Alberta History
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Author | : Henry Cornelius Klassen |
Publisher | : University of Calgary Press |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1552380092 |
Klassen looks at the role businesses have played in the economic, political, and social development of the province since the earliest European traders. Relying heavily on analysis and case studies, he considers the birth of business firms and the subsequent effects they have had on broader political and cultural matters. Canadian card order number: C99-910550-7. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Author | : Alvin Finkel |
Publisher | : Athabasca University Press |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1926836588 |
A political and economic analysis of the history of working people in Alberta.
Author | : Eric John Hanson |
Publisher | : University of Calgary Press |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1552380904 |
Eric Hanson Albertas first, and arguably greatest, economist wrote a number of influential books on federal-provincial relations, education finance, health care finance, and energy economics. His doctoral thesis was entitled A Financial History of Alberta, 1905-1950 and was found by Paul Boothe at the University of Alberta library while Boothe was doing research on Alberta government spending almost forty-five years after it was written. This "forgotten gem" sheds light on the institutional, economic, and public development of the province from a financial perspective. With a detailed and analytical introduction, this edited work provides historical perspective on the perennial problems facing Alberta's fiscal managers: wildly fluctuating revenues, in-migration, seemingly insatiable demands for infrastructure, high-quality public services, and resistance to taxes while exuding an optimistic attitude for the future.
Author | : Alan J. MacFadyen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781552385401 |
Winner of the 2014 Book of the Year Award from the Petroleum History Society!The importance of energy to the functioning of any economy has meant that energy industries are amongst the most regulated of industries. What might appear to be purely private decisions are made within a complex and evolving web of government regulations. Petropolitics: Petroleum Development, Markets and Regulations, Alberta as an Illustrative History provides an economic history of the petroleum industry in Alberta as well as a detailed analysis of the operation of the markets for Alberta oil and natural gas, and the main governmental regulations (apart from environmental regulations) faced by the industry. The tools used within this study are applicable to oil and gas industries throughout the world.
Author | : Alberta 2005 Centennial History Society |
Publisher | : University of Alberta |
Total Pages | : 470 |
Release | : 2006-04-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781552381946 |
Alberta Formed Alberta Transformed is a two-volume set spanning a remarkable 12,000 years of history and showcasing the work of 34 of Alberta's most respected scholars. Volume 1 sets the stage from human beginnings in Alberta to the eve of Alberta's inauguration as a province in 1905, while Volume 2 takes readers through the twentieth century and up to the 2005 centennial.
Author | : S. M. Evans |
Publisher | : University of Calgary Press |
Total Pages | : 413 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Bar U Ranch National Historic Site (Alta.) |
ISBN | : 155238134X |
For much of its 130-year history, the Bar U Ranch can claim to have been one of the most famous ranches in Canada. Its reputation is firmly based on the historical role that the ranch has played, its size and longevity, and its association with some of the remarkable people who have helped develop the cattle business and build the Canadian West. The long history of the ranch allows the evolution of the cattle business to be traced and can be seen in three distinct historical periods based on the eras of the individuals who owned and managed the ranch. These colourful figures, beginning with Fred Stimson, then George Lane, and finally Pat Burns, have left an indelible mark on the Bar U as well as Canadian ranching history. The Bar U and Canadian Ranching History is a fascinating story that integrates the history of ranching in Alberta with larger issues of ranch historiography in the American and Canadian West and contributes greatly to the overall understanding of ranching history.
Author | : George Melnyk |
Publisher | : University of Alberta |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 1998-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780888642967 |
Alberta's contradictory landscape has fired the imaginative energies of writers for centuries. The sweep of the plains, the thrust of the Rockies, and the long roll of the woodlands have left vivid impressions on all of Alberta's writers--both those who passed through Alberta in search of other horizons and those who made it their home. The Literary History of Alberta surveys writing in and about Alberta from prehistory to the middle of the twentieth century. It includes profiles of dozens of writers (from the earnestly intended to the truly gifted) and their texts (from the commercial to the arcane). It reminds us of long-forgotten names and faces, figures who quietly--or not so quietly--wrote the books that underpin Alberta's thriving literary culture today. Melnyk also discusses the institutions that have shaped Alberta's literary culture. The Literary History of Alberta is an essential text for any reader interested in the cultural history of western Canada, and a landmark achievement in Alberta's continuing literary history.
Author | : George Melnyk |
Publisher | : University of Alberta |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780888643247 |
In this, the companion to the landmark volume The Literary History of Alberta, Volume One: From Writing-on-Stone to World War Two, George Melnyk examines Alberta literature in the second half of the twentieth century. At last, Melnyk argues, Alberta writers have found their voice--and their accomplishments have been remarkable. The contradictory landscape, the stereotypes of the Indian, the Mountie, and the Cowboy, and the language of the Other, speaking from the margins--these elements all left their impressions on the consciousness of early Alberta. But writers in the last few decades have turned this inheritance to their advantage, to create compelling stories about this place and its people. Today, Melnyk discovers, Alberta writers can appreciate not only this achievement, but also its essential source: the symbolic communication of Writing-on-Stone. The Literary History of Alberta, Volume Two extends the study of Alberta's cultural history to the present day. It is a vital text for anyone interested in Alberta's vibrant literary culture.
Author | : Donald Bruce Ward |
Publisher | : Saskatoon : Fifth House |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781895618563 |
Contains information of the following indian tribes: Assinboine, Beaver (Tsattine, Blood (Kainah), Chipewayan, Crow Shonshonie (band of formed by intermarriages),Dakota, ros Ventre, Iroquois, Kootenay (Kutenai), Piean, Plain Cree, Sarcee (Sarsi), Saulteaux (Ojibwa), Sekani, Siksikah, Slavey, Stoney (Assinboine) and Woodland Cree.
Author | : Joachim Fromhold |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2012-03-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1105593193 |
This is the first documented discovery of a Moundbuilder/Temple Mound Culture settlement in Canada, 1000 km. from the Moundbuilder homeland. This is contrary to the accepted archaeological history of Alberta. To date 40 sites, including several village/ceremonial sites related to the Mississippian Temple Mound Culture, including major earthworks, have been found. This is a northern relation to the Cahokia Temple Mound city remains. An introduction to six of the major sites to date and an attempt to identify who these early farming people were, where they came from and where they went. Photos. 155 pg.