The Structure of Canadian HistoryDesigned for courses on Pre and Post Confederation History of Canada. Finlay/Sprague is the only combined Pre/Post Confederation introductory textbook available in the Introductory Canadian History market. As a combined text, it offers a significant price advantage over competing split volumes. This text takes a political and sociological approach to Canadian history, and has been updated to include recent analysis of historical events. Written within in a solid chronological framework, the text provides a clear, comprehensive survey of the subject and good integration between traditional and new approaches to history. This text will prepare students well in the basic chronologies of Canadian history while providing the most up-to-date tools for research through its weblinks. |
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... ships that engaged in the timber trade . By 1815 , nearly 600 ships per year called at Québec alone . As the oldest , least seaworthy vessels of the British merchant marine , they were unsuitable for outbound cargo of any value ...
... ships were more abominable than upon the slave ships of the previous century : " Every slave thrown overboard meant so much money lost ; every emigrant less decreased the ship's liability to have to feed him , and more room for those ...
... ships . The tonnage and value of ships built in 1855 was more than twice the figure of 1845 , and the trend continued with fluc- tuations upward through the 1860s . The overall result was that existing shipyards and every other cove and ...