In this volume on the history of the European nobility in the modern era, the boundary between the early modern and 'real' modern periods around 18...

Wikis, an Indian, tells his own story of how he grew from a child to a man, preserving the life and teachings of days that have long since passed a...

This captivating volume brings together case studies drawn from four post-Soviet states—Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova. The collected papers...

Did you know that the great Jewish sage and physician Maimonides practiced medicine while lying flat on his back? That a famous passage penned by G...

"A visitor from down south stared at my apple tree and said: 'Those don't grow here you know. It's too cold.' If the apricot tree in Highlands knew...

The 'Wild West' stories of Dodge City, Deadwood, and Tombstone pale in comparison to the incredible story of Las Vegas, New Mexico, for decades con...

This is the tale of how Canada's high northern wilderness was brought into civilization's fold through a frail network of wires laboriously strung ...

Before email, before Instagram and selfies, postcards were mailed across the world. At the turn of the 20th century, travellers to Winnipeg were im...

A compilation of individual stories based on the author's interviews and correspondence with several depression era teachers. Comic at times, tragi...

The first earnest attempt to explore the valley of the upper Yellowstone was made in 1859, by Colonel Raynolds, of the Corps of Engineers. His expe...

Keeping people warm for four centuries, wool has been an essential commodity from colonial times to the present. Wool's colorful and surprisingly e...

For the men and women of the skilled trades in the early 20th century, the skills and knowledge of their respective crafts were a source of identit...

This book, based on wide-ranging research on water, views the world through the rippling, complex lens of water. It looks at the emergence of civil...

Dene Elder George Blondin creates a spiritual guidebook that weaves together oral stories with the recounting of how the Northern Canadian Dene cam...

Bravo to the New Westminster Museum and Archives for their groundbreaking research into the history of Yi Fao, and for their understanding that the...

On 23 August 1966, approximately 200 Gurindji stockmen and their families walked off Wave Hill Station in the Northern Territory, protesting agains...

During the second half of the 19th century, thousands of Chinese men arrived on the west coast of North America, seeking to escape poverty and make...