to-love-a-rose ([personal profile] to_love_a_rose) wrote in [community profile] dreams_library2010-09-12 10:48 am
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Can anyone recommend a good history of Canada? I know next to nothing about the large country which is only about twelve hours' drive from my house, and that just doesn't seem right.
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[personal profile] trouble 2010-09-12 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
How are you defining "good"? :)

[personal profile] to_love_a_rose 2010-09-12 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Kinda vaguely, to be honest. Good in the opinion of the commenter is fine by me.
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[personal profile] stultiloquentia 2010-09-12 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Canada: A People's History was an award-winning (and hugely popular) t.v. series produced by CBC, that eventually got turned into a two-volume book set. I haven't read the books, but I gather they follow the episodes pretty closely. Looks like Amazon's got it.

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[personal profile] jibrailis 2010-09-12 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Will Ferguson's Canadian History for Dummies is a highly readable starting point. It's not perfect by any means, but it's pretty good. Ferguson writes a lot about Canada and knows lots of interesting facts.
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[personal profile] forestofglory 2010-09-12 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Not a book, but I can't resist plugging the excellent Hark A Vagrant by Kate Beaton. It's a collection of mostly historical comics and often features Canadian history.
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