History

University of Toronto: A History

In the bowels of U of T’s rare books library are many leather-bound, Atlas-sized volumes of media clippings on Nobel Prize winner Frederick Banting, the co-discoverer of insulin. Banting made his secretary locate these media ... Read More »

January 27, 2004 | Filed under: History

Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta

By Aritha van Herk

Mavericks, the fifth instalment in Penguin Canada’s provincial histories series, is a strange beast. Each chapter tackles a different subject in an episodic, mostly chronological format, but the history is decidedly untraditional in that it ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: History

Hope: Adventures of a Diamond

By Marian Fowler

The Hope diamond has a Zelig-like habit of surfacing in the most storied and fantastical chapters in history, including the first Western forays to India, the court of the Sun King at Versailles, and the ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: History

Moose Jaw: People Places History

By John Larsen and Maurice Richard Libby

Few Canadian cities are as tightly bound to a single historical decision as Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. When John A. MacDonald mandated the building of a coast-to-coast railroad in the mid-19th century, many believed the new ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: History

Power and Greed

By Philippe Gigantes

Philippe Gigantes, a Greek-born Canadian journalist, political commentator, and senior civil servant in Trudeau’s government, offers a thought-provoking and accessible survey of world history in his new book, Power and Greed. As the title suggests, ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: History

Scattered Among the Peoples: The Jewish Diaspora in Ten Portraits

By Allan Levine

Detailed accounts of Jewish pain and suffering stretch back to the biblical book of Lamentations. Reading Jewish history can often seem like an exercise in pain management, and yet such works continue to shed light ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: History

Imperial Legend: The Disappearance of Tsar Alexander I

By Alexis Troubetzkoy

Did Tsar Alexander the First, the absolute ruler of 44 million people, vanquisher of Napoleon, and one of the most powerful men in Europe, throw it all away to become a wandering, penniless penitent? If ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: History

Spying 101: The Rcmp’s Secret Activities at Canadian Universities, 1917–1997

By Steve Hewitt

In light of sweeping new police powers approved by the Canadian government last fall, Spying 101 is a timely and valuable document of a shameful chapter in Canadian history. Many readers will be shocked to ... Read More »

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

The Rescue of Jerusalem: The Alliance Between Hebrews and Africans in 701 Bc

By Henry T. Aubin

Something happened 2,700 years ago in a corner of the Assyrian Empire, and according to Montreal journalist Henry Aubin, it was vitally important to the development of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and our modern world. In ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: History

Arrivals: Stories from the History of Ontario

By John Bentley Mays

In Arrivals: Stories from the History of Ontario, author and cultural commentator John Bentley Mays, himself an arrival from America’s deep south, presents some interesting tales from his new home’s past. The sixth in Penguin ... Read More »

January 14, 2004 | Filed under: History

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