Creighton examines the trading system that developed along the St. Lawrence River and argues that the exploitation of key staple products by colonial merchants along the St. Lawrence River system was key to Canada’s economic and national development.

McNaught details the life, work, and principles of J.S Woodsworth and shows the powerful moral and political force that the pacifist, Methodist thinker exerted on Canadian politics.

John A. Macdonald’s flamboyant personality dominated Canadian public life from the years preceding Confederation to the end of the 19th century. ‘Probably the greatest Canadian biography yet published in English’ – Dictionary of Canadian Biography.

James Walker documents their experience in Canada, following them across the Atlantic as they became part of a unique colonial experiment in Sierra Leone.