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"Literature" at end of chapters. ; The margin of the continent.--The topography of the land.--Climate.--Plant life.--Animal life.--Geology.--The aborigines.--Political geography.--Index. ; Mode of access: Internet.

This chapter assesses the state of democratic innovations in North America, including the United States, Canada, and English-speaking countries of the Caribbean. We begin by setting these innovations in the contexts of democracy on the continent, which includes both established democracies and countries that have only recently decolonised. We go on to discuss major trends in democratic innovations over the past two decades in North America, including referendums and initiatives, mini-publics and collaborative governance, and digital participation in political and civic life. We note the broad range of issues addressed by these innovations and their effects on democratic institutions at different levels of governance. Finally, we draw several lessons and ideas for reform from the uneven impacts of democratic innovations in North America.1

This article appeared in Homeland Security Affairs (2007), Supplement no. 1 ; Dr. Abelardo Rodriguez, Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, examines Mexico's challenges in facing the new security environment in the hemisphere since 9/11. His article argues that Mexico's incapacity to develop a coherent national and regional security framework has paralleled Mexico's inability to undergo a reformation of the Mexican State, and with it, of national security reform. Dr. Rodriguez explains the current state of Mexico's approach toward national and homeland security issues, given the internal political situation since the election of Vicente Fox and the National Action Party (PAN) in 2000 and the latest presidential election in 2006. Dr. Rodriguez shows how Mexico's internal political situation exacerbates the prospect for regional security cooperation with Canada and the United States in creating a new security perimeter in North America. ; Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

Withdrawn on October 1, 2019. (See KnightScholar Policy for withdrawal of content.) Native Peoples of North America is intended to be an introductory text about the Native peoples of North America (primarily the United States and Canada) presented from an anthropological perspective. As such, the text is organized around anthropological concepts such as language, kinship, marriage and family life, political and economic organization, food getting, spiritual and religious practices, and the arts. Prehistoric, historic and contemporary information is presented. Each chapter begins with an example from the oral tradition that reflects the theme of the chapter. The text includes suggested readings, videos, and classroom activities. ; https://knightscholar.geneseo.edu/oer-ost/1020/thumbnail.jpg

Energy issues should have provided clear political lessons to governments over the past fifteen years, especially the United States, which twice led coalitions to battle in the Middle East over matters in which oil played a significant role. It was also a period when revenues from oil and the symbolic ties between the world's largest oil producer, Saudi Arabia, and Washington, became central to the al-Qaeda attacks on New York and Washington. Even in the domestic arena energy should have been front and centre, providing lessons for the future. For in the USA there were periodic spikes in gasoline, heating oil, natural gas and electricity prices, major power disruptions on both coasts and frequent public debates over LNG imports, environmental regulations, and resource exploitation on government lands, among other issues.

Canadian scholars have a long tradition of analysis of Canada s relations with the United States, but only recently have they turned their attention to the North American continent as a whole. This article provides an overview of Canadian scholarship on Canada s position in North America. It argues that Canadian authors and policy-makers have for decades been caught up in an economistic debate between nationalist and so-called continentalist positions. These positions have been reinforced in the context of recent calls for deepened integration. Both the nationalist and the continentalist positions are, however, of limited utility for understanding the unique character of economic and political integration on the North American continent. The article reviews some recent contributions by Canadian scholars that attempt tomove beyond the nationalist/continentalist dichotomy. It argues that what is currently needed is both more balanced empirical work that documents the changing realities of North American integration and an engagement with new theoretical perspectives.

Cover title: Circular instructions of the Bank of British North America for the use of officers only, 1909. ; As it was the duty of bank officers to keep this book up to date, many circulars issued later than July 1, 1909 are included in the form of manuscript notes. These added circulars appear on the pages on the right, which have been left blank for that purpose. ; "This book contains the Instructions issued up to and inclusive of Circular No. 973 of 22nd July, 1909."--p. [4] ; "As this Book contains particulars of the terms on which the Bank undertakes certain branches of its business, the contents must be considered as confidential, and the Book must be kept locked ." ; Includes index. ; Electronic reproduction. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; 44

The news items include: 1) a new twin-screw icebreaker that will be built for the Canadian Dept. of Transport for supplying northern stations; 2) the launching of the C.D. Howe, a new Canadian Eastern Arctic Patrol ship; 3) the laying of the keel of the new Royal Canadian Navy icebreaker which is under construction; 4) archaeological work on Cornwallis Island near Resolute Bay; 5) the trial of two young Netsilik Eskimo men on charges of assisting the suicide of a woman, who was the mother of one of the men, with tuberculosis; 6) the announcement by the U.S. Transportation Corps that they are sending modified half-track vehicles north to test their usefulness; 7) various articles about Greenland affairs including the creation of funds for increased cultural relations between Greenland and Denmark, population statistics of Greenland, the establishment of air transportation between Greenland and Denmark, the construction of vacation homes for convalescing Greenlandic children, and the free distribution of fresh vegetables - a gift from Danish market gardeners.

Native Peoples of North America is intended to be an introductory text about the Native peoples of North America (primarily the United States and Canada) presented from an anthropological perspective. As such, the text is organized around anthropological concepts such as language, kinship, marriage and family life, political and economic organization, food getting, spiritual and religious practices and the arts. Prehistoric, historic and contemporary information is presented. Each chapter begins with an example from the oral tradition that reflects the theme of the chapter.

Native Peoples of North America is intended to be an introductory text about the Native peoples of North America (primarily the United States and Canada) presented from an anthropological perspective. As such, the text is organized around anthropological concepts such as language, kinship, marriage and family life, political and economic organization, food getting, spiritual and religious practices, and the arts. Prehistoric, historic and contemporary information is presented. Each chapter begins with an example from the oral tradition that reflects the theme of the chapter. The text includes suggested readings, videos, and classroom activities. This text was updated September 2019; the changes are detailed in an errata section in the text. ; Native Peoples of North America is intended to be an introductory text about the Native peoples of North America (primarily the United States and Canada) presented from an anthropological perspective. As such, the text is organized around anthropological concepts such as language, kinship, marriage and family life, political and economic organization, food getting, spiritual and religious practices, and the arts. This text was updated September 2019; the changes are detailed in an errata section in the text. ; The September 2019 updated editions include changes to the original text detailed in an errata section in the texts. ; Chapter 1: In 1491… Chapter 2: All Our Relations Chapter 3: Resources and their Distribution Chapter 4: Status, Rank, and Power Chapter 5: Religion and Spiritual Beliefs Chapter 6: Is There a Word for Art? Conclusions References Videos

The articles include: 1) information on the hydrographic work carried out by the Cancolim expedition in the Canadian Beaufort Sea and Amundsen Gulf; 2) an account of the first Greenland Provincial Council election by N.O. Christensen and Trevor Lloyd, reprinted from Arctic Circular, v. 4, 1951, p. 83-85; 3) T.P. Bank's description of the last four years of anthropological and botanical expeditions from the University of Michigan to the Aleutian Islands; 4) a list of the 18 projects studied in 1951 from the Arctic Research Laboratory, Point Barrow; 5) the founding of the Stefansson Library at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire; 5) the potential use of lichen woodlands in Labrador for domestic reindeer grazing by A.E. Porsild; 6) the announcement of an essay competition run by the quarterly scientific review Endeavour; and 7) a notice that a complete set of Meddelelser om Grønland is for sale by an Arctic Institute Associate.

The news items include: 1) a summary of round table conference concerning Eskimo affairs that was held in Ottawa on May 19-20, 1952 (reprinted from Arctic Circular, v. 5, no. 4, 1952, p. 41-43); 2) information on the Canadian ice distribution survey by J. Keith Fraser (reprinted from Arctic Circular, v. 5, no. 5, 1952, p. 56); 3) a summary of two articles written by Provst Aage Bugge (an obituary of Provst C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen and a book review of a novel, "Kateketen Johannes", by Karl Heilmann) that were published in pamphlet no. 79 of Meddelelser om Den grønlandske Kirkesag; and 4) a notice that the Shorey Book Store of Seattle has issued a catalogue of their books on Alaska and the Arctic.

A plan for the government of the United States, with Canada, Mexico, Cuba, etc. cf. p. 4. ; Mode of access: Internet.

The author uses recent survey data to evaluate the plausability of three competing metaphors for North America: community, mosaic, or fortress. While there is support for all three metaphors, the mosaic metaphor of separate national societies coexisting within a common economic space appears to most closely fit the empirical data. This model has been challenged by the profound influences of American concerns with security and an increasingly isolationist outlook toward the world. The author discusses how the various social, political, and economic forces currently at play may alter the North American trajectory in the future.

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