police and Prairie Society, 1873-1919

By: University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center

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The Mounted Police and Prairie Society, 1873-1919

By: University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center

This collection of essays presents a variety of scholarly explorations of the nature and role of the Mounties in the Prairie Provinces from the formation of the North West Mounted Police in 1873-74 to its transformation into the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1919-20. The essays are grouped into five broad themes: relations with First Nations; law enforcement; social issues, including relations with minority groups and labour movements; characteristics of the police force; and crisis and change (police-immigrant relations, response to labour unrest, and the origins of domestic intelligence and counter-subversion). An epilogue presents the case for the dramatic change of the force after 1919-20 and the new force's use of the positive image created by the old force.

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University of Regina Press

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0889771030

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Interdisciplinary Approaches to Canadian Society

A Guide to the Literature

By: Association for Canadian Studies

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Interdisciplinary Approaches to Canadian Society

A Guide to the Literature

By: Association for Canadian Studies

Far more than a bibliographic account of the major works in Canadian Studies, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Canadian Society provides a broad examination of the state of this growing field of study. Each chapter stresses the importance of the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches which have come to characterize Canadian Studies. Also, in an unprecedented collaborative effort, almost all the chapters are jointly authored by anglophone and francophone scholars. The works on Quebec and the francophone community respect the distinct nature of this facet of Canada. As stated in the introduction, this work is "a primer in the field and a guide to further pursuits. Its users will welcome it as a friendly introduction to an exciting country.

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166

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773507639

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9780773507630

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A Legal History of Racism in Canada, 1900-1950

By: Constance Backhouse,Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

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A Legal History of Racism in Canada, 1900-1950

By: Constance Backhouse,Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

Backhouse presents detailed narratives of six court cases, each giving evidence of blatant racism created and enforced through law."--BOOK JACKET.

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505

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University of Toronto Press

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0802082866

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9780802082862

Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North America

Beamish Murdoch of Halifax

By: Philip Girard,Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

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Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North America

Beamish Murdoch of Halifax

By: Philip Girard,Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

From award-winning biographer Philip Girard, Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North America is the first history of the legal profession in Canada to emphasize its cross-provincial similarities and its deep roots in the colonial period. Girard details how nineteenth-century British North American lawyers created a distinctive Canadian template for the profession by combining the strong collective governance of the English tradition with the high degree of creativity and client responsiveness characteristic of U.S. lawyers a mix that forms the basis of the legal profession in Canada today. Girard provides a unique window on the interconnections between lawyers' roles as community leaders and as legal professionals. Centred on one pre-Confederation lawyer whose career epitomizes the trends of his day, Beamish Murdoch (1800-1876), Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North America makes an important and compelling contribution to Canadian legal history.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442644109

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9781442644106

Symbols, Myths and Images of the French Revolution

Essays in Honour of James A. Leith

By: James A. Leith,University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center,University of Regina. Department of History

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Symbols, Myths and Images of the French Revolution

Essays in Honour of James A. Leith

By: James A. Leith,University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center,University of Regina. Department of History

From 18-26 September 1996, the Department of History of the University of Regina hosted a colloquium entitled, Symbols, Myths and Images of the French Revolution, in honour of James A. Leith (Queen's University), a leading historian of revolutionary France for over three decades who began his teaching career in Saskatchewan. The colloquium brought together an international panel of scholars to discuss the visual imagery, propaganda, and cultural dimensions of the French Revolution--a subject which, since Professor Leith began his career, has come to occupy an ever larger place in revolutionary historiography.

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University of Regina Press

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0889771081

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9780889771086

Unforeseen Legacies

Reuben Wells Leonard and the Leonard Foundation Trust

By: Bruce H. Ziff,Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

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Unforeseen Legacies

Reuben Wells Leonard and the Leonard Foundation Trust

By: Bruce H. Ziff,Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

An exploration of Canadian values and beliefs as filtered through the ideologies of Colonel Reuben Wells Leonard, the Leonard Trust, and the law governing private discriminatory action.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802083684

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9780802083685

Sam Hughes

The Public Career of a Controversial Canadian, 1885-1916

By: Ronald G. Haycock,Canadian War Museum

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Sam Hughes

The Public Career of a Controversial Canadian, 1885-1916

By: Ronald G. Haycock,Canadian War Museum

This book is based on the public career of a highly controversial Canadian, Sam Hughes 1885–1916. He is one of the most colourful, even bizarre, figures in Canadian history. Though he died in 1921, his name can still conjure up controversy and not a little misunderstanding. His long career—in so many respects the quintessential story of a poor backwoods Ontario farm boy who made good by his own efforts—continues to exert a fascination that few other Canadian political figures could duplicate. Even though there has never been a major scholarly study of Sam Hughes, historians and other writers have developed definite opinions about him, and they are held nearly as vigorously as those of his contemporaries. These vary from insisting that Hughes was mentally unbalanced to proclaiming him a genius. Hughes’ defenders have rarely been professional historians. Neither side have not produced an extensive or definitive literature on Hughes in proportion to other figures of a similar public stature. Whatever side the studies have taken, the assessments are still incomplete because they have not examined the entirety of Sam Hughes’ public life. To a large extent these limitations have allowed the folk image of him to persist. But Hughes had fibre and substance beyond this. Since historical figures must be explained in terms of their environment, this study tries to redress the previous imbalances by examining Hughes’ public career. It is the only way his historical significance can be explained and reasonable judgments made.

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Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

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0889201773

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9780889201774

The Records of the Department of the Interior and Research Concerning Canada's Western Frontier of Settlement

By: Irene M. Spry,Bennett McCardle,University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center

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The Records of the Department of the Interior and Research Concerning Canada's Western Frontier of Settlement

By: Irene M. Spry,Bennett McCardle,University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center

The Dept. of the Interior was in existence from 1873 to 1936.

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University of Regina Press

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0889770611

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9780889770614

The Rule of the Admirals

Law, Custom, and Naval Government in Newfoundland, 1699-1832

By: Jerry Bannister,Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

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The Rule of the Admirals

Law, Custom, and Naval Government in Newfoundland, 1699-1832

By: Jerry Bannister,Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

Jerry Bannister's The Rule of the Admirals examines governance in Newfoundland from the rule of the fishing admirals in 1699 to the establishment of representative government in 1832. It offers the first in-depth account of the rise and fall of the system of naval government that dominated the island for more than a century. In this provocative look at legal culture in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Newfoundland, Bannister explores three topics in detail: naval government in St. John's, surrogate courts in the outports, and patterns in the administration of law. He challenges the conventional view that early Newfoundland was a lawless frontier isolated from the rest of the Atlantic world, and argues that an effective system of naval government emerged to meet the needs of those in power. An original and perceptive work, Bannister's argument demands that we reconsider much of our knowledge of early Newfoundland history. As he re-examines governance prior to an elected assembly and places his analysis firmly within the material conditions of Newfoundland society, Bannister provides a groundbreaking reinterpretation of a critical period in the island's colonial development. Ultimately, The Rule of the Admirals sheds light on one of the most misunderstood chapters in Canadian and British colonial history.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802086136

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9780802086136

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The Mounted Police and Prairie Society, 1873-1919

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Lawyers and Legal Culture in British North America

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Symbols, Myths and Images of the French Revolution

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Unforeseen Legacies

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The Records of the Department of the Interior and Research Concerning Canada's Western Frontier of Settlement

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The Rule of the Admirals

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