A Flag for Canada is a stunning visual biography of Canada's flag that traces the maple leaf symbol from its colonial origins to its acceptance as the unofficial but unmistakable emblem of Canada. On February 15, 1965, the Maple Leaf was raised for the first time on Parliament Hill. In the almost forty years since, it has become one of the world's great flags - a universally recognized emblem.

A Flag for Canada: The Illustrated Biography of the Maple Leaf Flag

History

RICK ARCHBOLD

Americas

STANTON ATKINS & DOSIL

A Road for Canada traces the history of the Trans-Canada Highway, from its origins, conceived more than a century ago as a wagon road, to its present-day status as a crucial artery linking Canada from ocean to ocean. Lavishly illustrated the book recounts the first attempts to cross Canada by car and tells the stories of the dreamers who persevered with their vision of a national road.

A Road for Canada: The Illustrated Story of the Trans-Canada Highway

Daniel Francis

The Wild Ride is a book like no other—an epic record of the opening of the Canadian west. It is the story of a force of untested young men, mounted policemen in crimson coats, sent west to do what they could to bring law and order to the land. The Wild Ride is history related in a bold way: as storytelling, as theatre, as art and exhibition, brought to life by an inspired collection of photos, artifacts, and ephemera.

The Wild Ride: A History of the North-West Mounted Police 18731904

Charles WILKINS

Between 1880 and the 1930s, the big railway companies, and the federal and provincial governments launched three aggressive campaigns to sell Canada at home and abroad.  A blizzard of posters and pamphlets, portraying the country as a land of milk and honey, persuaded immigrants in the millions to come to Canadas sparsely populated West and become prairie farmers. What wasnt mentioned were the sod houses, backbreaking labour, regular droughts and long, killing winters.  When World War I broke out, thousands of young Canadians volunteered for a once-in-a-lifetime adventure they thought would be over within a few months. As the war ground on, the government produced propaganda aimed at new recruits for the ranks and to convince the home front that the sacrifice was worth it.  Starting in 1885 with the completion of the cpr line and the creation of the first national park in Banff, tourists from around the world were invited to experience Canadas awe-inspiring wonders firsthand, tempted with crisp slogans, new national parks, and festivals like Banff Indian Days.  With compelling research, insight, and wit, Daniel Francis documents how these three campaigns established Canada as a destination for immigrants and tourists and turned us into proud defenders of western civilization. In doing so, they also transformed the way Canadians and outsiders thought about Canada, inadver¬tently providing the raw material for nationhood. Each campaign produced images expressing what Canadians believed to be fundamental about their country. Those images were incomplete and misleading, providing an idealized portrait of Canada rather than a realistic snapshot.

Selling Canada: hree propaganda campaigns that shaped the nation

Between 1880 and the 1930s, the big railway companies, and the federal and provincial governments launched three aggressive campaigns to """"""""sell"""""""" Canada at home and abroad.  A blizzard of posters and pamphlets, portraying the country as a land of milk and honey, persuaded immigrants in the millions to come to Canada's sparsely populated West and become prairie farmers. What wasn't mentioned were the sod houses, backbreaking labour, regular droughts and long, killing winters.  When World War I broke out, thousands of young Canadians volunteered for a once-in-a-lifetime adventure they thought would be over within a few months. As the war ground on, the government produced propaganda aimed at new recruits for the ranks and to convince the home front that the sacrifice was worth it.  Starting in 1885 with the completion of the cpr line and the creation of the first national park in Banff, tourists from around the world were invited to experience Canada's awe-inspiring wonders firsthand, tempted with crisp slogans, new national parks, and festivals like Banff Indian Days.  With compelling research, insight, and wit, Daniel Francis documents how these three campaigns established Canada as a destination for immigrants and tourists and turned us into proud defenders of western civilization. In doing so, they also transformed the way Canadians and outsiders thought about Canada, inadvertently providing the raw material for nationhood. Each campaign produced images expressing what Canadians believed to be fundamental about their country. Those images were incomplete and misleading, providing an idealized portrait of Canada rather than a realistic snapshot.

Selling Canada: Immigrants, soldiers, tourists, and the building of our nation

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A Flag for Canada: The Illustrated Biography of the Maple Leaf Flag

A Flag for Canada: The Illustrated Biography of the Maple Leaf Flag

A Road for Canada: The Illustrated Story of the Trans-Canada Highway

The Wild Ride: A History of the North-West Mounted Police 18731904

Selling Canada: hree propaganda campaigns that shaped the nation

The Wild Ride: A History of the North-West Mounted Police 18731904

Selling Canada: Immigrants, soldiers, tourists, and the building of our nation