National Dreams : Myth, Memory, and Canadian History 9781551523309, 9781551520438

As Canadians, we remember the stories told to us in high-school history class as condensed images of the past--the glori

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National Dreams : Myth, Memory, and Canadian History
9781551523309, 9781551520438

An exploration of the way history, meaning, and memory have interacted in the process of transforming Harriet Tubman int

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Making National News makes a substantial and original contribution to our understanding of journalism as a phenomenon th

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In Living with War, Robert Teigrob examines how war is experienced and remembered on both sides of the 49th parallel.

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In Living with War, Robert Teigrob examines how war is experienced and remembered on both sides of the 49th parallel.

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The 1910 Revolution is still tangibly present in Mexico in the festivals that celebrate its victories, on the monuments

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The First World War, with its mud and the slaughter of the trenches, is often taken as the ultimate example of the futil

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Where will the next generation of farmers come from? What will their farms look like? Fields of Learning: The Student Fa

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a a aUlysses S. Grant once remarked that the Battle of Shiloh OC has been perhaps less understood, or, to state the case

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How have the goddesses of ancient myth survived, prevalent even now as literary and cultural icons? How do allegory, sym

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In 73 A.D., legend has it, 960 Jewish rebels under siege in the ancient desert fortress of Masada committed suicide rath

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