books.google.ca - Dirk Hoerder shows us that it is not shining railroad tracks or statesmen in Ottawa that make up the story of Canada but rather individual stories of life and labour - Caribbean women who care for children born in Canada, lonely prairie homesteaders, miners in Alberta and British Columbia, women labouring...http://books.google.ca/books/about/Creating_societies.html?id=--6T46REQwAC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareCreating societies