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The Founding of Canada Beginnings to 1815
Ryerson, Stanley B. Publisher: Progress Books, Toronto, Canada Year Published: 1963 Pages: 358pp Resource Type: Book
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Table of Contents
Foreword
1: Bedrock of Canada. Beginning of life. "Labor Created Man." 2: First Dwellers in Our Land. Ancient Communal Society 3: Stone Age People of the Arctic 4: Hunters, Food-gatherers, Agriculturists 5: From Communal Society to Slave-ownership on the Pacific Coast 6: Spirits, Dreams and Totems 7: From Feudal to Capitalist Society. Colonialism and the " New World" 8: Reconnoitering the Approaches 9: A Northwest Passage? 10: The Great Fishery 11: The Fur Trade of New France 12: The Iroquois Resistance 13: "Workers and Plowmen" 14: Feudal New France 15: Seedlings of Capitalism in Canada 16: The Rulers and the Ruled 17: The English Revolution. Contest for Empire 18: Anglo-French Conflict : First Round of Wars 19: Progress and Crisis: 1713-1745 20: Cultural Achievements in New France 21: Conquest of Canada ( I ) 22: Conquest of Canada ( II) 23: Britain's New " Province of Quebec" 24: The American War for Independence 25: The Maritimes and the Revolutionary War 26: Canada and the American Revolution. Lower Canada and the French Revolution 27: Indian and Negro Slavery. The Theft of Indian Lands 28: Rise of the North West Company 29: The North Pacific. Russian and British America. 31: Imperialist Policy and Democratic Struggles in British North America. 32: Invasion of Canada 33: The Outcome of the War Postscript: A Note on Marxism and Canadian Historiography Acknowledgments Reference Notes Index
MAPS N. America: Era of Ancient Life Main Divisions, Canadian Land-Mass Distribution of Indian, Arctic Peoples Newfoundland John Davis: Exploration Western France in the 17th Century New France and the English colonies Areas of Exploration on the West Coast Invasion of the Canadas:1812-14
ILLUSTRATIONS Umiak and Rayak Eskimo Dancing Indian Women at Work Fishing for, Curing and Drying Cod The Cod Farming in 17th-18th century France French Carpenters at Work Work at a Shipyard The St. Maurice Forges Stove-making and Hardware Title-page: Du Creux Title-page: EncyclopeDie Beginning of article on CANADA
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