Louis Riel and the Creation of Modern Canada

Louis Riel and the Creation of Modern Canada
Author: Jennifer Reid
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2008
Genre: Canada
ISBN: 0826344151

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"Jennifer Reid looks at the man known today as the founder of Manitoba. Not just a traditional biography, Reid examines Riel's education and religious beliefs."--[book jacket].

Louis Riel

Louis Riel
Author: Hartwell Bowsfield
Publisher:
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1988
Genre: Indians of North America
ISBN:

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The rise and fall of Louis Riel (1844-85) spanned only fifteen years, yet he is one of the most controversial and colourful people in Canadian history. The central figure in two rebellions, which he led on behalf of the French-speaking half-breeds called Metis, Riel has caught the imagination of Canadians as few other historical personalities have done. His career began with the acts of resistance at the Red River Settlement in 1869, and continued through the formation of a Provisional Government and the notorious shooting of Thomas Scott in 1870, through years of mental illness and exile in the United States, to the North West Rebellion of 1885. It reached an inevitable climax with his surrender and trial and the passionate outpouring of feeling that rocked the country when he was found guilty of treason and executed. The religious and racial emotions of the time, the bigotry and opportunism of politicians, and Riel's own unstable mental condition all combine to make of his life a Canadian tragedy, one that had profound consequences for Confederation.

The Audacity of His Enterprise

The Audacity of His Enterprise
Author: M. Max Hamon
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2020-01-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0228000092

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Shining a spotlight on the life, vision, and cultivation of one of Canada's most influential historical figures.

The Red River Rebellion

The Red River Rebellion
Author: J. M. Bumsted
Publisher: Watson & Dwyer Publishing, Limited
Total Pages: 359
Release: 1996
Genre: Red River Rebellion, 1869-1870
ISBN: 9780920486238

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Louis 'David' Riel

Louis 'David' Riel
Author: Thomas Flanagan
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780802071842

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Biography, focussing on Riel's prophetic mission.

Louis Riel and the New Nation

Louis Riel and the New Nation
Author: Colin Davies
Publisher: Agincourt, Ont. : Book Society of Canada
Total Pages: 83
Release: 1980
Genre: Indians of North America
ISBN: 9780772552938

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A biography of Louis Riel.

Thomas Scott's Body

Thomas Scott's Body
Author: J.M. Bumsted
Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2000-11-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 0887553877

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What did happen to the body of Thomas Scott?The disposal of the body of Canadian history's most famous political victim is the starting point for historian J.M. Bumsted's new look at some of the most fascinating events and personalities of Manitoba's Red River Settlement.To outsiders, 19th-century Red River seemed like a remote community precariously poised on the edge of the frontier. Small and isolated though it may have been, Red River society was also lively, well educated, multicultural and often contentious. By looking at well-known figures from a new perspective, and by examining some of the more obscure corners of the settlement's history, Bumsted challenges many of the widely held assumptions about Red River. He looks, for instance, at the brief, unhappy Swiss settlement at Red River, examines the controversial reputation of politician John Christian Shultz, and delves into the sensational scandal of a prominent clergyman's trial.Vividly written, Thomas Scott's Body pieces together a new and often surprising picture of early Manitoba and its people.

The Life of Louis Riel

The Life of Louis Riel
Author: Peter Charlebois
Publisher: NC Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1975
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

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Ethics and Time in the Philosophy of History

Ethics and Time in the Philosophy of History
Author: Natan Elgabsi
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2023-01-12
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1350279102

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This interdisciplinary volume connects the philosophy of history to moral philosophy with a unique focus on time. Taking in a range of intellectual traditions, cultural, and geographical contexts, the volume provides a rich tapestry of approaches to time, morality, culture, and history. By extending the philosophical discussion on the ethical importance of temporality, the editors disentangle some of the disciplinary tensions between analytical and hermeneutic philosophy of history, cultural theory, meta-ethical theory, and normative ethics. The ethical and existential character of temporality reveals itself within a collection that resists the methodological underpinnings of any one philosophical school. The book's distinctive cross-cultural approach ensures a wide range of perspectives with contributions on life and death in Japanese philosophy, ethics and time in Maori philosophy, non-traditional temporalities and philosophical anthropology, as well as global approaches to ethics. These new directions of study highlight the importance of the ethical in the temporal, inviting further points of departure in this burgeoning field.