Robin W. Winks

Laurance S. Rockefeller: Catalyst for Conservation

Noted historian Robin W. Winks offers an in-depth look at the life and accomplishments of Laurance Rockefeller. This deftly argued and gracefully written volume explains and explores Rockefellers role in shaping the transition from traditional land conservation to a more inclusive environmentalism. Laurance S. Rockefeller: Catalyst for Conservation provides a broad interpretation of the history of environmental protection through the work of one of this countrys most visionary conservationists.

The Historiography of the British Empire-Commonwealth: Trends, Interpretations, and Resources

In this volume of 22 essays by a range of leading academics, a substantial attempt has been made to examine the body of published historical literature relating to the British Empire and Commonwealth. The main purpose of the essays is threefold: to provide, individually and collectively, a critical assessment and survey of the literature available up to 1966; to explain how this literature has developed; and to act as a guide to subsequent research. This wide ranging and detailed survey continues to remain of central importance to students, academics and librarians alike, and benefits from a new introduction by Robin Winks.

The relevance of Canadian history : U.S. and imperial perspectives

In this concise and sharply focused study, the author draws upon his extensive background in Canadian and British colonial and imperial history, to eloquently propose that the study of history be comparative rather than national. In this series of three revised lectures he examines the frontier experiences of Canada and the United States; the idea of Mother Dominion and the idea of American imperialism. Originally published by Macmillan of Canada in 1979.

Nature and the English Diaspora: Environment and History in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand

Part I. Making the Land Familiar: 1. Natural history and the construction of nature 2. Remaking worlds: European models in New Lands Part II. Beyond Conquest: 3. Reaching limits, 1850-1900 4. National nature, part I 5. Changing science, 1880-1930 Part III. Finding Firm Ground: 6. Reaching limits, 1920-40 7. National nature, part II 8. An ecological perspective, 1920-50 Part IV. New Knowledge, New Action: 9. The diffusion of ecology, 1948-67 10. The new world of nature.

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The Blacks in Canada: A History

Using an impressive array of primary and secondary materials, Robin Winks details the diverse experiences of Black immigrants to Canada, including Black slaves brought to Nova Scotia and the Canadas by Loyalists at the end of the American Revolution, Black refugees who fled to Nova Scotia following the War of 1812, Jamaican Maroons, and fugitive slaves who fled to British North America. He also looks at Black West Coast businessmen who helped found British Columbia, particularly Victoria, and Black settlement in the prairie provinces. Throughout Winks explores efforts by African-Canadians to establish and maintain meaningful lifestyles in Canada. The Blacks in Canada investigates the French and English periods of slavery, the abolitionist movement in Canada, and the role played by Canadians in the broader continental antislavery crusade, as well as Canadian adaptations to nineteenth- and twentieth-century racial mores. The second edition includes a new introduction by Winks on changes that have occurred since the books first appearance and where African-Canadian studies stands today.