The Pelican History of Canada
by McNaught, Kenneth
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0140210830
- ISBN 13
- 9780140210835
- Seller
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About This Item
Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1973. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Paperback in Good + Condition. White wraps with red oak leaf and green titles is clean, light wear to corners, spine creased, rear cover is creased. Glued binding tight and solid. Former owner name on first page. Pages toned, quite clean and unmarked, no underlining, no highlighting. The author traces Canadian history from the earliest European expeditions looking for fish and fur, right up to the 1970s and the premiership of Pierre Trudeau. Canada was shaped, like America, by waves of immigration and the challenge of the frontier, but they developed in very different ways. Professor McNaught isolates those characteristics that are distinctively Canadian and shows how they evolved historically. 336 pages with maps and index. 4.4 x 7.2 inches. First published 1969. This is a1973 Printing. Penguin Books, Middlesex, England
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025233
- Title
- The Pelican History of Canada
- Author
- McNaught, Kenneth
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0140210830
- ISBN 13
- 9780140210835
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- Middlesex, England
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 12mo - over 6?" - 7?"
- Keywords
- FRONTIER FUR TRADE IMMIGRATION IMPERIAL CONFERENCES MARITIMES MONTREAL QUEBEC NEWFOUNDLAND NATIONALISM TARIFFS ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE
- X weight
- 0 oz
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