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    431,-

    The original work, in Russian, appeared in 1947 and is still regarded as an important contribution to knowledge of the early history of the Eskimo. This translation makes available in English the results of archaeological research in a significant area, the extreme northeast of continental Asia.

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    504,-

    This collection of translations from articles by Russian scholars continues the valuable contribution to Western knowledge of the anthropology of the North which is being made under the sponsorship of the Arctic Institute of North America.

  • - Selected Works No. 5
     
    628,-

    The eighteen articles appearing in this, the fifth, number of Anthropology of the North: Translations from Russian Sources, were mostly published between the years 1957 and 1963

  •  
    431,-

    The fourth volume in the series sponsored by the Arctic Institute consists of translations of five articles by Russian scholars.

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    563,-

    This is a translation from a Russian work published in 1958, one of the major works of a well-known and prolific writer. It deals with the origins of the small nations and peoples of central Siberia and northeastern Asia.

  • av James (University of Reading) Knowlson
    459

    This wide-ranging book focuses upon the role that Latin was thought an ideal, universal, constructed language would play in the advancement of learning.

  • - The Theme of Samson Agonistes in World Literature
    av Watson Kirkconnell
    416,-

    This work examines the more than one hundred analogues of Samson Agonistes, about half of them written earlier than Milton's drama. The author has gone back in every instance to primary sources, and examined all treatments of Milton's theme, in all languages, for their intrinsic interest and merit.

  • - Elitism, Comtism, and Democracy in Mid-Victorian England
    av Christopher (Xerox Corporation California) Kent
    416,-

    This perceptive study of the English academic scene traces the emergence of Comtism in the university community and examines its expression in the ideas of Frederic Harrison and John Morley.

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    431,-

    A guide to Ontario, designed specifically for naturalists, has been needed, and this book will fill that need. The combination of scientific accuracy and up-to-date practical information will make it an invaluable part of the naturalist's field equipment.

  • - York University Invitation Lecture Series
    av Robert Ulich, Howard Mumford Jones & David Riesman
    273,-

    This is the first volume in the Invitation Lecture Series of York University and it is an auspicious beginning. Three leaders in higher education in the United States here present their thoughts on challenging questions of enrolment, curriculum, and standards which today confront the ever expanding universities of North America.

  • - A Canadian Love Story
    av James Thomas (Mary Leslie) Jones
    431,-

    A Canadian love story about Robbie Smith, a 19-year-old mail carrier travelling the old gravel roadway (now Highway 124) between Cromaboo (Erin) and Gibbeline (Guelph). One day on his travels he sees Miss Mary Paxton, an unwed lady, 14 years his senior. He falls in love with her. And so begins our tale.

  • av F Cyril James
    273,-

    As an outstanding educator and economist, Dr. F. Cyril James is particularly well qualified to observe mordern Russia, and to comment upon it for Western readers. He was given exceptional opportunities to see Soviet life, economy, and education and, as a trained observer, he was able to draw fully from his experiences.

  • - An Account of His Life and A Compilation of His Main Writings: Volume I: Life and Miscellaneous Writings
     
    651

    Volume I contains a biographical study of John Rae, a brilliant economist and scholar who lived in Canada for a period in the early part of the nineteenth century, an analysis of Rae's contributions to economics, and a collection of his articles and essays on a variety of topics.

  • - An Account of His Life and A Compilation of His Main Writings: Volume II: Statement of Some New Principles on the Subject of Political Economy (reprinted)
     
    651

    Volume II is a reprint of Rae's Statement of New Principles on the Subject of Political Economy, originally published in1834. With the reissue of this book, modern students of economics will be better able to appreciate Rae's fundamental contribution to the development of economic thought, particularly the theory of capital.

  • - A Study of the Establishment, Failure and Abolition of an Upper House
    av William Keith Jackson
    460

    The New Zealand upper house, the Legislative Council was abolished in 1950 in an action which represents one of the most clear-cut examples of pragmatic politics in New Zealand history. The author attempts both to explain this unusual development and to assess its consequences.

  • - A history of modern architecture in Britain
    av Anthony (University of Manchester UK) Jackson
    372

    A book like this one spells out the issues of the heated controversy of the history of British architecture and describes how they arose. Professor Jackson looks at the buildings of the period as the products of peculiar sets of circumstances, as works of art and in terms of what their designers were trying to achieve.

  • - The problem of linguistic substratum influence in central Italy
    av Herbert J Izzo
    460

    Professor Izzo has undertaken a new and thorough investigation of modern Tuscan pronunciation, disproving this hypothesis and providing a definitive conclusion to the debate. He delineates clearly the errors in reasoning of those who trace the Tuscan pronunciation to an Etruscan influence, and presents his conclusions objectively.

  • - In Honour of E.J. Urwick
    av Harold A Innis
    431,-

    This volume includes articles written by colleagues of Professor Urwick in the Department of Political Economy on subjects in which they had special interest, and articles which are summaries of work done by holders of the Maurice Cody Fellowship since its establishment in 1928.

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    842,-

    This second volume of economic documents resumes the story of the development of Canada as told by contemporary sources. The volume divides the period into two eras, 1783-1850 and 1850-85.

  • - A Military Biography
    av A M J Hyatt
    402

    The most important Canadian in the First World War, Arthur Currie was an extraordinary successful field commander in a war that produced few successful generals. In this biography A.M.J. Hyatt recalls the military career of a remarkable man, offering the first balanced account of a central figure in Canadian military history.

  • av Professor J F M Hunter
    402

    Written within the tradition of Wittgenstein's work, these eight original essays in philosophical psychology are either by-products of efforts to understand Wittgenstein's later writings or applications of techniques and approaches derived from Wittgenstein to problems about which he did not say a great deal.

  • av John Gethin Hughes
    358,-

    Professor Hughes attempts to define more accurately the position of Francisco de la Torre's verse in the evolution of Spanish poetry in the sixteenth century; revealing that Torre's vision of the pastoral world and his poetic language show him to be a transitional poet of considerable quality and substance and not merely an imitator of Garcilas

  • - Based on a Review of Surveys Conducted in the Province during the Period 1918-1951
    av Research Council of Ontario & R C Hosie
    343

    This volume presents a general view of the nature of tree reproduction on cut-over forest land, followed by an analysis of the procedure in conducting and reporting regeneration surveys, and conclusions and recommendations for the conducting of future surveys.

  • - A Biography
    av Dora Hood
    372

    In this, the first full account of his life, Mrs. Hood has succeeded in bringing together with care and perception the story of Dr. Davidson Black, a Canadian anatomist and anthropologist, and his work. The fascination of Davidson Black's devotion to the exploration of the mysteries of human pre-history has been well rendered.

  • - The Noranda Lectures, Expo 67/Les Conferences Noranda/L'Expo 67
    av The Noranda Lectures Expo 67
    554,-

    The fruits of a unique cultural exchange are brought together in this unusual book. Twenty-eight of the most eminent men and women of our generation - philosophers, historians, and scientists from nineteen countries - here discuss what they consider the most vital issues of our day.

  • - Sources for a Historical Ethnography of Northeastern North America 1497-1550
    av Bernard G Hoffman
    445,-

    This study was prepared in an attempt to clarify seemingly contradictory interpretations of the early history of the discovery of North America, as well as to survey the early historical sources which may contribute to an ethno-historical study of the Indians of those coasts first explored.

  • - The Struggle for Tax Reform in the Province of Dauphine 1540-1640
    av Daniel Hickey
    504,-

    The fiscal and institutional development of the Dauphin� province, Frances, suggests a different absolutist dynamic than the conventional idea of a top-down centralization process. Daniel Hickey analyses the groups that directed each stage of the struggle for tax reform that actively encouraged royal intervention.

  • - A Checklist
    av George F Henderson
    416,-

    In the author's work as Government Documents Librarian, he witnessses the daily use of royal commission material. The importance attached to royal commission documents and the considerable difficulty in locating many of the earlier reports led Henderson to undertake the compilation of this checklist.

  • - A Drama in Five Acts
    av Charles Heavysege
    358,-

    A five-act tragedy in blank verse. The play is founded upon the old problem of an unnatural and ill-omened union between youth and age.

  • av Charles Heavysege
    287,-

    The Advocate, an historical melodramatic romance in prose, makes use of English and French antagonisms in Lower Canada.

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