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Newfoundland became the site of England's second permanent colony in North America. The conflict which began at that time between settlers and fishermen has characterized much of the island's history. This book is an important step in charting the development of England's first transatlantic trade.

Dante's Fearful Art of Justice deals primarily with the symbolic significance of 'the state of souls after death' in various episodes of the Inferno, the first canticle of Dante's Divina Commedia

This book is a case study of the effect that different forms of political leadership can have upon the shaping of a single state. It focuses upon two successive Prime Ministers of the Small West African state of Sierra Leone

In 1967 Sierra Leone passed the critical test of a competitive political system when the opposition party, the All Peoples Congress, defeated the SLPP and was called upon to form a government.In this thorough and well-documented study Dr Cartwright explains how Sierra Leone maintained this pattern of political competition.

This biography attempts to explore the "parallels" (Verlaine's own term) between Verlaine's life and his poetry. The result is one of the best critical biographies of Verlaine published to date.

The cult of decadence is usually dismissed as an eccentricity of French literature. However, the nineteenth century's preoccupation with decadence provides us with a key to the secret places of its thought, to all the obscure passages and backstairs behind the triumphant façade.

The Seventh Annual Seminar of Canadian-American relations held at the University of Windsor brought together a number of distinguished participants to discuss planning. The result is this volume in which the contributors discuss this important and controversial area of Canadian-American relations.

A detailed case study in intergovernmental relations focusing on provincial-local relations in education. It offers a perceptive insight into the nature of the political system in Ontario and the impact of provincial policy upon the provision of public education by local school boards.

Sir Sydney Caine examines a number of inter-related questions which are seldom asked fairly and thoroughly, weighting the need to respect academic independence against the public interest. The result is a most stimulating discussion on a topic of vital concern for the future of Britain.

This book is a translation of Le Diplomat Canadian. The present translation was undertaken in order to make available to English-speaking Canadians a perceptive, informative description of the Canadian diplomatic service, and practical guide for those interested in pursuing a diplomatic career.

The history of eight Canadian business faculties are examined through a series of essays in their search for professional legitimacy.

Appleyard conducted long interviews with nine hundred British families (and single persons) just before they sailed for Australia. This book contains the results of the interviews set in the background of post-war emigration to Australia.

These materials have never before been gathered, and almost all appear here for the first time in scholarly form. They throw light on contemporary social interests and behavior, and will encourage new assessments of Mill's life and thought.

In this collection of 537 letters and excerpts of letters are included all the personal letters available. It contains 238 hitherto unpublished letters and 72 letters with previously unpublished passages. Letters previously published have been recollated whenever possible. All are meticulously edited and annotated.

This handbook is a compendium of the recommendations and conclusions of annual muskeg conferences, which have been held since 1955. It has been written by experts in various aspects of muskeg research and practice.

This volume brings together for the first time the essays, running from 1826 to 1849, that meld Mill's interest in French intellectual, political, and social affairs. They give as well insights into Mill's personal aspirations, his developing view of comparative politics and sociology, his concern for freedom, and his feminism.

David Hume's Political Theory brings together Hume's diverse writings on law and government, collected and examined with a view to revealing the philosopher's coherent and persuasive theory of politics.

George Ignatieff's colourful recollections in this memoir offer a rare glimpse into the workings of international relations, of policy-making at the highest levels, and of people whose decisions affect the stability of the world.

A considerable corpus of family papers within the Eldon House and prominent among these papers is a collection of diaries that are excerpted in this volume, encapsulating the personalities, activities, and voices of the Harrises of London.

For the first time Canada's roads and their development is described in this handsomely illustrated volume by a distinguished Canadian historian.

This volume, based on the 1962 Royal Society of Canada symposium, emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of research in marine biogeography and in the distribution of environmental factors in the sea.

The Collected Works of Erasmus is providing the first complete translation of Erasmus' Adagia. This volume contains the initial 300 adages with notes that identify the classical sources and indicate how Erasmus' reading and thinking developed over the quarter-century spanned by the eight revisions of the original work.

Professor Due's study presents first a general review of the development, characteristics, financial situation, and decline of the railway industry and then a brief history of each of the twenty-five companies which operated in the industry.

Entries from John Prince's diary, excerpts from newspaper accounts, and letters give a vivid picture of the politics and life of his time.

Professor Dowler presents a detailed study of Native Soil conservatism from about 1850 to 1880 - its various intellectual facets, its leading thinkers, and its growth and gradual disintegration.

In this innovative history, Leonard Doucette sets out deal for the first time with all plays that have survived to 1867 and to link them with the evolution of politics, institutions, and culture in French Canada.

This detailed biography and critical study is based on Bigot's letters and on other unpublished materials in France, Italy, Holland, Denmark, and England. Professor Doucette's book shows that Bigot represents an essential and seriously neglected side of French and European humanistic studies in the seventeenth century.

Based on a detailed analysis of the Roland and the Cid and twelve additional Romance narratives, Professor Dorfman applies the methods of modern linguistics to literary analysis.

In this study of the study of the linguistic approach to narrative structures, the author examines the question of point of view in fiction, drawing examples from Czech literature.

This book continues and carries a stage further Professor Dobson's pioneering researches into the nature and development of Classical Chinese. He has here compared a Late Archaic text with a paraphrase of that text written in Late Han Chinese.