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This volume comprises a historical study of the Scottish urban elite of Quebec between 1780 and 1840 whose educational, religious, philanthropic, and economic institutions demonstrate a strong continuity with their homeland and resistance to cultural assimilation within...
Authors associated with seven leading museums from Atlantic Canada have contributed chapters for this volume. Each explains how history has been interpreted in his particular institution, describing the themes which are stressed and outlining the reasons for adopting...
Reprinted by popular demand, this study of Canadian spinning wheels in the collection of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, demonstrates their broad variation by period, region and manufacturer. The discussion focuses on the wheel-driven spindle but also includes the...
Focusing on the presentation of Western Canadian history to the general public, this volume compares exhibitions from the British Columbia Provincial Museum, the Vancouver Centennial Museum, the Glenbow-Alberta Institute, the Alberta Provincial Museum, the Western...
This study examines the life and work of a rural nineteenth-century Ontario cabinetmaker, Francis Jones. An appreciation of his work is gained through illustrations and discussions of his shop and furniture-making techniques.This story is typical of many...
A study of a ten-member rural sibling group, characterized by a high degree of specialization in traditional skills, which determines the factors regulating the achievement of status in a family setting. Published in English.
A selection of papers focusing on the Hungarian-Canadian community of Békévar (renamed Kipling), Saskatchewan, including discussions of Békévar folklore, family, material culture, language, and history. Published in English.
Index of the first six years of the publication of the Urban History Review/La revue d’histoire urbaine published by the History Division, National Museum of Man in association with the Urban History Committee of the Canadian Historical Association by author, subject,...
The papers included in this volume concern the different ways in which Europeans have interacted with Native peoples such as through trade, religious missions, and land use. Published in English.
The history and acquisition by the Canadian War Museum of the scale model of the town and fortifications of Quebec City as it appeared in 1808. As British North America’s most important army station, this model is a topographical artifact of Canada’s military history....
A study of thirteen Doukhobor Canadian cultural values and the circumstances of their continuity and change over time. In essence: while Doukhobor beliefs are observed by the author to be resistant to change, other aspects of their culture have been modified to conform...
This volume comprises a selection of papers and reviews concerning material culture. Bilingual Ediion.
Utilizing anecdotal, technical, and documentary data as well as historical photographs and photographs of logging and associated artifacts curated by the Museum, the author of this text offers insights into West Coast logging from the contact period to the demise of the...
A summary of the activities of the Canadian War Museum for the year 1975. Published in English.
A bibliographic reference containing over eight hundred entries pertaining to British Columbia’s late nineteenth-century domestic material history. Published in English.
Focusing on historical material culture, this volume offers a variety of both French and English papers and reviews ranging from discussions of Halifax cabinetmakers to ethnographic film, Huron ceramics, and museum curation. Bilingual Edition.
Utilizing social surveys, participant observation, interviews, life histories, oral testimony and documentary evidence, adherence to Chinese cultural traditions in Alberta is found to be inversely related to the accessibility of opportunity within the wider social...
A valuable contribution to the literature on Canadian social and women’s history...The treatment is thorough, balanced and fair...it offers many insights into modern society, and its extensive identification and clarification of sources will undoubtably assist and...
A history of Kingston, Ontario, cabinetmakers from their heyday in the early nineteenth century to their decline by the end of that century. The author discusses sources of information pertaining to these individuals, the effect of various events on their businesses,...
This checklist of Toronto cabinet and chairmakers is published as an aid to and encouragement of further studies in the field of material history. It illustrates the variety and wealth of archival sources available for research, as well as the shortcomings of such...
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