Canadian History for Dummies

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A wild ride through Canadian history, fully revised and updated! This new edition of Canadian History For Dummies takes readers on a thrilling ride through Canadian history, from indigenous native cultures and early French and British settlements through Paul Martin's shaky minority government. This timely update features all the latest, up-to-the-minute findings in historical and archeological research. In his trademark irreverent style, Will Ferguson celebrates Canada's double-gold in hockey …

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Full title :Canadian History for Dummies.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2005.
Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, Wiley
Place of Publication:Somerset
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2005.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (530 pages).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780470676776, 0470676779
oclc:on1058650379
LC Classification:F1026 ǂb .F465 2005eb
Dewey Decimal:971

Canadian History For Dummies®, 2nd Edition -- Contents at a Glance -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- How This Book Is Organized -- Icons Used In This Book -- Part I: When Worlds Collide -- Chapter 1: First Nations -- Slow Collision -- People of the Longhouse -- People of the North Woods -- People of the Plains -- People of the Pacific Northwest -- Caught in Between: People of the Plateau -- People of the Far North -- Chapter 2: First Contact -- The Vikings -- The Diffusionists Are Coming! -- The Three Big C's -- The Quest for a Northwest Passage -- Rule Britannia! An Empire Founded by Fog? -- The Beothuk -- Part II: The Rise of New France (1608-1701) -- Chapter 3: The Early Years -- Life and Times of Samuel Champlain -- Black Robes -- Meanwhile, Back in Acadia . . . -- Chapter 4: Life in New France -- Of Myth and Men: The Battle of Long Sault -- A Royal Province -- Feudalism: Canadien style -- Church and State -- Chapter 5: The Fur Wars -- A Northern Shortcut -- Company of the North -- A Tale of Two Travellers -- Return of the Iroquois -- Phips and Frontenac -- Iberville the Swashbuckler -- Peace at Last? -- Part III: The Fall of New France (1701-1766) -- …

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