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Edgar Wardell McInnis (July 26, 1899 – September 28, 1973) was a Canadian poet and historian, [1] best known for his Oxford Periodical History of the War, a six-volume year-by-year history of World War II, and for Canada: A Political and Social History, which was an important and influential textbook in Canadian history classes in its era. [1]
"Home | the Canadian Encyclopedia". The Canadian Encyclopedia (online ed.). Historica Canada. Recommended place to start; Brune, Nick; Sweeny, Alastair (2005). "History of Canada Online". Waterloo: Northern Blue Publishing. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06 Web listing of Canadian history sources; Black, Conrad (2014).
The American colonies declare their independence. The United States Declaration of Independence is signed July 4, 1776. Common Sense by Thomas Paine (1737–1809) appears. Under Guy Carleton, Quebec withstands an American siege until the appearance of a British fleet (May 6). Carleton is later knighted.
[notes 2] Other major critics of the work include Joseph Pivato, [notes 3] Robin Mathews, [notes 4] George Woodcock, [notes 5] Paul Stuewe, [notes 6] Barry Cameron, and Michael Dixon. [notes 7] The criticisms of these authors suggest that Atwood's Survival provided too simplistic a representation of Canadian literature.
A reader in Canadian civics (1935). The 1944 edition of 186 pages was authorised by the Minister of Education for Ontario [note 2] Encyclopedia of Canada (1935 – 1937, six volumes), later forming the core of the Encyclopedia Canadiana [note 3] Notes on military writing for English-Canadian soldiers (1943) A first book of Canadian history (1946)
Alberta History [70] American Review of Canadian Studies [71] [72] British Columbia History [73] Bulletin d’histoire politique politics in Quebec [74] Canadian Bulletin of Medical History; Canada's History – Formerly The Beaver (1920–2010), short popular essays. Canadian Historical Review – Major scholarly journal.
Canadian literature is written in several languages including English, French, and to some degree various Indigenous languages. It is often divided into French- and English-language literatures, which are rooted in the literary traditions of France and Britain, respectively. [ 1 ]
The book is an account of the first year of the War of 1812 and the events leading up to it. Berton wrote that this history is neither military nor political. "This is, rather, a social history of the war, the first to be written by a Canadian."