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Boundless Optimism

Richard McBride's British Columbia

By: Patricia E. Roy

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Boundless Optimism

Richard McBride's British Columbia

By: Patricia E. Roy

Devout imperialist, loyal Canadian, and dedicated British Columbian, Richard McBride served as British Columbia's premier from 1903 to 1915. During this period of great economic growth, McBride brought order to the legislature, encouraged the development of natural resources by facilitating new railways, championed the province in its quarrels with Ottawa, and promoted Canada’s links with the British Empire. His vision of a modern, industrialized, and wealthy province helped shape its institutions and its place in the British world. Boundless Optimism brings McBride’s political career into focus, chronicling his many accomplishments and putting his activities into historical context without neglecting the downsides of optimism.

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UBC Press

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0774823909

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The Oriental Question

Consolidating a White Man's Province, 1914-41

By: Patricia E. Roy

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The Oriental Question

Consolidating a White Man's Province, 1914-41

By: Patricia E. Roy

Patricia E. Roy is the winner of the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award, Canadian Historical Association. Patricia Roy's latest book, The Oriental Question, continues her study into why British Columbians -- and many Canadians from outside the province -- were historically so opposed to Asian immigration. Drawing on contemporary press and government reports and individual correspondence and memoirs, Roy shows how British Columbians consolidated a "white man's province" from 1914 to 1941 by securing a virtual end to Asian immigration and placing stringent legal restrictions on Asian competition in the major industries of lumber and fishing. While its emphasis is on political action and politicians, the book also examines the popular pressure for such practices and gives some attention to the reactions of those most affected: the province's Chinese and Japanese residents. It is a critical investigation of a troubling period in Canadian history.

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UBC Press

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0774840226

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9780774840224

Changes in Censuses from Imperialist to Welfare States

How Societies and States Count

By: Rebecca Jean Emigh,Dylan Riley,Patricia Ahmed

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Changes in Censuses from Imperialist to Welfare States

How Societies and States Count

By: Rebecca Jean Emigh,Dylan Riley,Patricia Ahmed

Changes in Censuses from Imperialist to Welfare States , the second of two volumes, uses historical and comparative methods to analyze censuses or census-like information in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Italy, starting in England over one-thousand years ago.

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Springer

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113748506X

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9781137485069

The Computational Brain, 25th Anniversary Edition

By: Patricia S. Churchland,Terrence J. Sejnowski

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The Computational Brain, 25th Anniversary Edition

By: Patricia S. Churchland,Terrence J. Sejnowski

An anniversary edition of the classic work that influenced a generation of neuroscientists and cognitive neuroscientists. Before The Computational Brain was published in 1992, conceptual frameworks for brain function were based on the behavior of single neurons, applied globally. In The Computational Brain, Patricia Churchland and Terrence Sejnowski developed a different conceptual framework, based on large populations of neurons. They did this by showing that patterns of activities among the units in trained artificial neural network models had properties that resembled those recorded from populations of neurons recorded one at a time. It is one of the first books to bring together computational concepts and behavioral data within a neurobiological framework. Aimed at a broad audience of neuroscientists, computer scientists, cognitive scientists, and philosophers, The Computational Brain is written for both expert and novice. This anniversary edition offers a new preface by the authors that puts the book in the context of current research. This approach influenced a generation of researchers. Even today, when neuroscientists can routinely record from hundreds of neurons using optics rather than electricity, and the 2013 White House BRAIN initiative heralded a new era in innovative neurotechnologies, the main message of The Computational Brain is still relevant.

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MIT Press

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0262533391

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9780262533393

The New Television Handbook

By: Jonathan Bignell,Jeremy Orlebar,Patricia Holland

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The New Television Handbook

By: Jonathan Bignell,Jeremy Orlebar,Patricia Holland

The New Television Handbook provides an exploration of the theory and practice of television at a time when the medium is undergoing radical changes. The book looks at television from the perspective of someone new to the industry, and explores the place of the medium within a constantly changing digital landscape. This title discusses key skills involved in television production, including: producing, production management, directing, camera, sound, editing and visual effects. Each of these activities is placed within a wider context as it traces the production process from commissioning to post-production. The book outlines the broad political and economic context of the television industry. It gives an account of television genres, in particular narrative, factual programmes and news, and it considers the academic discipline of media studies and the ways in which theorists have analysed and tried to understand the medium. It points to the interplay of theory and practice as it draws on the history of the medium and observes the ways in which the past continues to influence and invigorate the present. The New Television Handbook includes: contributions from practitioners ranging from established producers to new entrants; a comprehensive list of key texts and television programmes; a revised glossary of specialist terms; a section on training and ways of getting into the industry. By combining theory, real-world advice and a detailed overview of the industry and its history, The New Television Handbook is an ideal guide for students of media and television studies and young professionals entering the television industry.

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Taylor & Francis

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1317532147

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9781317532149

Wild Things

Nature, Culture, and Tourism in Ontario, 1790-1914

By: Patricia Jasen

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Wild Things

Nature, Culture, and Tourism in Ontario, 1790-1914

By: Patricia Jasen

Europeans in the nineteenth century were fascinated with the wild and the primitive. So compelling was the craving for a first-hand experience of wilderness that it provided a lasting foundation for tourism as a consumer industry. In this book, Patricia Jasen shows how the region now known as Ontario held special appeal for tourists seeking to indulge a passion for wild country or act out their fantasies of primitive life. Niagara Falls, the Thousand Islands, Muskoka, and the far reaches of Lake Superior all offered the experiences tourists valued most: the tranquil pleasures of the picturesque, the excitement of the sublime, and the sensations of nostalgia associated with Canada's disappearing wilderness. Jasen situates her work within the context of recent writings about tourism history and the semiotics of tourism, about landscape perception and images of `wildness' and `wilderness, ' and about the travel narrative as a literary genre. She explores a number of major themes, including the imperialistic appropriation and commercialization of landscape into tourist images, services, and souvenirs. In a study of class, gender, and race, Jasen finds that by the end of the century, most workers still had little opportunity for travel, while the middle classes had come to regard holidays as a right and a duty in light of Social Darwinist concerns about preserving the health of the `race.' Women travellers have been disregarded or marginalized in many studies of the history of tourism, but this book makes their presence known and analyses their experience. It also examines, against the backdrop of nineteenth-century racism and expansionism, the major role played by Native people in the tourist industry. The first book to explore the cultural foundations of tourism in Ontario, Wild Things also makes a major contribution to the literature on the wilderness ideal in North America.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802076386

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9780802076380

Handbook of Training Evaluation and Measurement Methods

By: Jack J. Phillips,Patricia Pulliam Phillips

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Handbook of Training Evaluation and Measurement Methods

By: Jack J. Phillips,Patricia Pulliam Phillips

Today’s economic climate means that anyone involved in training and development must be able to measure its effect on business performance. With a focus on costs, benefits, and return on investment, this book provides a comprehensive reference for those who are learning about or implementing an evaluation system. This new edition is fully revised and updated to reflect current developments, with step-by-step guidance on a range of vital topics, including: Developing a results-based approach to HRD Evaluation design Data collection and measuring success Calculating program costs and ROI Increasing management support for HRD programs. With end-of-chapter discussion questions and an accompanying online Instructor Guide, this fourth edition provides sound theory and practical solutions. The Handbook of Training Evaluation and Measurement Methods is a complete and detailed reference guide suitable for HRD professionals and students in advanced courses in HRD, training evaluation, and program evaluation.

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Routledge

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1317632559

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9781317632559

The Reference Realist in Library Academia

By: Patricia Gebhard

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The Reference Realist in Library Academia

By: Patricia Gebhard

Part I examines direct assistance in the library. Part II covers support for the reference desk, such as alternative provisions of service and reference manuals. In Part III, collection activities, instruction, publications, exhibits, and other reference activities are explored. Part IV takes a close look at departmental and library responsibilities.

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McFarland

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0786402377

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9780786402373

The Computational Brain

By: Patricia Smith Churchland,Terrence Joseph Sejnowski

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The Computational Brain

By: Patricia Smith Churchland,Terrence Joseph Sejnowski

The Computational Brain addresses a broad audience: neuroscientists, computer scientists, cognitive scientists, and philosophers. It is written for both the expert and novice. A basic overview of neuroscience and computational theory is provided, followed by a study of some of the most recent and sophisticated modeling work in the context of relevant neurobiological research. Technical terms are clearly explained in the text, and definitions are provided in an extensive glossary. The appendix contains a précis of neurobiological techniques."--Jacket.

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MIT Press

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0262531208

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9780262531207

The Triumph of Citizenship

The Japanese and Chinese in Canada, 1941-67

By: Patricia E. Roy

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The Triumph of Citizenship

The Japanese and Chinese in Canada, 1941-67

By: Patricia E. Roy

Patricia E. Roy is the winner of the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award, Canadian Historical Association. Patricia E. Roy examines the climax of antipathy to Asians in Canada: the removal of all Japanese Canadians from the BC coast in 1942. Canada ignored the rights of Japanese Canadians and placed strict limits on Chinese immigration. In response, Japanese Canadians and their supporters in the human rights movement managed to halt "repatriation" to Japan, and Chinese Canadians successfully lobbied for the same rights as other Canadians to sponsor immigrants. The final triumph of citizenship came in 1967, when immigration regulations were overhauled and the last remnants of discrimination removed.

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UBC Press

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0774840757

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9780774840750

A White Man's Province

British Columbia Politicians and Chinese and Japanese Immigrants, 1858-1914

By: Patricia Roy

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A White Man's Province

British Columbia Politicians and Chinese and Japanese Immigrants, 1858-1914

By: Patricia Roy

We are not strong enough to assimilate races so alien from us in their habits … We are afraid they will swamp our civilization as such. " -- Nanaimo Free Press, 1914 A White Man's Province examines how British Columbians changed their attitudes towards Asian immigrants from one of toleration in colonial times to vigorous hostility by the turn of the century and describes how politicians responded to popular cries to halt Asian immigration and restrict Asian activities in the province. White workingmen objected to Asian sojourning habits, to their low living standards and wages, and to their competition for jobs in specific industries. Because employers and politicians initially supported Asian immigrants, early manifestations of antipathy often appeared just as another dispute between capital and labour. But as their number increased, complaints about Asians became widespread, and racial characteristics became the nucleus of such terms as a 'white man's province' -- a 'catch phrase' which, as Roy notes, 'covered a wide variety of fears and transcended particular economic interests.' The Chinese were the chief targets of hostility in the nineteenth century; by the twentieth, the Japanese, more economically ambitious and backed by a powerful mother country, appeared more threatening. After Asian disenfranchisement in the 1870s, provincial politicians, freed from worry about the Asian vote, fueled and exploited public prejudices. The Asian question also became a rallying cry for provincial rights when Ottawa disallowed anti-Asian legislation. Although federal leaders such as John A. Macdonald and Wilfrid Laurier shared a desire to keep Canada a 'white man's country,' they followed a policy of restraint in view of imperial concerns. The belief that whites should be superior, as Roy points out, was then common throughout the Western world. Many of the arguments used in British Columbia were influenced by anti-Asian sentiments and legislation emanating from California, and from Australia and other British colonies. Drawing on almost every newspaper and magazine report published in the province before 1914, and on government records and private manuscripts, Roy has produced a revealing historical account of the complex basis of racism in British Columbia and of the contribution made to the province in these early years by its Chinese and Japanese residents.

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UBC Press

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0774803738

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9780774803731

Fort Chipewyan and the Shaping of Canadian History, 1788-1920s

"We like to be free in this country"

By: Patricia A. McCormack

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Fort Chipewyan and the Shaping of Canadian History, 1788-1920s

"We like to be free in this country"

By: Patricia A. McCormack

The story of the expansion of civilization into the wilderness continues to shape perceptions of how Aboriginal people became part of nations such as Canada. Patricia McCormack subverts this narrative of modernity by examining nation building from the perspective of a northern community and its residents. Fort Chipewyan, she argues, was never an isolated Aboriginal community but a plural society at the crossroads of global, national, and local forces. By tracing the events that led its Aboriginal residents to sign Treaty No. 8 and their struggle to maintain autonomy thereafter, this groundbreaking study shows that Aboriginal peoples and others can and have become modern without relinquishing cherished beliefs and practices.

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UBC Press

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0774859652

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9780774859653

School Library Storytime

Just the Basics

By: Brenda S. Copeland,Patricia A. Messner

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School Library Storytime

Just the Basics

By: Brenda S. Copeland,Patricia A. Messner

This book is an invaluable resource for school library aides who conduct storytime activities, providing everything from instruction on how to read to children to a week-by-week read aloud curriculum for the entire school year. School Library Storytime: Just the Basics is the perfect resource for library aides, paraprofessionals, or other library staff who conduct storytime in a school library media center. It provides all of the essential information, materials, and step-by-step guidance needed to facilitate these all-important events for children in kindergarten through second grade, allowing library staff without previous training or experience to get started with confidence. The fifth title in the highly regarded Just the Basics series, this book starts with an introduction, followed by explanations of how to read aloud and tips for managing and working with children in the primary grades. The authors suggest specific picture books that tie into school year-based themes and supply materials that can be used as listed or easily modified to meet the individual library's needs. Event-specific lessons are supplied for many weeks within the school year, making this title one that educators will rely on for storytime ideas from September through May.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1610692039

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9781610692038

Picturing Childhood

The Myth of the Child in Popular Imagery

By: Patricia Holland

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Picturing Childhood

The Myth of the Child in Popular Imagery

By: Patricia Holland

Whether controversial or taken for granted, pictures of children are everywhere - in magazines, newspapers and advertisements, on greetings cards and the Internet. "Picturing Childhood" demonstrates how these familiar images reveal a view of childhood which is constantly changing. With debates over children's rights in the 1970s, child sexual abuse in the 1980s, violent children in the 1990s and precocity and consumerism in the 2000s, the traditional image of childhood innocence survives only as a form of kitsch. Using images from a wide variety of sources, this text considers the popular imagery in relation to news, education, welfare, charity and consumerism and asks what implications does all this have for the ways in which children themselves are treated?

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085771564X

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9780857715647

Collected Books

The Guide to Identification and Values

By: Allen Ahearn,Patricia Ahearn

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Collected Books

The Guide to Identification and Values

By: Allen Ahearn,Patricia Ahearn

An introduction to and advice on book collecting with a glossary of terms and tips on how to identify first editions and estimated values for over 20,000 collectible books published in English (including translations) over the last three centuries-about half are literary titles in the broadest sense (novels, poetry, plays, mysteries, science fiction, and children's books); and the other half are non-fiction (Americana, travel and exploration, finance, cookbooks, color plate, medicine, science, photography, Mormonism, sports, et al).

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eBookIt.com

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1883060141

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9781883060145

Divided

Populism, Polarization and Power in the New Saskatchewan

By: JoAnn Jaffe,Patricia W. Elliott

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Divided

Populism, Polarization and Power in the New Saskatchewan

By: JoAnn Jaffe,Patricia W. Elliott

Divided looks at the last fifteen years in Saskatchewan, during which time the Saskatchewan Party government sought to reforge the province’s image into the New Saskatchewan: brash, materialistic, highly competitive and aggressively partisan. In the process, a climate of polarization and hyper-partisanship swept the province into a near-perpetual state of anger and social division. These actions are not without consequences. In Divided, diverse voices describe the impact on their lives and communities when simmering wedge issues burst open on social media and in public spaces. The collection dives deep into the long set-up to this moment, from the colonial past to the four decades of neoliberal economics that have widened social and economic gaps across all sectors. Divided positions Saskatchewan as a fascinating case study of the global trends of division and provides testament to the resiliency of a vision of social solidarity against all odds.

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Fernwood Publishing

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1773634968

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Boundless Optimism

Boundless Optimism

The Oriental Question

The Oriental Question

Changes in Censuses from Imperialist to Welfare States

Changes in Censuses from Imperialist to Welfare States

The Computational Brain, 25th Anniversary Edition

The Computational Brain, 25th Anniversary Edition

The New Television Handbook

The New Television Handbook

Wild Things

Wild Things

Handbook of Training Evaluation and Measurement Methods

Handbook of Training Evaluation and Measurement Methods

The Reference Realist in Library Academia

The Reference Realist in Library Academia

The Computational Brain

The Computational Brain

The Triumph of Citizenship

The Triumph of Citizenship

A White Man's Province

A White Man's Province

Fort Chipewyan and the Shaping of Canadian History, 1788-1920s

Fort Chipewyan and the Shaping of Canadian History, 1788-1920s

School Library Storytime

School Library Storytime

Picturing Childhood

Picturing Childhood

Collected Books

Collected Books

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