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On with part two of our Irish celebration (click here for part one): another excerpt from The Shape of Irish History.
‘I am a genuine typical Irishman,’ George Bernard Shaw once declared, ‘of the Danish, Norman, Cromwellian, and (of course) Scottish invasions.’ The oldest pattern in Irish … Read More >
In honor of St. Patrick's Day we present to you a snippet of Irish history, in two parts.
First – who is Saint Patrick?
Nowhere are the problems of early Irish history more clearly illustrated than in the quest for the historical St Patrick. Evidence for the events of Patrick's life are so … Read More >
Mark Abley, MQUP editor and today's guest blogger, relates his thoughts on Crises and Compassion: From Russia to the Golden Gate by John M. Letiche.
History is a word with a fluid meaning. I can recall, as a young child, finding my mother in tears after John F. Kennedy was … Read More >
Martha and John Langford are the authors of A Cold War Tourist and His Camera, an illustrated history of their father’s cold war world tour as an incidental tourist and student of the Canadian National Defence College.
“John insisted it was about the pictures, but I was equally interested … Read More >
What you may have missed this week at the MQUP…
Our Cold War Tourist Contest is on until March 31st
Triquet's Cross wins Military History Distinguished Book Award
International Women's Day, the MQUP salute
Christopher Risso-Gill on Peter Cundill’s last major investment call
Frank Mackey et … Read More >
Frank Mackey est notre invité d’aujourd’hui. Il est l’auteur de Done with Slavery et Black Then. La version française de Done with Slavery sera publiée prochainement par Hurtubise en 2013.
La fin de l’esclavage de Frank Mackey
Le phénomène de l’esclavage au Québec sombre dans l’oubli … Read More >
Christopher Risso-Gill, author of There’s Always Something to Do: The Peter Cundill Investment Approach is a guest blogger at ValueWalk.com.
Peter Cundill’s Last Major Investment Call
Think back to the mood amongst investors at the beginning of 2009 after the decimation of 2008. Practically no-one felt confident in … Read More >
Frank Mackey est notre invité d’aujourd’hui. Il est l’auteur de Done with Slavery et Black Then. La version française de Done with Slavery sera publiée prochainement par Hurtubise en 2013.
La fin de l’esclavage de Frank Mackey
Le phénomène de l’esclavage au Québec sombre dans l’oubli … Read More >
In honor of International Women's Day, McGill-Queen's University Press salutes Margaret Scott: "The Angel of Poverty Row."
On 28 July 1856, Margaret Ruttan Boucher (1856-1931) was born into a wealthy family in the town of Colbourne, Ontario. At the age of twenty-two, she met and married William Hepburn Scott, a lawyer … Read More >
Triquet's Cross by John MacFarlance has won the Distinguished Book Award. The prize, awarded by The Society for Military History, recognizes the best book-length publications in English on military history.
Triquet's Cross tells the story of Paul Triquet, a French-Canadian soldier who was awarded the Victoria Cross for … Read More >