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Gerald Friesen

Gerald Friesen taught Canadian history at the University of Manitoba from 1970–2011. He has written several books, including The Canadian Prairies: A History and Citizens and Nation, and is co-author of Immigrants in Prairie Cities. Former president of the Canadian Historical Association, he was an advisor on CBC-Radio Canada’s television series Canada: A People’s History. He lives in Winnipeg.

Books by Gerald Friesen

The Honourable John Norquay

Indigenous Premier, Canadian Statesman

by (author) Gerald Friesen

Canadian Prairies:

A History

by (author) Gerald Friesen

The Canadian Prairies

A History

by (author) Gerald Friesen

Canadians and Their Pasts

The Pasts Collective

by (author) Margaret Conrad, Kadriye Ercikan, Gerald Friesen, Jocelyn Létourneau, D.A. Muise, David Northrup & Peter Seixas

Thinkers and Dreamers

Historical Essays in Honour of Carl Berger

edited by Gerald Friesen & Doug Owram

Immigrants in Prairie Cities

Ethnic Diversity in Twentieth-Century Canada

by (author) Royden Loewen & Gerald Friesen

Prairie Metropolis

New Essays on Winnipeg Social History

edited by Esyllt W. Jones & Gerald Friesen

Rural Life

Portraits of the Prairie Town, 1946

by (author) James P. Giffen
edited by Gerald Friesen

Mac Runciman

A Life in the Grain Trade

by (author) Paul D. Earl
introduction by Gerald Friesen

Citizens and Nation

An Essay on History, Communication, and Canada

by (author) Gerald Friesen

River Road

Essays on Manitoba and Prairie History

by (author) Gerald Friesen

A Guide to the Study of Manitoba Local History

by (author) Gerald Friesen & Barry Potyondi