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Total Pages : 636 pages
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Download or read book Canadiana written by and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Estée Fresco
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0228015154
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Red Mitten Nationalism written by Estée Fresco and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2022-12-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Canada hosted the 1976 Montreal Olympics, few Canadian spectators waved flags in the stands. By 2010, in the run-up to the Vancouver Olympics, thousands of Canadians wore red mittens with white maple leaves on the palms. In doing so, they turned their hands into miniature flags that flew with even a casual wave. Red Mitten Nationalism investigates this shift in Canadians’ displays of patriotism by exploring how common understandings of Canadian history and identity are shaped at the intersection of sport, commercialism, and nationalism. Through case studies of recent Canadian-hosted Olympic and Commonwealth Games, Estée Fresco argues that representations of Indigenous Peoples’ cultures are central to the way everyday Canadians, corporations, and sport organizations remember the past and understand the present. Corporate sponsors and games organizers highlight selective ideas about the nation’s identity, and unacknowledged truths about the history and persistence of Settler colonialism in Canada haunt the commercial and cultural features of these sporting events. Commodities that represent the nation – from disposable trinkets to carefully curated objects of nostalgia – are not uncomplicated symbols of national pride, but rather reminders that Canada is built on Indigenous land and Settlers profit from its natural resources. Red Mitten Nationalism challenges readers to re-evaluate how Canadians use sport and commercial practices to express their patriotism and to understand the impact of this expression on the current state of Indigenous-Settler relations.
Author : Library of Congress
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Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frances M. Woodward
Publisher : The Society
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Total Pages : 600 pages
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Download or read book Vancouver Centennial Bibliography written by Frances M. Woodward and published by The Society. This book was released on 1986 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Provincial Archives of British Columbia. Library
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Total Pages : 732 pages
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Download or read book Dictionary Catalogue of the Library of the Provincial Archives of British Columbia, Victoria written by Provincial Archives of British Columbia. Library and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jason Beck
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ISBN 13 : 9781987915006
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The Miracle Mile written by Jason Beck and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver changed both the city and world sport forever. The Games will always be remembered for the "Miracle Mile," the much-anticipated showdown between the first two men to break the four-minute barrier, England's Roger Bannister and Australia's John Landy. But as the press focused the world's attention on Vancouver, and Bannister outpaced Landy in the stretch, fate found an even more dramatic story that seared itself into the memories of all who saw it. England's Jim Peters, the world-record holder in the marathon, entered Empire Stadium at the end of a brutal twenty-six-mile run, collapsing repeatedly before a medic stopped him two hundred yards from the finish line. These two stories brought the Games to a stirring conclusion on its final day - Saturday, August 7, 1954 - but there were many other extraordinary moments throughout the events. A group of novice UBC rowers pulled off the biggest upset in Games history on the Fraser Valley's Vedder Canal. Australia's Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, the fastest woman in history, blasted down the track one final time to remain undefeated in international competition, an unprecedented accomplishment before and since. Emmanuel Ifeajuna, a little-known high jumper from Nigeria, surprised the world when he won Africa's first-ever international gold medal. He later masterminded a bloody coup that plunged his nation into devastating civil war. Every single day offered up unbelievable tales of glory and grief. As one 1954 billboard boldly proclaimed, the Games were "a week you'll remember a lifetime "
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Total Pages : 672 pages
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Download or read book The National Union Catalogs, 1963- written by and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chuck Davis
Publisher : J.J. Douglas
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Vancouver Book written by Chuck Davis and published by J.J. Douglas. This book was released on 1976 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 668 pages
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Download or read book The World Book Encyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.
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Total Pages : 712 pages
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Download or read book National Union Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Author : Hal Higdon
Publisher : Rodale Books
ISBN 13 : 1609612256
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Marathon, All-New 4th Edition written by Hal Higdon and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Especially in tough economic times, running offers an affordable and positive way to relieve stress and gain a sense of accomplishment. Marathons and—more than ever—half-marathons are the ultimate achievement for runners and have experienced an unprecedented boom in the last several years. New hunger for reliable information on marathon and half-marathon training, as well as new technologies that have revolutionized ordinary people's ability to train intelligently, means the time is right for a new edition of longtime Runner's World contributor Hal Higdon's classic guide to taking the guesswork out of preparing for a marathon, whether it's a reader's first or fiftieth. At the core of the book is Higdon's clear and essential information on training, injury prevention, and nutrition. With more than 25 percent new material, this fourth edition of a running classic is a must-own for both longtime runners and those new to the sport.
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Total Pages : 1118 pages
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Download or read book The Encyclopaedia Britannica written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 1118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John E. Findling
Publisher : McFarland
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Total Pages : 496 pages
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Download or read book Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions written by John E. Findling and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2008 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedia contains individual histories of each of the nearly 100 World's Fairs and expositions held in more than 20 countries since 1851. This revised and updated second edition of the book originally published as ""A Historical Dictionary of World's Fairs and Expositions"" in 1990 includes new entries, including essays on the World's Fairs that will be held in Zaragoza, Spain, in 2008 and in Shanghai, China, in 2010. Many of the original essays have been revised and expanded. The topics covered include goods, tourism, architecture, art and culture, and ""exhibition fatigue.""Each fair history includes its own annotated bibliography which provides, when possible, the location of relevant primary sources and comments on the quality of secondary sources. Several appendices provide information on the Bureau of International Expositions, as well as fair statistics, fair officials, fairs that did not qualify for inclusion, and fairs that were planned but never held. The book includes a foreword by Vicente G. Loscertales, the secretary general of the Bureau of International Expositions.
Author : Sathnam Sanghera
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1541705076
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (417 download)
Download or read book Empireworld written by Sathnam Sanghera and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author and journalist Sathnam Sanghera explores the global legacy of the British Empire, and the ways it continues to influence economics, politics, and culture around the world. 2.6 billion people are inhabitants of former British colonies. The empire's influence upon the quarter of the planet it occupied, and its gravitational influence upon the world outside it, has been profound: from the spread of Christianity by missionaries to the shaping international law. Even today, 1 in 3 people drive on the left hand side of the road, an artifact of the British empire. Yet Britain's idea of its imperial history and the world's experience of it are two very different things. Following in the footsteps of his bestselling book Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain, Empireworld explores the ways in which British Empire has come to shape the modern world Sanghera visits Barbados, where he uncovers how Caribbean nations are still struggling to emerge from the disadvantages sown by transatlantic slavery. He examines how large charities--like Save the Children and the World Bank--still see the world through the imperial eyes of their colonial founders, and how the political instability of nations, such as Nigeria, for instance, can be traced back to tensions seeded in their colonial foundations. And from the British Empire's role in the transportation of 12.5 million Africans during the Atlantic slave trade, to the 35 million Indians who died due to famine caused by British policy, the British Empire, as Sanghera reveals, was responsible for some of the largest demographic changes in human history. Economic, legal and political systems across the world continue to function along the lines originally drawn by the British Empire, and cultural, sexual, psychological, linguistic, demographic, and educational norms originally established by imperial Britons continue to shape our lives. British Empire may have peaked a century ago, and it may have been mostly dismantled by 1997, but in this major new work, Sathnam Sanghera ultimately shows how the largest empire in world history still exerts influence over planet Earth in all sorts of silent and unsilent ways.
Author : McGraw-Hill
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ISBN 13 : 9780071461108
Total Pages : 762 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (611 download)
Download or read book Chase's Calendar of Events written by McGraw-Hill and published by . This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes more than 12,000 holidays, holy days, national and ethnic celebrations, astronomical phenomena, festivals, fairs, anniversaries, and other events from around the world.
Author : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Total Pages : 256 pages
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Download or read book CBC Times written by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1956-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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