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Women, Workers, and Communities in Canadian History, 1840s-1960s

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The Dales left County Derry, Ulster to pursue a new life in the Canadas in about 1820. Here, author Nancy Dale Conroy traces the story of their journey. Having undertaken this adventure at an opportune time—when land was still up for grabs—the Dales would go on to play a foundational role in the establishment of a vibrant community at the centre of Clarendon township that would one day become ... Læs mere

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Lethal Marriage

Dominion

You Belong

History Matters

Big Isn’T Better!

Candid Eyes

At Home in Tay Valley

La besace de haine

Scapegoat - Scales of Justice Burning

Celebrating a Century of 4-H in Ontario

We Fought the Road

Oh, Oh, Canada!

Ontario Since Confederation

L'improbable victoire des Patriotes en 1837

Back To Hope

Tom Thomson

Les Machabées de la Nouvelle-France Histoire d’une famille Canadienne 1641-1768

Peasant, Lord, and Merchant

The Case of Valentine Shortis

To the Past

Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy

A Nation of Immigrants

Essays in the History of Canadian Law

From Derry to the Pontiac