Foreign relations in federal countries

This fifth book in the Global Dialogue series explores foreign policy in federal countries, which often varies among such countries and differs considerably from that of unitary countries. Foreign policy has traditionally been the responsibility of central governments. In countries with a unitary...

Statesman of the piano

Jazz pianist Lou Hooper (1894–1977), Paul Robeson’s first accompanist and teacher to Oscar Peterson, came to prominence near the end of his life for his exceptional career. Statesman of the Piano makes his unpublished autobiography widely available for the first time, with commentary from histori...

Symbols in life and art

This collection of nine papers is the result of a colloquium of the Royal Society of Canada, held in honour of the late George Whalley, at which noted scholars from several countries and various disciplines discussed the role symbols play in human life.

Sketches from an unquiet country

Graphic satire in Canada – from rebellious colony to independent nation preparing for war.

Labour in the laboratory

Medical laboratory workers play a crucial role in the health care system but are often hidden from public view. Unlike many previous histories of Canadian health care, Labour in the Laboratory offers an intimate portrait of the women (and a few men) who laboured at the bench. In a detailed analys...

The shape of irish history

A meditation on the nature of history that challenges hitherto sacrosanct assumptions about Ireland's past.

Scorpions and the anatomy of time

Previous books in Jacques Chevalier's The 3D Mind trilogy dealt with the horizontal and vertical planes of brain science and their relevance for a better understanding of signs in culture and language. Scorpions and the Anatomy of Time brings the trilogy onto a third and final plane, the associat...

Hysteria in performance

The nineteenth-century study of hysteria at the Salpêtrière hospital was a medical project, but also a theatrical one. The hysteric's public appearance was a continual ethical provocation, pointing not only to the vulnerability of her person but to the unstable position of her spectator. Hysteria...

Urban affairs

Issues of urban policy are increasingly complex and important. Whether considered from a social, demographic, or economic perspective, Canada is overwhelmingly an urban nation and healthy, prosperous cities are the key to its well-being. What then, is our national policy toward urban affairs? In ...

The philosophy of nietzsche

This fresh introduction to Nietzsche's philosophical work provides students new to Nietzsche with an excellent framework for understanding the central concerns of his philosophical and cultural writings and why Nietzsche's ideas continue to spark controversy in philosophy and in allied disciplines.

L.m. montgomery and gender

The celebrated author receives much-deserved additional consideration in L.M. Montgomery and Gender. Of interest to historians, feminists, gender scholars, scholars of literature, and Montgomery enthusiasts, this collection builds on current scholarship in its approach to the complexity of gender...

Saviours of the nation

Yugoslavia's break-up in 1991 and the wars that followed in its wake have been widely blamed on Serbian nationalism. Most analyses, however, have not examined this nationalism in the years before Slobodan Miloševi 's rise to power, when its principal articulators were opposition intellectuals. Sa...

The authentic paul

Challenging philological and critical understandings of authenticity, The Authentic Paul tells the story of numerous critical scholars, from antiquity to the modern period, who have laboured to make a book of Paul’s letters free from textual variation and forgery.

Nietzsche's justice

An exploration of Nietzsche's ideas of justice by one of his leading modern exponents.

Trojan-horse aid

A frank account about Andean aid that asks development workers to leave their hubris and Western recipes at home.

Transhumanizing war

Questioning whether the military is ready to push the boundaries of human performance.

Lord mansfield

The life and times of the great eighteenth-century judge and statesman, whose legacy continues to influence Anglo-American law and society.

Orthodoxy and enlightenment

Employing an interdisciplinary approach that gives equal consideration to Campbell's secular and religious writings, Jeffrey Suderman argues that Campbell used the critical tools of the Enlightenment to defend an orthodox Christian faith. This conclusion

The punjabis in british columbia

Contrasting immigrant experiences in remote regions and metropolitan centres of Canada.

The ontario cancer institute

In The Ontario Cancer Institute Ernest McCulloch discusses how the institute, dedicated to the goal of reducing the burden of cancer, continuously strove for excellence and shows how both original and collaborative work were encouraged within a supportive environment.

Federalism and the charter

This extensive revision of the landmark Leading Constitutional Decisions brings together recent Charter cases with the classical cases on the Canadian Constitution. An introductory essay traces the evolution and distinctive features of judicial review in Canada and includes references to the Cons...

Ghost storeys

A haunted study of modern Gothic architecture and literature.

The merger delusion

The story of the fight against the forced merger of Montreal municipalities and the world's first metropolitan de-merger.

V-bombs and weathermaps

Towards the end of World War II Germany unleashed its weapons of vengeance on the British population - the V-1 flying bomb (a pilotless aircraft) and the V-2 rocket (the precursor of the ballistic missile). In V-Bombs and Weathermaps Brock McElheran remembers his own experience of being under att...

How ottawa spends, 1993-1994

Forty narratives in the wyandot language

In 1911-1912, anthropologist Marius Barbeau spent a year recording forty texts in the Wyandot language as spoken by native speakers in Oklahoma. Though he intended to return and complete his linguistic study, he never did. More than a century later, this book continues Barbeau's work.

L' église et la politique québécoise, de taschereau à duplessis

Une étude sans précédent de la relation qui unissait l'Église et l'État au Québec avant la Révolution tranquille.

September 11

In September 11 Kent Roach provides a critical examination of the consequences of September 11 for law, democracy, sovereignty, and security. He assesses a broad range of anti-terrorism measures including the Anti-terrorism Act, the smart border agreement, Canadian participation in the war in Afg...

Native people, native lands

The changing roles of native women, devices for assimilation, the re-birth of the Metis: these are among the issues examined in this collection of provocative essays which explore the link between aboriginal culture and economic patterns.

Self-employed workers organize

Over a million self-employed Canadians work every day but many of them not entitled to the basic labour protections and rights such as minimum wages, maternity and parental leaves and benefits, pay equity, a safe and healthy working environment, and access to collective bargaining. The authors of...

From spinster to career woman

Challenging preconceived notions about femininity, respectability, paid employment, and middle-class ladies in Victorian England.

A short history of quebec, third edition

This fully revised edition of A Short History of Quebec includes expanded coverage of Quebec's political history, consideration of recent historiographical interpretations, updated tables and bibliography, a chronology, and new illustrations.

Gaelic cape breton step-dancing

Placing the phenomenon of Gaelic Cape Breton step-dancing into an historical perspective.

Canadian pentecostalism

One of the most significant transformations in twentieth-century Christianity is the emergence and development of Pentecostalism. With over five hundred million followers, it is the fastest-growing movement in the world. An incredibly diverse movement, it has influenced many sectors of Christiani...

The doctor dilemma

The Canadian health care system is undergoing fundamental restructuring that will necessitate important changes in doctors' professional roles. Rather than resisting such changes, as has happened on occasion in the past, S.E.D. Shortt, a practising physician for two decades, argues that doctors c...

The symbolic state

Karlo Basta’s surefooted treatment of asymmetric federalism to accommodate the presence of more than one nation in a single state is as original as it is sound. Joining the logic of political economy to that of symbolic recognition, he produces a coherent picture of the interplay between central ...

The portrayal of jews in modern biełarusian literature

An insightful introduction to the relationship between Bielarusians of Christian and Jewish origins, as recorded in Bielarusian literature.

A different kind of care

More children in Western society suffer from the effects of poverty than from cancer, kidney disease, or any other major illness. In "A Different Kind of Care" Dr Gilles Julien proposes a framework within which we can understand and treat such children. Advocating a social pediatric approach, he ...

The government policy of protector somerset

Interlinguicity, internationality, and shakespeare

Shakespeare between nations, between languages, and between his time and ours.

Seeking our eden

One woman's dreams of establishing a utopian colony and her fight for women's equality.

Perspectives on landscape and settlement in nineteenth-century ontario

Reforming parliamentary democracy

Parliamentary government combines stability and dynamism. Its continuity is rooted in enduring principles such as citizen representation and accountability to the legislature. But parliamentary systems have evolved in response to changes in the societies they govern and in citizens' views about d...

Inside the ndp war room

A first-hand account of how decisions to represent political parties are made.