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To celebrate Alberta's centennial, the University of Alberta Press and the University of Calgary Press are proud to introduce Alberta Formed -- Alberta Transformed , a two--volume set spanning a remarkable 12,000 years of history and showcasing the work of thirty--four of Alberta's most respected scholars. Volume 1 sets the stage, from human beginnings in Alberta to the eve of Alberta's inauguration as a province in 1905, while Volume 2 takes readers through the twentieth century and up to the 2005 centennial. Edited by provincial historian Michael Payne, along with Donald Wetherell and Catherine Cavanaugh, Alberta Formed -- Alberta Transformed consists of thirty distinctive and richly illustrated essays representing a wide range of voices and points of view. Moving beyond straightforward commemorative history, Alberta Formed -- Alberta Transformed tackles contentious issues and questions previous, more conventional approaches and assumptions. Each essay represents a snapshot in time, focusing on a person, a trend, or an event that has played a significant part in shaping the vibrant, often surprising and sometimes raucous, story of Alberta.
Contents
Volume One Acknowledgements Introduction 13001 Years Ago: Human Beginnings in Alberta John W Ives The Day the Dry Snow Fell: The Record of a 7, 627--year--old Disaster Alwynne B. Beaudoin and Gerald A. Oetelaar Buffalo and Dogs: The Prehistoric Lifeways of Aboriginal People on the Alberta Plains, 1004--1005 Trevor Peck and J. Rod Vickers The Never--Ending Journey of Anthony Henday Eldon Yellowhorn "With Tears, Shrieks and Howlings of Despair": The Smallpox Expidemic of 1781--1782 Ted Binnema Fatal Quarrels and Fur Trade Rivalries: A Year of Living Dangerously on the North Saskatchewan 1806--7 Gerhard J. Ens "Economy Must Now Be the Order of the Day": George Simpson and the Reorganization of the Fur Trade to 1826 Heather Devine "On the Edge of the Great Transformation 1857--58 Frits Pannekoek &1879: A Year of Violence and Change Hugh A. Dempsey "A Better Life with Honour": Treaty 6 (1876) and Treaty 7 (1877) with Alberta First Nations Sarah Carter and Walter Hildebrandt Too Many Sacred People: Alberta and the 1885 North--West Rebellion Bill Waiser 1899 and the Political Economy of Canadaâs North--West: Treaty 8 as Compact to Share and Peacefully Co--Exist Brain Calliou 1904--1905: Alberta Proclaimed David Hall Contributors Volume Two The Dance of the Grizzly Bear: Boom to Bust, 1912--13 David C. Jones Enthusiasm to Embattled: 1916 and the Great War Duff Crerar 1919: "A year of Extraordinary Delight" David Bright From Idealism to Pragmatism: 1923 in Alberta Bradford J. Rennie 1929: "Things Are Seldom What They Seem" Donald B. Smith 1935: The Social Credit Revolution Alvin Finkel 1945: Ghosts and Dreams Patricia Myers 1947: The Making of Modern Alberta David Breen 1951—Celebrating Together, Celebrating Apart: Albertans and their Golden Jubilee Frances Swyripa 1967: Embracing the Future . . . At Armâs Length Max Foran Albertaâs Quiet Revolution: 1973 and the Early Lougheed Years James H. Marsh 1980: Duel of the Decade Tammy Nemeth 1986: The Bloom Comes Off the Wild Rose Province Herb Emery 1996—Two Albertas: Rural and Urban Trajectories Roger Epp Looking Back on Alberta History: Reflections in a Rear--View Mirror Michael Payne, Donald Wetherell, and Catherine Cavanaugh Contributors Index
