Iser books st john's (4 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 360pp., index, ill. Corners lightly bumped. "Creating a University is a collection of memoirs by more than 30 former faculty and staff of Memorial University — a series of "MUNographies,"— about personal and professional experiences working at Newfoundland's only university. It is something of a Memorial University family reunion, without a drunken uncle.".…

Soft cover. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. pictorial paper, 235 pages. : illustrated., maps, ports. ; 23 cm., CONTENTS: The Benefits of and Newfoundland Newfoundland and Imperial Defence, Fiscal Responsibility and Creating the Newfoundland Reserve, Benefits Flow from the Newfoundland Reserve, 1900-14, Local Needs and Naval Requirements, 1900-14, A Maritime Home Front at War The Newfoundland Reserve at War, Reservists Come Home Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Index. Social and economic studies (St. John's, N.L.), no. 72. …

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. pictorial paper covers, xi, 380 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, CONTENTS: Labrador,trackless, unknown, and wild,"Our people are dying out",The war and the flu,The centre of infection,Sandwich Bay and Lake Melville, autumn 1918,"Let 'em die",The north coast, autumn 1918,Hundreds dead in Labrador, spring 1919,"In some mysterious manner",Aftermath, "The book is an account of how the Spanish flu pandemic affected several communities in Labrador. Although several populations were nearly wiped out, the Innu people of Labrador are barely present in the written record, and when included, their experience is often misunderstood. Budgell has scoured diaries, letters, medical records, shipping logs, and first-hand accounts of the period to redress this exclusion and shed light on the tragic loss of life that occurred 100 years ago."-- Provided by publisher Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book. …

Condizione: very good. no dustjacket. 8vo pp.192. book.