History has made us friends

History Has Made Us Friends illuminates the nature and dynamics of Canada-US relations, examining their history, attributed meaning, and conceptualization. Contributors consider whether shared values and demographic similarities continue to cement the relationship, and if it still matters that pr...

Global regimes and nation-states

At a time when environmental issues are prominent on many countries' political agendas, this book examines how one country, Australia, is handling the interplay between international and domestic environmental politics.

Canadian perspectives on law and society

Michael walzer on war and justice

This is a book about justice: the justice of a nation's major institutions and the justice of the interaction of nations on the world stage. Michael Walzer, one of North America's most prominent social critics, has written acclaimed works about the morality of warfare, the distribution of health ...

No justice, no peace

The Ontario Public Service Employee Union (OPSEU) was an early target of the Mike Harris Common Sense Revolutionaries, neo-conservatives on a mission to shrink the social safety net, radically reduce social programs, and subvert Ontario's collective bargaining regimes.

Power at cost

Almost from the moment of its creation in 1906, Ontario Hydro has been criticized for pursuing its own interests at the expense of the public it was established to serve. In Power at Cost, Keith Fleming demonstrates that while Hydro exercised tremendous influence over its political masters in the...

Robert brandom

In his name

This first scholarly account of the Church of England in Upper Canada makes a substantial contribution to an understanding of the religious, political and intellectual development of British North America. The author examines the church's role as the colony's officially "established" church, the ...

Montreal

Montreal's history – from Indigenous life before contact with Europeans to its present-day bilingual and multicultural urban region.

Old and new world highland bagpiping

Old and New World Highland Bagpiping provides a comprehensive biographical and genealogical account of pipers and piping in highland Scotland and Gaelic Cape Breton.

In twilight and in dawn

An informative study of the evolution of a discipline focused through the life of one of its leading practitioners, In Twilight and in Dawn is an illuminating look at anthropological thought and practice in Canada during the first half of the twentieth century.

Fear of the ride

Tear gas epiphanies

A groundbreaking book recounting the as-yet-untold story of political action at museums in Canada from 1900 to the present.

Styles of meaning and meanings of style in richardson's clarissa

Gordon Fulton provides a fascinating new study of styles in Samuel Richardson's masterpiece, Clarissa, connecting the style the characters deploy in their speech and letters with their positions in society. Fulton argues that the novel is a critical examination of the relationship between languag...

Surveillance, privacy, and the globalization of personal information

An important review of opinions about surveillance and privacy.

Minerva's message

During the French Revolution the French National Institute, including the Class of Moral and Political Sciences (CMPS), was established to replace the abolished Ancien Régime academies. In Minerva's Message Martin Staum explores how what began as the institutionalization of Enlightenment social s...

Hanna's diary, 1938-1941

Hanna's Diary, 1938-1941 offers an intimate view of sweeping historical events that engulfed Europe and the world, evoking the creeping fear, desperate hopes, desertion of friends, and sense of isolation that Hanna Spencer felt as Nazism spread. The diary follows Spencer to England - where she fa...

Divided province

A groundbreaking assessment of subnational politics in Canada’s largest province.

The reciprocity treaty of 1854

Student unrest in india

La ville énergivore

À travers le cas de Montréal, métropole énergivore d’un pays énergivore, ce livre retrace l’histoire des transitions énergétiques urbaines du 20e siècle.

Shifting voices

Previous scholarly attention to Hapsburg culture has emphasized its German-centred aspects. Shifting Voices brings a new focus to the Hapsburg Empire's rich Hungarian component through a comparative feminist analysis of women's literary contributions in Austria and in Hungary.

The invisible empire

The Invisible Empire provides the first overview of Canadian telecommunications, from the laying of the first telegraph line between Toronto and Hamilton in 1846 to the separation between Nortel - then known as Northern Electric - and the American Bell System in 1956.

Missed opportunities

In Missed Opportunities, Marc Raboy reveals the short-sightedness behind the traditional view of Canadian broadcasting policy as an instrument for promoting a national identity and culture. He argues that Canadian broadcasting policy has served as a political instrument for reinforcing a certain ...

Rewriting apocalypse in canadian fiction

Traditional apocalyptic narratives highlight the drama of a chosen elect. Contemporary Canadian fiction, however, typically portrays the apocalypse from the perspective of marginalized individuals barred from Paradise, creating a distinctly anti-apocalyptic discourse. Marlene Goldman traces the h...

The quest of the folk, first edition

The popular conception of Nova Scotians as a purer, simpler, and more idyllic people is false, argues Ian McKay. In The Quest of the Folk he shows how the province's tourism industry and cultural producers manipulated and refashioned the cultural identity of the region and its people to project t...

Confrontation at winnipeg, revised edition

Why was Winnipeg the scene of the longest and most complete general strike in North American history? Bercuson answers this question by examining the development of union labour and the impact of depression and war in the two decades preceding the strike.

Documenting displacement

This project explores the ethics and methods of research in diverse forced migration contexts and proposes new ways of thinking about and documenting displacement. Contributors reflect honestly on both what has worked and what has not, providing useful points of discussion for future research by ...

The coldest harbour in the land

In 1624 Simon Stock, a missionary priest of the Discalced Carmelite order in England, began correspondence with the recently founded Congregation of the Propaganda Fide in Rome in an attempt to interest it in the establishment of a novitiate for English priests of his order. Luca Codignola draws ...

Pharmacopoeias, drug regulation, and empires

Pharmacopoeias – books describing approved standards and composition of drugs – have come in many shapes and forms throughout the history of medicine. Stuart Anderson traces the 350-year development of “official” pharmacopoeias across the British Empire, from the local to national scale, and late...

Empty revelations

A rich and engaging investigation into the nature of literary fiction.

Confessions of a yiddish writer and other essays

A collection of essays by the great Yiddish novelist Chava Rosenfarb, most published in English for the first time.

High time

It took Canada fifty years to reform its marijuana laws. Did it get them right?

Keeping heads above water

Costa Rica has a long-established humanitarian tradition as a country of asylum for refugees fleeing repressive regimes in other South American countries. Salvadorean refugees began arriving in Costa Rica in 1980, and many of them received assistance directed at making them self-sufficient. In Ke...

Thackeray's cultural frame of reference

Thackeray's The Newcomes has been described as one of the richest of Victorian fictions. In Thackeray's Cultural Frame of Reference, R.D. McMaster unveils the magnitude of this richness.

The accidental indies

The Accidental Indies is a tale in which we join Christopher Columbus on a voyage through western seas and Western imagination. Robert Finley imagines, sings, charts, and paints the story of Columbus's problematic 1492 expedition to the Caribbean, creating a world that is as vivid and compelling ...

Gentle eminence

Born in 1905, George Bernard Flahiff was the son of an innkeeper in a small Ontario town. A versatile athlete and exceptional student, he studied at the University of Toronto, where his history professor, Lester Pearson, suggested a career in diplomacy.

Living factories

How biotechnology is changing the definition of "life."

Charlevoix

When asked, "Where is Murray Bay?" US President Taft always replied, "Murray Bay is a state of mind." For over two hundred years the Charlevoix region has played host to some of the world's most famous and adventurous travellers. Considered the "Newport" of Canada, Charlevoix has been a meeting p...

Why the church?

From its beginnings, the Church has presented itself as a human phenomenon that carries the divine within it. As a social fact, its reality given form by men and women, the Church has always affirmed that its existence surpasses the human reality of its components and that it stands as the contin...

The true spirit and original intent of treaty 7

There are several historical accounts of the Treaty 7 agreement between the government and prairie First Nations but none from the perspective of the aboriginal people involved. In spite of their perceived silence, however, the elders of each nation involved have maintained an oral history of eve...

Recent social trends in italy, 1960-1995

Italy remains an enigma for many observers. Recent Social Trends in Italy, 1960-1995, the sixth volume from the international Comparative Charting of Social Change program, provides a new and convincing schema for its comprehension. It shows that three essential institutions have structured and u...

Diversity and unity in federal countries

In Diversity and Unity in Federal Countries, leading scholars and practitioners analyse the current political, socio-economic, spatial, and cultural diversity in the countries under consideration before delving into the role that social, historical, and political factors have had in shaping the b...

Milosevic and markovic

Engrossing and beautifully written, Milosevic and Markovic is both a biography and an engaging political commentary on events in Yugoslavia and Serbia over the last two decades. Avoiding the speculation and intrigue that surrounds Milosevic, Djukic provides a clear, factual commentary that shows ...