Desmond Morton (1937–2019)

Autor von A Short History of Canada

39+ Werke 846 Mitglieder 10 Rezensionen

Über den Autor

The founding director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada in Montreal, and professor emeritus of McGill University, Desmond Morton was appointed a professor of history at the University of Toronto in 1969 and became Principal of its Erindale campus. He is the author of forty-two books mehr anzeigen on Canada. He lives in Montreal. weniger anzeigen

Werke von Desmond Morton

Beliebt Zuletzt

A Short History of Canada (1983) 325 Exemplare

A Military History of Canada (1985) 119 Exemplare

Marching to Armageddon: Canadians and the Great War 1914-1919 (1989) 53 Exemplare

A Nation Forged in Fire : Canadians and the Second World War 1939-1945 (1989) 47 Exemplare

Bloody victory: Canadians and the D-Day campaign 1944 (1750) 40 Exemplare

When Your Numbers Up the Canadian Soldier I the 1st World War (1993) 35 Exemplare

Victory 1945: The Birth of Modern Canada (1995) 34 Exemplare

Working people (1980) 30 Exemplare

Fight Or Pay: Soldiers' Families In The Great War (Studies in Canadian Military History) (2004) 17 Exemplare

Silent Battle: Canadian Prisoners of War in Germany 1914 - 1919 (1992) 14 Exemplare

Understanding Canadian Defence (2003) 13 Exemplare

The last war drum;: The North West campaign of 1885 (Canadian War Museum. Historical publications) (1972) 12 Exemplare

Who speaks for Canada? : words that shape a country (1998) 10 Exemplare

A Peculiar Kind of Politics: Canada's Overseas Ministry in the First World (1982) 9 Exemplare

NDP: The dream of power (1974) 8 Exemplare

Canada and war: A military and political history (Political issues in their historical perspective) (1981) 8 Exemplare

United Nations, The: Its History and the Canadians Who Shaped It (1995) 7 Exemplare

Royal Canadian Military Institute: 100 YEARS 1890-1990 (1990) 6 Exemplare

Ministers and Generals: Politics and the Canadian Militia, 1868-1904 (1970) 6 Exemplare

New France and War (1984) 6 Exemplare

The Canadian General: Sir William Otter (1974) 4 Exemplare

Labour in Canada (Focus on Canadian History series) (1982) 4 Exemplare

Rebellions in Canada (Canadian History Series) (1979) 4 Exemplare

The Queen v. Louis Riel (1992) 4 Exemplare

Morgentaler vs Borowski (Oxford) (1992) 4 Exemplare

Sieges of Quebec 3 Exemplare

Mayor Howland: the citizens' candidate (1973) 3 Exemplare

NDP: Social Democracy in Canada (1977) 3 Exemplare

Telegrams of the North-West Campaign, 1885 (1972) 3 Exemplare

The new democrats, 1961-1986: The politics of change (Canadiana reprint series) (1986) 3 Exemplare

Winning the Second Battle: Canadian Veterans and the Return to Civilian Life 1915-1930 (1987) 3 Exemplare

Towards Tomorrow: Canada in a Changing World History (1988) 2 Exemplare

Ontario Series XLVII: Telegrams of the North-West Campaign 1885 1 Exemplar

Focus on Canadian History Series - New France and War 1 Exemplar

Wheels : the car in Canada (1998) 1 Exemplar

Report to the Prime Minister - A Paper Prepared for the Minister of National Defence 1 Exemplar

The Queen V Louis Riel (Legal Classics Library) (1992) 1 Exemplar

Sir William Otter and Internment Operations in Canada during the First World War 1 Exemplar

1945, when Canada won the war (1995) 1 Exemplar

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Zugehörige Werke

The Illustrated History of Canada (1987) — Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben — 318 Exemplare

Knowing, Teaching, and Learning History: National and International Perspectives (2000) — Mitwirkender — 47 Exemplare

The Queen v. Louis Riel (1974) — Einführung — 19 Exemplare

Mackenzie King: Man of mission (Canada's heritage in pictures) (1979) — Vorwort — 5 Exemplare

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Wissenswertes

Gebräuchlichste Namensform: Morton, Desmond
Geburtstag: 1937-09-10
Todestag: 2019-09-04
Geschlecht: male
Nationalität: Canada
Geburtsort: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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The Last War Drum: the North West campaign of 1885 von Desmond Morton

Does what a history is supposed to do. Put you in the middle of the action surrounded by the main characters on both sides. Mission accomplished.

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charlie68 | Nov 7, 2023 |

Who Speaks For Canada?: Words That Shape a Country von Desmond Morton

A book of essays and political speeches by prominent Canadians on a huge variety of Canadian values, subjects, problems and quirks. Every one was a gem. If I wasn't already proud to be a Canadian, I would feel pride at the end of this book. Almost every name was familiar and every subject close to my heart. This was a book passed to me from my book club and I broke into my fanfiction reading this month to read it because I was the fourth person to take the book and the first three readers raved about it.… (mehr)

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Karen74Leigh | Sep 4, 2019 |

A Short History of Canada von Desmond Morton

Sucks all the fun out of learning Canadian history.

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SylviaC | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Jan 22, 2012 |

A nation forged in fire : Canadians and the Second… von J. L. Granatstein

A workable description of the Canadian military experience in the Second World War. It is getting dated, and contains perhaps too many myths even for the time it was written. I'd recommend it as a survey book.

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RobertP | Apr 13, 2011 |

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