{"product_id":"creating-colonial-pasts-cecilia-morgan-9781442626157","title":"Creating Colonial Pasts: History, Memory, and Commemoration in Southern Ontario, 1860-1980","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreating Colonial Pasts\u003c\/em\u003e explores the creation of history and memory in Southern Ontario through the experience of its inhabitants, especially those who took an active role in the preservation and writing of Ontario's colonial past: the founder of the Niagara Historical Society, Janet Carnochan; twentieth-century Six Nations historians Elliott Moses and Milton Martin; and Celia B. File, high-school teacher and historian of Mary Brant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining the grand narratives of colonial Ontario - the Loyalists, the War of 1812, and the creation of settler society - Cecilia Morgan argues that place played an important role in shaping memory and narrative in locations such as Niagara-on-the-Lake, the Six Nations territory at the Grand River, and the Mohawk community at Tyendinaga. Illuminating the pivotal role of women and Indigenous people in historical commemoration and uncovering the existence of a lively and interconnected circle of historians and heritage activists in late nineteenth and twentieth-century Ontario, \u003cem\u003eCreating Colonial Pasts\u003c\/em\u003e is a virtuoso study of history-making.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cecilia Morgan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442626151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442626157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2016","brand":"Cecilia Morgan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48518485213439,"sku":"9781442626157","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_17c83231-1a01-42d7-b42a-6b24b0ade9f3.jpg?v=1778734614","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/creating-colonial-pasts-cecilia-morgan-9781442626157","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}