Author: Judy Monroe Peterson Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc ISBN: 1435849582 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 48
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This book offers insight into the fascinating field of archaeology. It examines what archaeologists do and what they have learned about past civilizations.
Author: R. Hulan Publisher: Springer ISBN: 1137398892 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 198
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Canadian Historical Writing presents an archaeology of contemporary Canadian historical writing within the theory and practice of historiography. Drawing on international debates within the fields of literary studies and history, the book focuses on the roles played by time, evidence, and interpretation in defining the historical.
Author: Mark Zuehlke Publisher: D & M Publishers ISBN: 1926685709 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 450
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On June 6, 1944 the greatest armada in history stood off Normandy and the largest amphibious invasion ever began as 107,000 men aboard 6,000 ships pressed toward the coast. Among this number were 18,000 Canadians, who were to land on a five-mile long stretch of rocky ledges fronted by a wide expanse of sand. Code named Juno Beach. Here, sheltered inside concrete bunkers and deep trenches, hundreds of German soldiers waited to strike the first assault wave with some ninety 88-millimetre guns, fifty mortars, and four hundred machineguns. A four-foot-high sea wall ran across the breadth of the beach and extending from it into the surf itself were ranks of tangled barbed wire, tank and vessel obstacles, and a maze of mines. Of the five Allied forces landing that day, they were scheduled to be the last to reach the sand. Juno was also the most exposed beach, their day’s objectives eleven miles inland were farther away than any others, and the opposition awaiting them was believed greater than that facing any other force. At battle's end one out of every six Canadians in the invasion force was either dead or wounded. Yet their grip on Juno Beach was firm.
Author: Andrew Robertshaw Publisher: Pen and Sword ISBN: 178303369X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 304
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This comprehensive, illustrated survey of the latest in battlefield archaeology reveals “intimate insight into the realities of life” during WWI (Current Archaeology). Modern methods of archaeological, historical, and forensic research have transformed our understanding of the Great War. In Digging the Trenches, battlefield archaeologists Andrew Robertshaw and David Kenyon introduce the reader to this exciting new field and explore many of the remarkable projects that have been undertaken. Robertshaw and Kenyon show how archaeology can be used to reveal the positions of trenches, dugouts and other battlefield features, as well as what life on the Western Front was really like. They also show how individual soldiers are coming into focus as forensic investigation is so highly developed that individuals can be identified and their fates discovered. “An excellent introduction to the subject…Digging the Trenches is essential reading.”—Gary Sheffield, Military Illustrated “What a splendid book this is.”—Neil Faulkner, Current Archaeology
Author: Adrienne Gear Publisher: Pembroke Publishers Limited ISBN: 1551388022 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 162
Book Description
Help students think while they read in all subject areas, with the key skills of connecting, questioning, visualizing, inferring, and synthesizing.
Author: Catherine Slaney Publisher: Dundurn ISBN: 1896219829 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 265
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A chance encounter led Catherine Slaney to investigate her family genealogy and revealed her great-grandfather, Dr. A.R. Abbott, Canada's first African-Canadian doctor.
Author: Gregory S. Kealey Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP ISBN: 9780773513556 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 496
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This collection of twelve essays by Gregory Kealey, will be of great interest to students and scholars of Canadian history, labour history, Marxist and socialist theory and history, and political science.
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