Manitoba History articles from March 1998

Manitoba History archives from March 1998

Ethnic politics on the urban frontier: "Fighting Joe" Martin and the Jews of Winnipeg, 1893-96.
March 22, 1998... Henry Trachtenberg (1) Winnipeg When Abraham Lechtzier, a Winnipeg Jewish merchant tailor and active supporter of the Conservative Party, arranged a political meeting at the Shaarey Zedek Synagogue for one warm June night during the...

Story of "Bloody Jack" Krafchenko.
March 22, 1998... Martin Zeilig, Winnipeg The execution of John "Bloody Jack" Krafchenko in Winnipeg on July 9, 1914 brought to an end the "most dramatic episode in the history of crime in Manitoba" up to that time. But even before his hanging for murder,...

Loyal till death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion.
March 22, 1998... Calgary: Fifth House Ltd., 1997, illus., ISBN 1-895618-88-6, $18.95. Loyal Till Death adds to a voluminous literature and contributes to longstanding debates on the war on the Canadian prairies in the spring and summer of 1885. Beautifully...

Gallant cause: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939.
March 22, 1998... Vancouver/Toronto: Whitecap Books, c1996. Pp. 280, ill. ISBN 1-55110-488-1. On the south side of Winnipeg City Hall, imbedded in a low polished granite wall, is a modest plaque put there in 1989 "in tribute to the Canadian veterans -- 106...

Voices from Hudson Bay: Cree stories from York Factory.
March 22, 1998... Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996. Vol. 5 in the Rupert's Land Record Society Series. Pp. xxxvi + 158, illus., ISBN 0-7735-1440-6 (cloth), 0-7735-1441-4 (paper). $17.95 paper. This useful little book reflects the...

"As their natural resources fail": Native peoples and the economic history of Northern Manitoba, 1870-1930.
March 22, 1998... Vancouver: UBC Press, 1996. Pp. xvi, 376, illus., ISBN 0-7748-0531-5. This is an impressive book. Well researched and meticulously documented, As Their Natural Resources Fail makes a major contribution to the economic history of Native...

Reconstructed world: a feminist biography of Gertrude Richardson.
March 22, 1998... Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996, 416 pp., illus., ISBN 0-7735-1394-9, $55. Barbara Roberts, a Quaker and a peace activist, was looking to link her scholarship with her activism when she saw a letter from an unknown writer,...

Art and work: a social history of labour in the Canadian graphic arts industry to the 1940s.
March 22, 1998... Montreal and Kingston, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995, Pp.xx, 187, illus. Some years back I attended a conference where psychologists considered art issues. As I read Angela Davis' book I was reminded of that experience. Their...

City at leisure: an illustrated history of parks and recreation services in Winnipeg, 1893-1993.
March 22, 1998... Winnipeg: City of Winnipeg, Parks and Recreation Department, 1995. Pp. xiii + 220. Index, bibliography, appendix. ISBN 0-7711-1436-2. Winnipeggers, like citizens in many cities, are apt to take their parks and recreational services for...

Park prisoners: the untold story of Western Canada's National Parks, 1915-1946.
March 22, 1998... Saskatoon: Fifth House, 1995. Pp. 294, illus. ISBN 1-895618-65-7. There is a certain irony attached to the central theme explored in this book: those confined in various kinds of special service or prisoner of war camps in Canada between...

Adult education in Manitoba: historical aspects.
March 22, 1998... Mississauga: Canadian Educators' Press, 1997. Adult Education in Manitoba is a series of essays that the editors hope will illustrate the important role that adult education has played in the province. However, they point out that it is not...