GOSSAGE, PETER

Families in Transition Industry and Population in Nineteenth-Century Saint

Montreal: Mcgill Queens University Press, 1999. 1st. Hardcover. ISBN: 0773518479. Studies on the History of Quebec.; 9.36 X 6.46 X 1.22 inches; 299 pages; Economic and social conditions in Saint-Hyacinthe changed dramatically in the later nineteenth century with the arrival of the railway and the emergence of manufacturing industry. In "Families in Transition" Peter Gossage shows how the rise of industrial capitalism transformed the lives of the town's French-speaking, Catholic families. Gossage uses a family-reconstitution method, drawing on local parish registers and manuscript-census schedules, to focus on marriage, household organisation, and family size in this context of social and economic change. Family formation was profoundly affected as couples adjusted to the new urban, industrial setting. Gossage demonstrates that demographic behaviour was increasingly differentiated by social class, with distinct marriage and fertility patterns emerging among bourgeois and proletarian families. Bourgeois women who married in the 1860s, for example, were already limiting family size, a crucial shift that did not occur in working-class families until almost a generation later. "Families in Transition" demonstrates the extent to which stereotypes about family life in Quebec before the Quiet Revolution need to be revisited. Far from being passive, static, uniformly prolific, and constrained by religious and cultural perspectives, Saint-Hyacinthe families responded quickly to the changing realities of the day, reinventing marriage patterns and domestic arrangements to fit the new industrial capitalism of the nineteenth century. In this sense they were truly "Families in Transition". Peter Gossage is associate professor of history and political science at Universite de Sherbrooke.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 16994

Catalogue: Canadiana::Quebec

Mots-clés: 0773518479 Sociology Quebec families Social Sciences History::Canada Social Science

GOUGH, BARRY

The Elusive Mr. Pond the Soldier, Fur Trader and Explorer Who Opened the Northwest

Madeira Park, BC: Douglas & McIntyre, 2015. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1771620390. Signed by Author; Inscribed on the half title page and signed on the title page. Map endpapers, B&W illustrations and maps. Bright solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 6.5 X 0.75 X 9.25 inches; 272 pages; "Sir Alexander Mackenzie is known to schoolchildren as a great Canadian explorer who gave his name to the country’s longest river, but hardly anyone could name the man who mentored Mackenzie and mapped much of northwestern Canada before him. Soldier, fur trader and explorer Peter Pond, the subject of this long overdue book, is a man whose legend has been forgotten in favor of those who came after him. Much of Pond’s life is shadowed in mystery. Historian Barry Gough uses Pond’s surviving memoirs, explorers’ journals, letters written by acquaintances of Pond, publications in London magazines and many other sources to track and reconstruct the life of one of the last of the tough, old-style explorers who ventured into the wilderness with little more than a strong instinct for survival and helped shape the modern world.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 20982

Catalogue: Canadiana::Exploration

Mots-clés: 1771620390 Peter pond alexander mackenzie History::Canada EXPLORATION

GOULD, ED

Bridging the Gulf: A Hilarious Look at Life in the Gulf Islands

Saanichton, BC: Hancock House, 1975. Revised Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0919654355. Card covers show shelf wear, sun-faded on spine edge. Gift inscription written inside front card cover. ; A tight solid book. Illustrated with B&W cartoons ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 102 pages. Very Good .

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N° du livre: 21786

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Mots-clés: 0919654355 gulf islands History::Canada HUMOR

GOULD, ED

The Lighthouse Philosopher

Saanichton, BC: Hancock House Publishers, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0919654681. B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 262 pages; Light wear, short tear, crease base of spine, light scuffing. Dust jacket in Mylar, a tight bright book. "This book tells the story of a man's rise from the London slums, the adventures of a very young man entrusted with the difficult and dangerous task of building lighthouses in England, Africa, and all the along the coast of China. He predicted the fall of China to Communism. This book is also a book of amusing anecdotes about characters who flitted through his life. The author spent over 300 hours interviewing Bill Scott.". Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 6729

Catalogue: Canadiana

Mots-clés: 0919654681 Lighthouse British Columbia 0919654681 Canadiana Bill Scott History::Canada

GOULD, ED

Ralph Edwards of Lonesome Lake

Saanichton, BC: Hancock House, 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0919654746. DJ has some shelf wear present, with short tears and light chipping. ; A bright solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W and colour illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 296 pages; This is an oral history narrated by Edwards and written by Gould. This is the first of a trilogy of books about and by Edwards family members. It is the amazing story of a man who lived a self dependent life in the wilderness of British Columbia, learned to fly at 65 and became a commercial fisherman at 70. Edwards is best known for his efforts to preserve the wild life of northern British Columbia. Lonesome Lake became a wildlife refuge which after his death was tended by his son John. Unfortunately in 2004 wildfires destroyed the buildings at this remote outpost. "Often called The Crusoe of Lonesome Lake, because of a best-selling book written by the American journalist Leland Stowe, Edwards has gone on to live at least one more life and reveals himself to be a pioneer of a breed that no longer exists. Best known for his almost single-handed rescue of the trumpeter swans from extinction in North America, Edwards now related in his own words other aspects of his long, varied life, including experience with his missionary parents in India, as a telegraph operator under fire in World War I and his eventual return to Lonesome Lake.". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 18786

Catalogue: Canadiana::Natural History

Mots-clés: 0919654746 trumpeter swans lonesome lake

GOULD, ED

Ralph Edwards of Lonesome Lake

Saanichton, BC: Hancock House Publishers Ltd, 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0919654746. Some chipping of DJ with short tears with some loss to base of fore edge. Light wear to book with gift notation on front free end paper ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. B&W and colour photos. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 296 pages; This is an oral history narrated by Edwards and written by Gould. This is the first of a trilogy of books about and by Edwards family members. It is the amazing story of a man who lived a self dependent life in the wilderness of British Columbia, learned to fly at 65 and became a commercial fisherman at 70. Edwards is best known for his efforts to preserve the wild life of northern British Columbia. Lonesome Lake became a wildlife refuge which after his death was tended by his son John. Unfortunately in 2004 wildfires destroyed the buildings at this remote outpost. "Often called The Crusoe of Lonesome Lake, because of a best-selling book written by the American journalist Leland Stowe, Edwards has gone on to live at least one more life and reveals himself to be a pioneer of a breed that no longer exists. Best known for his almost single-handed rescue of the trumpeter swans from extinction in North America, Edwards now related in his own words other aspects of his long, varied life, including experience with his missionary parents in India, as a telegraph operator under fire in World War I and his eventual return to Lonesome Lake.". Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 21626

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Mots-clés: 0919654746 lonesome lake swans History::Canada Biographies & Memoirs Natural History::Birds

GRAY, CHARLOTTE

Canada a Portrait in Letters, 1800

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0385658745. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, front board has small top corner bump.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 9.3 X 6.8 X 1.5 inches; 536 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 20452

Catalogue: Canadiana

Mots-clés: 0385658745 History::Canada

GRAY, CHARLOTTE

The Promise of Canada: 150 Years-

Toronto: Simon & Schuster, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1476784671. Light edge wear to dustjacket; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 378 pages; "On the eve of Canada’s sesquicentennial celebrations comes a richly rewarding new book from acclaimed historian Charlotte Gray about what it means to be Canadian. Readers already know Gray as an award-winning biographer, a writer who has brilliantly captured significant individuals and dramatic moments in our history. Now, in The Promise of Canada, she weaves together masterful portraits of nine influential Canadians, creating a unique history of the country over the past 150 years.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 21632

Catalogue: Canadiana

Mots-clés: 1476784671 Canada History::Canada

GREEN, BOB

Eavesdroppings Stories from Small Towns When Sin Was Fun

Toronto: Dundurn, 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. ISBN: 1550026291. Signed by Author; Only slight wear to card covers; Signed by the author on the front fly leaf. A bright, solid book.; 8.82 X 5.98 X 0.55 inches; 200 pages; "Eavesdroppings recounts life in the small towns of Ontario before sin arrived on the Internet - a time when churches were never locked and parents, not wishing to be disturbed while they listened to the radio, shooed their children out to play in the dark, unguarded streets without fear. Here you'll find comedy, outrage, and tragedy but no disguise. Included are actual events and the names of all persons involved.The author tracks the quaint immorality of smalltown sin in the 1930s and its evolution from full-frontal bingo in the churches to the current degeneracy of nude women wrestling men in vats of Jell-O in licensed nightclubs, but he never moralizes. Indeed, he provides no uplifting messages at all - just gossip, which, as Oscar Wilde said, "is what history is all about and more fun.". Near Fine .

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N° du livre: 16790

Catalogue: Canadiana::Ontario

Mots-clés: 1550026291 Ontario Small town life sin History::Canada Biographies & Memoirs

GREENE, JOHN, MARC LAPPRAND, GERALD MOREAU, GERALD RICARD

French Presence in Victoria, B.C.

Victoria, BC: L'Association Historique Francophone De Victoria, C. B, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0969250444. Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, B&W illustrations, Fold out map ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 200 pages. Very Good+ .

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N° du livre: 20396

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Community History

Mots-clés: 0969250444 Francophone Victoria BC History::Canada Community History

GREENWOOD, F. MURRAY

Legacies of Fear: Law and Politics in Quebec in the Era of the French Revolution

Toronto: The Osgoode Society, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0802005438. DJ and boards show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 359 pages; "Greenwood re-creates a Quebec in which trust between French and English Canadians was an early casualty of the execution of Louis XVI and the descent of the French Revolution through terror into war. Fearing invasion, the English community, through the law officers of the crown, drafted draconian legislation and established an efficient counter-intelligence service. Lower Canada in these years was a hotbed of spies and counter-intelligence, highlighted by the trial for high treason of an American undercover agent for revolutionary France. Placing the legal history of Quebec in the foreground of these dangerous and dramatic events, Greenwood reveals this period as a turning point that altered not only French-English relations but Canada's legal and constitutional inheritance.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 21435

Catalogue: Canadiana::Quebec

Mots-clés: 0802005438 Quebec law Politics Louis XVI French Revolution History::Canada LAW Political Science

GRENFELL, WILFRED T.

Off the Rocks Stories of the Deep

Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times Co, 1906. First US Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated dark blue cloth covered boards with light shelf wear present, corners lightly bumped. Titles worn off spine. Previous owner's name on back of frontispiece.; A tight solid book. Front board stamped in white and light blue with design of a ship off the coast. Introduction by Henry van Dyke. This is the US edition published the same year. ; B&W Photographs; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 248 pages; "The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen sent Grenfell to Newfoundland in 1892 to improve the plight of coastal inhabitants and fishermen. That mission began in earnest in 1892 when he recruited two nurses and two doctors for hospitals at Indian Harbour, Newfoundland and later opened cottage hospitals along the coast of Labrador. The mission expanded greatly from its initial mandate to one of developing schools, an orphanage, cooperatives, industrial work projects, and social work. Although founded to serve the local area, the mission developed to include the aboriginal peoples and settlers along the coasts of Labrador and the eastern side of the Great Northern Peninsula of northern Newfoundland." (wikipedia). Very Good with no dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 18653

Catalogue: Canadiana::Newfoundland/ Labrador

Mots-clés: Fishing Labrador Newfoundland History::Canada Fisheries

GZOWSKI, PETER

The Morningside Years (with Cd)

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771037066. Signed by Author; Light edge wear, remainder mark bottom page edges ; Signed by Gzowski on title page, CD envelope unopened, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped, bright, solid book ; B&W Photographs; 1.5 x 10 x 6.5 Inches; 335 pages; The Morningside Years captures the best of fifteen years of the whole program. While there will, of course, be a selection of letters, recipes and stories sent to the program by listeners, The Morningside Years features the program itself -- and the most memorable items from its entire time on the air. Interviews with Canada's finest authors.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 12478

Catalogue: Canadiana

Mots-clés: 0771037066 Interviews LITERATURE atwood, davies, margaret laurence Canada History::Canada

HACKING, NORMAN R.

Captain William Moore: B.C. 's Amazing Frontiersman

Surrey, BC: Heritage House Publishing, 1993. Paperback. ISBN: 1895811023. Only slight wear ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 64 pages; "William Moore (5 June 1825 – 29 March 1909) was a steamship captain, businessman, miner and explorer in British Columbia and Alaska. During most of British Columbia's gold rushes Moore could be found at the center of activity, either providing transportation to the miners, working claims or delivering mail and supplies. In 1887, guided by First Nation's explorer Skookum Jim (who later co-discovered the Klondike Goldfields), Moore was guided through the White Pass route that would become a famous route to the Klondike Gold Rush and purchased the land that later became the famous gold rush town of Skagway. Throughout his 83 years, he would father five sons and four daughters and make and lose at least three separate fortunes. His friends and rivals would give him many nicknames, among them, "Buddy" and "The Flying Dutchman".". Very Good+ .

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N° du livre: 21734

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Mots-clés: 1895811023 paddlewheelers Gold Rush skagway Steamboat History::Canada Mining MARITIME

HAGEN, JUDY

Comox Valley Memories: Reminiscences of Early Life in Central Vancouver Island

Courtenay and District Museum & Historical Society, 1993. Paperback. Signed by Author; Short tear bottom front cover, light edge wear to white card covers ; Signed by author on half-title page ; Trade PB; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 95 pages. Very Good .

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N° du livre: 15954

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Community History

Mots-clés: comox valley Vancouver Island Courtenay History::Canada