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The Meta Incognita Project was initiated to cast new light on the Arctic voyages of Martin Frobisher and their significance for the histories of North America and Britain. Although the Elizabethan venture failed to discover a northwest passage to mines and precious...
Diaries, a book of remedies and recipes, and descriptions of the house and possessions of Eliza Cox Carter illuminate the life and times of a woman who was simultaneously a sea captain’s wife, a New Brunswick homemaker, and an unlicensed healer. These writings recorded...
Separated from its origins in the Old World, east Christian iconography in Canada has come to enjoy a popular following from coast to coast. With its fourteen chapters the present volume documents this living tradition from a variety of perspectives to offer the first...
The centenary of Doukhobor settlement in Canada (1899-1999) marks a unique chapter in the story of this country and its peoples. Twenty-six contributors from Canada, Russia, Japan and the United States offer important insights into the legacy of the Doukhobors with...
What was it like for young immigrant girls growing up in the lumber camps and mining towns of northern Ontario in the 1920s? How did teenagers in Canada cope with the Great Depression of the “Dirty Thirties”?What did young women on the home front do during World War II...
The authors of this volume attempt to describe the relationship between history as a field of study and museums as vehicles for the presentation of historical discourse.The development of history museums, the way in which exhibits are created, the manner in which...
This detailed examination of wooden shipbuilding on Prince Edward Island traces the industry’s cycles of prosperity and decline, and describes the types of vessels built, production profiles and market orientation. Accounts of shipbuilding at the community level reveal...
Martin Frobisher led three voyages to the Canadian Arctic between 1576 and 1578. He initially sought the Northwest Passage to Cathay, but his voyages became Canada’s first “gold rush” when gold was reported after his first trip. Sadly, the Arctic ore proved worthless,...
The Meta Incognita Project investigates Martin Frobisher’s Arctic expeditions of 1576-1578 (which included the first English attempt to establish a colony in Canada and mine its mineral resources) and their effects on the culture of the Inuit he encountered. This report...
This volume portrays aspects of Canadian social history through the presentation of artifacts from the exhibition “A Coat of Many Colours: Two Centuries of Jewish Life in Canada”. The experiences of Jewish Canadians as recorded in the artifact labels poignantly...
These oral histories, collected by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon from the Pacific Northwest reflect the Tsimshian relationship with the environment, their understanding of the spiritual universe and their interpretation of the physical world. Published in English.
This book provides a synthesis of social, demographic and economic change in Quebec City during the British regime, a period which saw the former French capital transformed into an English city with all the problems associated with rapidly growing urban centres....
This volume consists of a general inventory of Marius Barbeau’s Northwest Coast Files and related material from the Barbeau collection. Published in English.
Comparing Jacques Cartier’s Voyages with the fictional explorations of Rabelais’ Pantagruel, Marius Barbeau is able to demonstrate that it is the latter work which most influenced perceptions of the Americas at the French court of François I. Published in English.
This volume contains biographies of over four hundred architects, artisans and builders who worked in Quebec during the first three centuries of the town’s existence. Detailed descriptions of their works, as well as numerous illustrations, help paint a broad picture of...
This book provides a brief but sweeping treatment of the history of resource use in Canada. Subjects discussed include attitudes of the Native peoples and the colonists towards the environment, exploration, fishing, the fur trade, the timber industry, mining,...
This volume examines glass manufacturing in Canada through individual company histories and includes a survey of pressed glass patterns in the National Museum of Man collections. Published in English.
Based on fieldwork conducted in 1978 and 1979, this study deals with the living tradition of building inshore fishing boats. It attempts to describe the dynamics and functions of boat building within the context of the community’s social, economic and natural...
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