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Canada: A People's History Volume 1 by Cbc

How can we know where we're going if we don't know where we are coming from? This question applies as much to nations as it does to travellers, and it rings especially loudly in the ears of Canadians. Canada: A People's History doesn't tell us where we are going, but it shows us where we have come from
This richly illustrated book, the first of two volumes, tells the epic story of Canada from its earliest days to the arrival of the industrial age in the 1870s. Here is the story of the people who created this vast nation. The courageous explorers who tracked the vast wilderness; the adventurous settlers, many of them exiles from their homelands; the native peoples, crucial allies in the Europeans' wars for possession of this land; the visionary politicians, and the shortsighted ones; but most of all the ordinary people who rose to the extraordinary challenge of building Canada. These people are all given voice here, their stories blending with accounts of the major events of the day.

This is the story of Canada for the new millennium, one that draws on solid scholarship and presents the human drama and excitement of days gone by, one that makes past times memorable.

From the Hardcover edition.
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ISBN 13 9780771033247
ISBN 10 0771033249
Title Canada: A People's History Volume 1
Author Cbc
Series Canada: A People's History
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.
Year published 2002-10-01
Number of pages 320
Prizes Winner of Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award - Non-fiction Book of the Year 2001
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.