Herder on nationality, humanity, and history

The core of J.G. Herder's philosophy of nationalism lies in the conviction that human creativity must be embedded in the particular culture of a communal language. While he acknowledged that this cultural particular must be integrated into a more universal humanity, he insisted that each culture ...

Ahead of his time

This is the first English translation of Professor Bünning's biography of the outstanding 19th century German plant physiologist, Wilhelm Pfeffer who, one hundred years ago, anticipated much that modern-day biologists and botanists have come to accept.

Sport and canadian diplomacy

In Sport and Canadian Diplomacy Donald Macintosh and Michael Hawes describe how the Department of External Affairs used sport in its foreign policy initiatives, from the beginning of its involvement in 1972 to the recent initiative of former Secretary of State for External Affairs Joe Clark to pr...

Recent social trends in west germany, 1960-1990

The third volume in the invaluable reference series Comparative Charting of Social Change examines social trends in West Germany during the period between 1960 and 1990. This was a special phase of German history: the Federal Republic of Germany was founded in 1949, and by 1960 the main disturban...

An evangelical mind

Through an in-depth study of the thought and intellectual formation of Nathanael Burwash (1839-1918), a little-known but highly influential Canadian educator and Methodist theologian, Marguerite Van Die presents a picture of one of the most unsettling per

The politics of canadian foreign policy, fourth edition

This book analyses the deeply political context of how foreign policy is made in Canada. Taking a broad historical perspective, it provides the key foundations for the analysis of Canadian foreign policy. It argues that foreign policy is forged in the nexus of politics at three levels-the global,...

Cosmopolitanism

Urdu for children, book 1: teacher's manual

Urdu for Children is the first comprehensive instructional package for teaching children Urdu as a second language.

Irish migrants in the canadas, second edition

Including a new preface by the author, Irish Migrants in the Canadas probes beyond the aggregate statistics of most studies of the migration process. Bruce Elliott traces the genealogies, movements, landholding strategies, and economic lives of 775 families of Irish immigrants who came to Canada ...

The zoroastrian faith

Zoroastrianism has played a significant role in the development of the world's major religions. A tiny world-wide community of Zoroastrians still exists: a small group lives in Iran; others, commonly known as Parsees, are found on the west coast of India; and Zoroastrians from both Iran and India...

Knowledge, power, and migration

Knowledge, Power, and Migration asks how research practices can change the conversation on immigration, encouraging curiosity about how scholarship in this field can shape global, social, and epistemic justice.

Federalism and the welfare state in a multicultural world

A timely evaluation of Canadian social welfare policy.

Saqiyuq

A grandmother, daughter, and granddaughter take us on a remarkable journey in which the cycles of life - childhood, adolescence, marriage, birthing and child rearing - are presented against the contrasting experiences of three successive generations. Their memories and reflections give us poignan...

Powering up canada

A comprehensive history of energy sources - from wood to nuclear - and their role in shaping Canadian society.

The grammar schools of medieval england

The greatest single contribution to the history of the grammar schools of medieval England, including the famous public schools of Winchester and Eton, was made between 1890 and 1915 by Arthur Francis Leach (1851-1915). A graduate of Winchester and All Souls College, Oxford and a member of the Mi...

Canadian suburban

This book considers the cultures of suburbia in English Canadian fiction published from the 1960s to 2019. Exploring works of various Canadian authors, Cowdy argues there is no one authentic definition of a Canadian suburban imaginary but multiple, at times contradictory, representations that dis...

Role quests in the post-cold war era

Role Quests in the Post-Cold War Era examines the question of foreign policy change through a comparative analysis of the Great Powers' reactions to the transformations in international relations after the Cold War. Contributors describe and explain the efforts of the United States, the Soviet Un...

Consumers in the bush

The everyday material world of rural Canadian families in the nineteenth century.

Irene avaalaaqiaq

Irene Avaalaaqiaq, one of this country's most prominent Inuit artists and a leading member of the prolific artistic community of Baker Lake in the new Canadian arctic territory of Nunavut, has enjoyed a distinguished thirty-year career. A distinctive creator of drawings, prints, and sculpture, sh...

The making of urban scotland

St. ursula's convent or the nun of canada

In 1824, when the novel was issued in Kingston, Upper Canada, it became not only the first work of fiction written by a native-born Canadian and published in what is now Canada, but also a significant early attempt by a Canadian of English and French heri

Violence interrupted

Addressing sexual violence on campus through advocacy, institutional change, and critical new research.

Ivan mazepa and the russian empire

A political biography of the famous Ukrainian hetman Ivan Mazepa and his clash with the emerging Russian empire.

The house you were born in

In this elegy for lost ancestral farms Tanya Standish McIntyre gives voice to theunspoken, shining a light into the dark corners of our collective memory toreveal an indelible past that gleams with clarity, empathy, and humanity.

Fit and proper persons

Letters to a québécois friend

Philip Resnick's controversial letters, written as a stirring response to Quebec's stand in the 1988 federal election, will not only galvanize the ongoing discussions on Meech Lake and Free Trade but will bring to the fore the question of Quebec's future relationship to the rest of Canada. Daniel...

Central works of philosophy, volume 3

A primer on the core texts of the Western philosophical canon aimed at undergraduate students and general readers.

Whatever happened to the music teacher?

An insightful account of the forces that shape Ottawa's expenditure budget and the relations between politicians and public servants.

Empties

The varied meanings of empties coalesce in vivid and timely poems that teach endurance “in the face of all that won’t / be saved” while finding much in the world “to cherish / as it brinks.”

Private practice, public payment

Current debates over the role of doctors in a state-run health insurance program are nothing new to Canadians. Since 1911, when developments in Britain first focused attention on the issue in Canada, public health insurance has been a contentious subject with the medical profession. David Naylor ...

Chora 4

Contributors to this volume strive to uncover architectural alternatives to simplistic models based on concepts of aesthetics, technology, or sociology. Seventeen essays explore historical topics ranging from antiquity, with a study of the Roman Colosseum; through early Renaissance subjects, such...

Habitations et milieu de vie

Habitations et milieu de vie est le fruit d'un projet conçu par la Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement (SCHL) afin d'examiner les progrès accomplis en matière de logement au Canada. Dans le cadre d'une expérience inusitée, un consortium de vingt-deux auteurs comprenant des universitai...

Bearers of risk

Bearers of Risk examines how male Canadian writers mobilize the early twenty-first-century short story cycle as an illustration of post-9/11 recuperative masculinity politics. Neta Gordon unsettles scholarly positions on the inherent outsider status of the short story cycle and exposes the strate...

The orwell conundrum

An important contribution to the understanding of George Orwell's thought, particularly to Nineteen Eighty Four. The author challenges the view of the novel as a flawed work of crushing pessimism, arguing convincingly that it is a great humanist's mature vision of his deeply troubled times.

Up and to the right

The first-ever look at one of Canada's greatest growth investors and champions of entrepreneurship.

In search of paradise

In Search of Paradise is the story of an Italian family which, having lived for generations in an isolated mountain town in Abruzzi, Italy, is forced by World War II and economic hardship to pull up roots and re-establish in Canada. Presented as a series

The constant diplomat

The leaders and politics of the Soviet Union seen through the eyes of an experienced ambassador.

Winnipeg: a social history of urban growth, 1874-1914

This study provides a reasonably detailed social history of Winnipeg: a description—or reconstruction—of the evolvement of an urban area. It endeavours to identify and describe the events, personages, trends, and movements which have played a key role in the development of Winnipeg.

Drink in canada

The Elixir of Life or the Demon Rum? Liquor has been an integral aspect of Canadian culture since European contact. The contributing authors of this collection describe drinking habits, temperance movements, and the prohibition experience in Canada from the 1830s to the 1980s.

Engaging the thought of bernard lonergan

Original essays that present Bernard Lonergan’s bold undertakings and intellectual achievements and apply his ideas to human learning and action.

Strategic friends

The continuity and change in Canada's relationship with Ukraine since the breakup of the Soviet Union.

Divorcing marriage

Is redefining marriage to include same-sex unions simply an act of fairness to gays and lesbians - another step in the evolution of Canada into a just society? Or is it a hastily conceived social experiment that will undermine human rights, deflecting marriage from the support of children to the ...

The jesuit "relations"

The Jesuit "Relations" explores the intricate relationships between the published Relations and the many other texts written in New France, revealing a rich picture of a historical source that has shaped public understanding of colonial North America.

Missing link

A stunning meeting of the humanities and sciences, perceived in the metaphoric behaviours that pervade both.