The language of the senses

In this stimulating and original analysis of some of the most important nineteenth-century poems in English, Kerry McSweeney offers an alternative to non-referential and New Historicist critical methods.

Forced migration, reconciliation, and justice

The links between displacement and the search for justice and reconciliation, in theory and in practice.

Mapping postcommunist cultures

Drawing on the discourses of postmodernism, postcolonialism, and globalization, Vitaly Chernetsky maps out the new cultural developments in literature, architecture, painting, film, and performance art emerging in Russia and Ukraine, the two largest successor states to the Soviet Union, situating...

The irony of theology and the nature of religious thought

Donald Wiebe critically examines the pervasive assumption that theology is a form of religious thought that is both compatible with and supportive of religious faith. The irony, he argues, is that theology is in fact detrimental to religion and the religious way of life.

Workers of war and empire from new france to british america, 1688–1783

Richard Tomczak puts French-Canadian workers front and centre in this historical account of the feudal labour arrangements that propped up the Canadian colonial state in a pivotal era.

The quest of the folk, cls edition

Debunking the myth of Nova Scotians as "simple folk."

Grace and philosophy

A case for the reinstatement in philosophy of astonished wonder about life, and the poetic and artistic expressions of such wonder.

A history of canadian external relations, volume 2

Silent surrender, new edition

First published in 1970, Silent Surrender helped educate a generation of students about Canadian political economy. Kari Levitt details the historical background of foreign investments in Canada, their acceleration since World War II, and the nature of intrusions by multinational corporations int...

Chaucer and language

Geoffrey Chaucer is increasingly recognized as a writer whose work is particularly congenial to modern tastes. The essays in Chaucer and Language are at the forefront of present-day interest in Chaucer as a highly self-conscious manipulator of language and theorist of signification in the broades...

Canadian sociologists in the first person

Exploring what social science and the academic profession look like in Canada from a first-person perspective, Canadian Sociologists in the First Person offers invaluable lessons for younger scholars as they envision a diverse sociological imagination for the twenty-first century.

Arctic bibliography

At home in the petromodern paradox

Kyle Conway shows how an oil boom fueled both opportunity and conflict in Williston, North Dakota, a community transformed by oil exploration.

When bad states win

This book challenges the belief that democratic institutions and economic growth are effective tools for defeating an insurgency. Jeffrey Treistman reveals that while moderate violence can lead to government overthrow, bad actors that pursue indiscriminate violence and brutal repression can defea...

Treaty no. 9

The complete story behind the signing of one of North America's largest land treaties.

Wrapped up in god

Between 1776 and 1830 the Maritime provinces were the site of important waves of religious revivals. Focusing chiefly on Baptists and Methodists, George Rawlyk uses rich primary sources to examine these happenings. Most contemporary interpreters of revivals have explained them in terms of their s...

Steering the course

With the frankness and clarity of someone whose life has been lived to the full, Sam Hughes tells the story of that life, from his early years in Victoria, BC - his father was a chief engineer at Canadian Northern Railway - to his many years on the bench in Ontario as a Supreme Court judge.

Social trust and human communities

Many sociologists have maintained that trust is the glue of social life. Trudy Govier confirms this view in a sustained discussion of the concept and contexts of trust, showing that trust is more significant and more prevalent than is usually assumed. She argues that social bonding is built on tr...

At the origin of the christian claim

In At the Origin of the Christian Claim Luigi Giussani examines Christ's "claim" to identify himself with the mystery that is the ultimate answer to our search for the meaning of existence.

Scepticism

Ever since Descartes identified the first task of philosophy as the defeat of scepticism, the challenge posed by scepticism has remained a central problem for epistemology. Neil Gascoigne introduces the sceptical arguments and methods of the canonical philosophers from Sextus Empiricus's Pyrrhoni...

Ideas, concepts, and reality

An original exploration of the distinction between subjective ideas and objective concepts.

Thomas d'arcy mcgee, volume 1

A brilliant writer, outstanding orator, and charismatic politician, Thomas D'Arcy McGee is best known for his prominent role in Irish-Canadian politics, his inspirational speeches in support of Canadian Confederation, and his assassination by an Irish revolutionary who accused him of betraying hi...

Voices from hudson bay

In Voices from Hudson Bay Cree elders recall the daily lives and experiences of the men and women who lived and worked at the Hudson's Bay Company post at York Factory in Manitoba. Their stories, their memories of family, community, and daily life, define their past and provide insights into a wa...

A dog pissing at the edge of a path

An innovative, in-depth exploration of animal metaphors in a non-Western society and a critique of current theoretical approaches in anthropology.

Towards a canada-quebec union

The picturesque and the sublime

Winner of the Gabrielle Roy Prize in English and the Raymond Klibansky Prize, The Picturesque and the Sublime is a cultural history of two hundred years of nature writing in Canada, from eighteenth-century prospect poems to contemporary encounters with landscape. Arguing against the received wisd...

Telling the flesh

An engaging exploration of the stories our bodies tell and the stories we tell about our bodies.

Sober reflections

Alcohol policies reflect conflicting ideological, social, health, and commercial agendas. Sober Reflections describes the development of alcohol policies at the national level and in Alberta, Quebec, and Ontario between 1980 and 2000. Using qualitative research methods, the essays examine the rol...

Comings and goings

Comings and Goings is the first book to connect the study of student life with both the history of the Canadian University as a whole and the role of the university as a career-training institution.

Building mennonite belonging

Building Mennonite Belonging charts a course for Canadian Mennonites, particularly those in Mennonite Church Canada, to address changing racial and ethnocultural identities in a diversifying society.

Louis xv's navy, 1748-1762

Louis XV's Navy presents a sharply detailed picture of an institution caught between its Colbertian legacy and contemporary challenges arising from overseas development and imperial rivalry. James Pritchard analyses the changes that occurred in naval organization and administration in the years b...

Between the temple and the cave

E.J. Pratt's religious beliefs have baffled literary scholars for years: critics have assigned him positions ranging from orthodoxy through agnosticism to atheism. Between the Temple and the Cave provides a definitive exploration of Pratt's complex relationship with Christianity, providing insigh...

Canadian public-sector financial management

A primer on managing public funds and a sophisticated presentation of how governments actually work.

A history of canadian external relations, volume 1

Economic intelligence and national security

Since the end of the Cold War, competition among states has been waged along economic rather than ideological or military lines. In Canada, as elsewhere, this shift has forced a rethinking of the role of intelligence services in protecting and promoting national economic security. The scholars an...

Northern sphinx

Faces in the forest

In Faces in the Forest Michael Blackstock, a forester and an artist, takes us into the sacred forest, revealing the mysteries of carvings, paintings, and writings done on living trees by First Nations people. Blackstock details this rare art form through oral histories related by the Elders, blen...

Debt, law, realism

Debt, Law, Realism reads African novels as political philosophy, offering important lessons about the foundations of social trust, the principle of succession, and the nature of sovereignty, authority, and law.

Sailor's hope

The story of an important figure in the history of pre-Confederation Canada.

Immigration and canada

A definitive and accessible guide to how Canada’s immigration system actually works, structured around a series of no-holds-barred questions most often raised in the news and debated in the public square.

The immaculate conception of data

Large-scale agribusinesses are among the largest and oldest oligopoly corporations in the world, now constituting a form of big tech alongside companies like Google and Facebook. The Immaculate Conception of Data explores the secretive legal agreements surrounding agricultural big data to trace h...

Openings

British Columbia's Sumas Lake was drained in the 1920s to create farmlands in the Fraser Valley. This event is the subject of Laura Cameron's Openings, a multifaceted exploration of the complex relationship between place and history. On one level it is a history of a lake and its "reclamation" as...

For patients of moderate means

Between 1890 and 1910 scientific and technological innovation transformed the custodial Victorian charity hospital for the sick poor into the primary source of effective acute medical care for all members of society. For the next half century hospitals coped with relentlessly escalating demands f...

Policy governance in multi-level systems

An examination of trends towards increasing state-society partnerships and intergovernmental collaboration in the face of global economic restructuring.