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Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940 marked the beginning of five years of terror for the Dutch people.

A report in 1833 by a committee of three respected Kingston colonials called for the construction of a limestone penitentiary on Hatter’s Bay to the west of the town.

In 1898, Spanish spies based in Montreal, Halifax, and Victoria monitored the United States war effort against their homeland, while U.S. counter-intelligence officials watched the Spaniards.

Three beautiful gothic buildings loom over the Ottawa River just below the historic Chaudiere Falls.

First published by Oxford University Press in 1993, Exploration Literature is a groundbreaking collection of early writing inspired by the opening of a continent.With maps, notes, and thumbnail bio

Would you want to live in a factory-molded cube made of plastic, asbestos, and UFFI? With an "H-bomb shelter" and the nuclear furnace underneath?

"We are thus not only the first country in the world with the capability to produce nuclear weapons that chose not to do so, we are also the first nuclear armed country to have chosen to dives

The Capital Years is being published to celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of the opening of the first parliament of Upper Canada.Nine scholars have contributed to this book, which explores the

This sampling of the work of J.M.S. Careless in the area of Canadian historical studies was selected by the eminent scholar himself, and represents much of his finest work.

Special Operations Forces (SOF) have never been an integral element of Canada’s military capability.

Surnames have always provided key links in historical research.

Churches of Nova Scotia is as much a human interest book as it is about ecclesiastical buildings.

A City in the Making examines certain of the events that took place in the nineteenth century Toronto, paying particular attention to those who carved a thriving metropolis out of the frontier post

How has the Ontario Agricultural College contributed to Canadian education? What role has the college played in the development of agriculture since it was founded in 1874?

Sure, Canada was built on dreams and hard work, but it was also built on failure - mix-ups, mistakes, screw-ups, and boondoggles.