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InhabitedbyadiversepopulationofFirstNationspeoplesMtisScotsUpperandLowerCanadiansandAmericansanddominatedbythecommer-cialandgovernmentalquartersoftheHudsonsBayCompanyRedRivernowWinnipegwasachallengingsettlementtooversee.Thisilluminatingaccountpresentsthestoryofthelegalandgovernmentalsystemthatmetwithmixedsuccessinitsattemptstogovernculminatinginthe186970RedRiverRebellionandconfederationwithCanadain1870.InLawLifeandGovernmentatRedRiverDaleGibsonprovidesrichre-vealingglimpsesintothecommunitythatdevelopedaroundtheHudsonsBayCompanyanditscomplicatedrolebyvirtueofitsRoyalCharterasprimaryemployerownerandgovernorofthecolony.Volume1detailsthehistoryofthesettlementsestablishmentdevelopmentandambivalentrelationshipwiththelegalandgovernmentalinstitutionsformingintheareaaswellasthelegalsystemsgradualengagementwiththelocalindigenouspopulation.Volume2providesacompleteannotatedandnever-before-publishedtranscriptionoftestimoniesfromRedRiverscourtspresentingoverathousandvignettesoffrontierlifethecasesthatwerebroughtbeforethecourtsandthewaysinwhichthecourtsresolvedconicts.AvividlookintoearlysettlerlifeLawLifeandGovernmentatRedRiveroffersinsightsintothepoliticalcommercialandlegalcircumstancesthatunfoldedduringwesternexpansion.DaleGibsonisprofessoremeritusoflawattheUniversityofManitoba.PolishCanadianstypicallyidentifythemselvesasstringentanti-Communistsalabelsolidiedbythelegaciesofthe1980sSolidaritymovementitsfounderLechWalsaandthewidespreadanti-CommunistriotsthathelpedtoppletheCommunistregimein1989.HurrahRevolutionarieschallengesthiscommonperceptionbyexaminingthePolishimmigrantcommunityinCanadaandthedevelopmentofradicalandtraditionallydeviantideologiesduringtheinterwarperioduntiltheendoftheSecondWorldWar.PatrykPolecunveilsaversatilewell-fundedandinuentialPolishpro-Communistmovementwithatalentedleadershipthatworkedtirelesslytopersuadetraditionallyconservativeandreligiousimmi-grantstoadoptanideologythatwasanti-nationalistandatheist.HetracestherootsofsocialistsupportinPolanditstransplantationtoCanadawherethemovementenjoyeditsgreatestsupportthechallengesthemovementfacedwithinanethniccommunityinuencedbyCatholicismandthecomplicationscausedbyitslinkstotheCommunistInternational.Polecoffersadeeperun-derstandingofthewaysinwhichtheCommunistPartywasabletoappealtocertainethnicgroupsthroughculturaloutreachaswellasitscomplicatedandoftencounter-productiverelationshipwiththeSovietUnion.GroundedinrecentlydeclassiedPolishconsulardocumentsandrcmpsurveillancereportsHurrahRevolutionariesistherstfull-lengthstudyofPolishCommunistsinCanadaagroupthatconstitutedasubstantialportionofthecountryssocialistleftinthetwentiethcentury.PatrykPolecisassistantprofessorintheDepartmentofHistoryattheUniversityofOttawa.SPECIFICATIONSCo-publishedwiththeOsgoodeSocietyforCanadianLegalHistoryRupertsLandRecordSocietySeriesJune2015Volume1978-0-7735-4522-939.95ACDN39.95AUS25.99paper978-0-7735-4521-2100.00SCDN100.00SUS76.00cloth6x9520pp10gures4mapse-bookavailableVolume2978-0-7735-4563-2130.00SCDN130.00SUSPrintondemand6x91050ppe-bookavailableSPECIFICATIONSMcGill-QueensStudiesinEthnicHistoryApril2015978-0-7735-4502-134.95ACDN34.95AUS22.99paper978-0-7735-4501-4100.00SCDN100.00SUS76.00cloth6x9328pp12photos8tablese-bookavailableLawLifeandGovernmentatRedRiverVolume1SettlementandGovernance18121872ForewordbyJimPhillipsVolume2GeneralQuarterlyCourtofAssiniboiaAnnotatedRecords18441872dalegibsonCANADIANHISTORYPOLITICALHISTORYCANADIANHISTORYLAWHurrahRevolutionariesThePolishCanadianCommunistMovement19181948patrykpolecAnin-depthanalysisofthehistorycultureandpoliticsofPolishCanadianradicalsandCommunists.