Calgary's Grand Story

Calgary's Grand Story
Author: Donald B. Smith
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 1552381749

"Calgary was a Boomtown of 50,000 people in 1912, the year the Lougheed building and the adjacent Grand Theatre were built. The fanfare and anticipation surrounding their opening marked the beginning of a golden era in the city's history. The Lougheed quickly became Calgary's premier corporate address, and the state-of-the-art Grand Theatre the hub of a thriving cultural community." "From the viewpoint of these two prominent heritage buildings, author Donald Smith introduces the reader to the personalities and events that helped shape Calgary in the twentieth century. Complemented by over 140 historical images, Calgary's Grand Story is a tribute to the Lougheed and the Grand, and celebrates their unrivalled position in the city's political, economic, and cultural history."--BOOK JACKET.

Unifarm

Unifarm
Author: Carrol L. Jaques
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1552380513

Jaques recounts the tumultuous history of the Alberta farm organization, Unifarm. This book documents Alberta farmers' quest to increase control over the forces that have had such an impact on their lives and describes how it led them to form organizations which have afforded them measures of stability and security throughout the past century.

Democracy in Alberta

Democracy in Alberta
Author: Crawford Brough Macpherson
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1442615753

In addition to offering an original analysis of the party system and Alberta's political structures and institutions, Democracy in Alberta presents a fascinating micro-history of the social and economic characteristics of Alberta.

Training Disciplined Soldiers for Christ

Training Disciplined Soldiers for Christ
Author: Tim W. Callaway
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2013-04-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1449789900

The comparative scarcity of academic attention given Prairie Bible Institute located at Three Hills, Alberta, Canada, serves as the primary motivation behind this book. This work should therefore be regarded as an attempt to contribute to and refine the very small amount of research available regarding how Prairie Bible Institutes first half-century should be understood and interpreted by students of North American church history. Drawing on an insiders perspective of PBI, former PBI staff kid Tim W. Callaway challenges the adequacy and accuracy of Canadian scholar Dr. John G. Stackhouse, Jr.s inference that the kind of sectish evangelicalism that typified PBI in the twentieth century was substantially different from the characteristics that define the traditional understanding of American fundamentalism. The undertaking contained in these pages advances the perspective that Prairie Bible Institute during the L.E. Maxwell era did in fact reflect the influence and attributes of American fundamentalism to a far greater extent than what Stackhouse allowed for in his research.

Alberta's Political Pioneers

Alberta's Political Pioneers
Author: Austin Albert Mardon
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1897472129

Come explore the history of Albertas rich political landscape and learn about the people who shaped the face of a province. Within these pages, youll meet the men and women who forged the politics of the region during the Roaring Twenties and the height of the Great Depression.