Research Catalog

Title

Canada firsts / Ralph Nader, Nadia Milleron and Duff Conacher.

Author

Nader, Ralph.

Publication

Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, 1992.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Milleron, Nadia.
• Conacher, Duff.

Description

xv, 165 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

This book is as it says a "salute to Canada and Canadian achievement." It includes some well known, several lesser known and some unexpected Canadian firsts. A must for anyone who wants to understand more about Canada and does not want a textbook like book. It is well organized with short free standing sections and entries. In short, it is a very interesting book that gives a breif overview of Canadian achievement.

Subject

• World records
• Canada > Miscellanea

Genre/Form

Trivia and miscellanea

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-165).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

(Partial; Keyword) Emily Murphy -- Terry Fox -- Sharon Wood -- Rick Hansen -- Avro Arrow -- Trans-Canada highway -- Alexander Graham Bell -- CN tower -- William Osler -- Hospital for Sick Children -- Insulin -- Hans Selye -- Norman Bethune -- Frontier College -- Credit unions -- Canadian health care -- Public lending right -- Greenpeace -- Joyhn C. Polyani -- National Film Board -- Norman McLaren -- IMAX -- Canada Council -- Lacrosse.

ISBN

0771067135

OCLC

• 25371007
• SCSB-12093956

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library