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This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from high-born wives of governors general, to an Icelandic immigrant and a fisherman’s wife in Labrador. A Loyalist wife and mother describes the first hard weather in New Brunswick, a seasick nun tells of a dangerous voyage out from France, a famous children’s writer writes home about the fun of canoeing, and a German general’s wife describes habitant customs. All demonstrate how women’s experiences not only shared, but helped shape this new country.


Pursuits Of Lord Kit Cavanaugh Pursuits Of Lord Kit Cavanaugh

Автор: Stephanie Laurens

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Stately Pursuits Stately Pursuits

Автор: Katie Fforde

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The Pursuits of Peter Pell The Pursuits of Peter Pell

Автор: Aidan de Brune

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Rangers & Sovereignty - The True Story of the Criminal Pursuits, Campaigns and Battles of Texas Rangers in 19th Century Rangers & Sovereignty - The True Story of the Criminal Pursuits, Campaigns and Battles of Texas Rangers in 19th Century

Автор: Daniel W. Roberts

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Pursuits of Happiness Pursuits of Happiness

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Anthropology has long shied away from examining how human beings may lead happy and fulfilling lives. This book, however, shows that the ethnographic examination of well-being—defined as “the optimal state for an individual, a community, and a society”—and the comparison of well-being within and across societies is a new and important area for anthropological inquiry. Distinctly different in different places, but also reflecting our common humanity, well-being is intimately linked to the idea of happiness and its pursuits. Noted anthropological researchers have come together in this volume to examine well-being in a range of diverse ways and to investigate it in a range of settings: from the Peruvian Amazon, the Australian outback, and the Canadian north, to India, China, Indonesia, Japan, and the United States.