Books written by R. Douglas Francis

Origins: Canadian History to Confederation

For a review of France's wars with the Fox see R. David Edmunds and Joseph L. Peyser , The Fox Wars : The Mesquakie Challenge to New France ( Norman : University of Oklahoma Press , 1993 ) . Marcel Fourier has made an inventory of the ...
Destinies: Canadian History Since Confederation

Middleton's column Fort Victoria Trail followed by It . Col. Ottet's taluma Trail followed by Maj . Gen. Strange's column North Saskatcher Fort Saskatchewan 25 50 75 100 Fort Edmonton wan R. 1 Miles Fort Pitt BATTLE OF FRENCHMAN'S BUTTE ...
Origins: Canadian History to Confederation

Common schools also came under greater centralized control as a result of Superintendent of Education Egerton Ryerson's efforts . By means of his Common School Act of 1846 , he established a board of education ( later the Council of ...
Destinies: Canadian History Since Confederation

Destinies and its pre-Confederation partner Origins continue their unrivalled ability to tell the story of the history of Canada by balancing different types of history while maintaining a coherent narrative that does not drown the reader ...
Destinies: Canadian History Since Confederation

Building on the success of previous editions, this text continues to reflect the dominant trends and research in Canadian history.
The Prairie West as Promised Land

I. S. MacLaren, “Cultured Wilderness in Jasper National Park,” Journal of Canadian Studies 34, no. 3 (Fall 1999): 17. 36 Daniel Francis, The Imaginary Indian: The Image of the Indian in Canadian Culture (Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, ...
Origins: Canadian History to Confederation

The text emphasizes regional developments and differences within an integrated national history. The text incorporates the latest research, and presents a balanced approach of political, economic, social and cultural history.
The Prairie West: Historical Readings

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY On the question of the West's place within Confederation , students should consult W.L. Morton's “ The West and the Nation : 1870-1973 , " in A.W. Rasporich and H.C. Klassen , eds . , Prairie Perspectives 2 ...
Readings in Canadian History: Pre-Confederation

Readings in Canadian History: Pre-Confederation
Canada and the British World: Culture, Migration, and Identity

Examining the transition from the strong belief of nineteenth-century Canadians in the British character of their country to the realities of modern multicultural Canada, this book eschews nostalgia in its endeavour to understand the ...
Rediscovering the British World

chaPter 3 indigenoUs PeoPles And iMPeriAl networks in the eArly nineteenth centUry: the Politics oF knoWleDge Elizabeth Elbourne IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD in which historical interests have become increasingly transregional, historians of ...
Readings in Canadian History

In “ Class Conflict on the Canals of Upper Canada in the 1840s , ” Labour / Le Travailleur 7 ( 1981 ) : 9–39 ... 1987 ) and David Mills ' The Idea of Loyalty in Upper Canada , 1784-1850 ( Toronto : University of Toronto Press ...
Readings in Canadian History: Pre-Confederation

Readings in Canadian History: Pre-Confederation
Canada and the British World: Culture, Migration, and Identity

In the aftermath of the Second World War, Canadian national identity underwent a transformation. Whereas Canadians once viewed themselves as British citizens, a new, independent sense of self emerged after...
Readings in Canadian History: Pre-Confederation

Readings in Canadian History: Pre-Confederation
Readings in Canadian History: Post-Confederation

Readings in Canadian History: Post-Confederation