Undisciplined women

Undisciplined Women, an interdisciplinary collection of twenty essays dealing with women and culture in Canada, explores a neglected area in folklore scholarship. Covering a range of subjects from female sailors to women preachers, contributors examine how women have been involved in identifying,...

How ottawa spends, 1995-1996

Changing ideals in modern architecture, 1750-1950, second edition

Changing Ideals in Modern Architecture revolutionized the understanding of modernism in architecture, pushing back the sense of its origin from the early twentieth century to the 1750s and thus placing architectural thought within the a broader context of

Lives and landscapes

In the late 1940s Elmer Harp, a young PhD candidate at Harvard, began the first of five summers of exploration along the coast of the Strait of Belle Isle.

Pegi by herself

The definitive biography of a free-spirited artist whose paintings are among the most immediately recognizable Canadian artworks of the 1930s and 1940s.

Recent social trends in canada, 1960-2000

Canadian society has changed dramatically since 1960. This work captures the scope and range of these changes through a systematic documentation of seventy-eight social trends.

New england and the maritime provinces

New England and Canada's Maritime provinces share centuries-old connections. In New England and the Maritime Provinces leading scholars examine this important relationship through analysis of themes common to both regions and show the effects of the evolution of the region from a borderland with ...

The canadian quandary, cls edition

Best known for his research on international trade and finance and monetary policy, Harry G. Johnson was one of Canada's most respected economists. He was also a prolific and influential public intellectual. A sharp and popular polemicist, he wrote on a wide range of subjects, from advertising to...

Life and death under stalin

Investigations of Stalin's regime have usually concentrated on events in Moscow, Leningrad, and some of the rapidly developing industrial centres of the Soviet Union. In contrast, Kees Boterbloem provides an unprecedented look at the lives of Russians in a typical province which has remained larg...

Planners and politicians

Canada's national social security system is a valued and integral part of our national character. However, with recent government cutbacks, the future of the welfare state is now in jeopardy. Focusing on the development of the Canada Pension Plan and medicare - the cornerstones of Canada's social...

Sites of governance

A rare glimpse into the world of public policy making in Canada's major cities.

Steps on the road to medicare

An in-depth look at why Saskatchewan was the first province to introduce medicare.

Rose henderson

Feminism and the political left come to life in this account of an important early twentieth-century social activist.

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...

Stefansson and the canadian arctic

Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879-1962) was Canada's greatest modern arctic explorer, theorist, writer, and pioneer ethnologist. For the first quarter of the twentieth century his ideas captured the imagination of Canadians and gave them a sense of Canada's northern destiny. However, by the mid-1920s h...

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 ...

Voice of the vanishing minority

At the turn of the century Robert Sellar, editor of the Huntingdon Gleaner in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, was the most-quoted rural newspaperman in Canada. His controversial opinions on Confederation, national policy, and especially French-Canadian nationalism sparked debate across Canada an...

Labour, love, and prayer

Labour, Love, and Prayer explores the construction of female stereotypes during a period of mounting religious tension in Ireland by examining the central role played by Protestant and Catholic women in establishing the religious faith of their children a

The lives of dalhousie university: volume ii

In the second volume of the history of Dalhousie University, P.B. Waite traces Dalhousie's development from a small privately funded college of about 700 students and four faculties to a large Canadian university of 9,000 students that includes many of the leading professional schools in Atlantic...

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...

Chora 6

Thirteen diverse essays in Chora 6 reconsider cultural and historical roots of architecture and explore contemporary venues for architectural action.

New world myth

In this comparative study of six Canadian novels Marie Vautier examines reworkings of myth in the postcolonial context. While myths are frequently used in literature as transhistorical master narratives, she argues that these novels destabilize the traditional function of myth in their self-consc...

Frank manning covert

Fifty Years in the Practice of Law is the engrossing autobiography of a public citizen who worked almost non-stop at a career he both loved and cherished. A power - often behind the scenes - in big business, high finance, and Liberal Party politics, Frank Manning Covert advised Pierre Trudeau to ...

The archaeology of bruce trigger

The life and work of a renowned archaeologist.

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...

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.

So vast and various

A look at 150 years of writings about Canada's regions.

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...

Disaster risk and vulnerability

Why communities and institutions need to work together to reduce disaster risk.

Critical images

How did the tall, lanky Don Quixote and the short, stout Sancho Panza become staple figures of Western iconography, so well known that their silhouettes are easily recognizable in Picasso's famous work? How did the novel Don Quixote, a parody of the romances of knight errantry, become a paean to ...

Career paths of nursing professionals

This is the first and only comprehensive labour market study of the largest group of nursing professionals in any one province in Canada. It explores the career paths of more than 1600 registered nurses and registered practical nurses, using survey data collected in 1992-1993, just as these front...

Canada enters the nuclear age

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) has made significant advances in the development of nuclear science in Canada and worldwide. AECL scientist Bertram Brockhouse's work on condensed matter systems won him the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics and the CANDU power reactor is recognized as one of Cana...

The fundamental things apply

"Compromise has remained a good thing in the mosaic called Canada, contributing indirectly and in its own mysterious way to whatever good humour, proportion, tolerance, judgment, and civility we have achieved. When such fundamental things apply, we can learn more about how best to live together, ...

The clockmaker

In 1835 Thomas Chandler Haliburton introduced Samuel Slick of Slicksville, Connecticut, into the pages of the Novascotian in order to awaken his fellow citizens to the economic opportunities of their province. From this Halifax newspaper trotted out the C

Infinity, faith, and time

Infinity, Faith, and Time is an exploration of Renaissance literature and the importance of a powerful tradition of Christian-Platonist rational spirituality derived from St Augustine and Nicholas of Cusa. John Spencer Hill argues that this tradition had

The ishtar gate

Persuasion and propaganda

In the eighteenth century sugar planters, merchants, aristocrats, politicians, and governments erected hundreds of commemorative monuments throughout the British Empire as expressions of social status, personal dynasties, territorial occupation, and imperial ambitions. In a culture transformed by...

Robert emmet

Robert Emmet (1778-1803) was one Ireland's most romantic revolutionaries. The youngest son of Ireland's state physician, he was educated privately at Trinity College Dublin and, like many young people, was caught up in the fervour of the French Revolution. Expelled from Trinity in 1798 after invo...

Earth into property

A broad exploration of the colonial roots of global capitalism and the worldwide quest of Indigenous people for liberation through decolonization.

Gangs and girls

Gangs and Girls is the first major piece of qualitative research specifically aimed at understanding and analyzing the involvement of street gangs in female juvenile prostitution. Organized around a number of direct central questions, Michel Dorais and Patrice Corriveau document how street gangs ...

Joseph brodsky and the baroque

Literary criticism of the work of Russian poet Joseph Brodsky has tended to be biographical, stressing the significance of physical or metaphysical exile, estrangement, and alienation in his poetry. In a welcome move away from previous emphases, David MacFadyen argues that Brodsky's corpus was in...

Family names of the island of newfoundland

The only dictionary of surnames in Canada.

Military spending in developing countries

Government agencies are increasingly apprehensive about the scale of military spending in Africa and the Middle East - particularly incountries where they are providing development assistance. This study argues that certain countries overspend on their military forces to the detriment of more pro...

Interests of state

Leslie Pal explores a phenomenon unique to Canadian politics - the direct funding of advocacy groups by the government - and makes a significant contribution to the debate on the role of the state in shaping society. Focusing on groups concerned with the official languages, multiculturalism, and ...

Mad cows and mother's milk, second edition

An evaluation of the crucial role of risk communication in dealing with public controversies.

Blitzkrieg and jitterbugs

A young woman experiences college life amidst constant reminders of ongoing war.

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...

Le privilege parliamentaire au canada

Relativism

Relativism lies at the very heart of philosophy since there can be little point to debates in other philosophical areas if the issues surrounding relativism are not resolved. This book offers a systematic discussion of a variety of different relativist positions that are often grouped together un...

The making of the nations and cultures of the new world

Between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries the Americas, Australia, and New Zealand emerged as nations. Through conquest and violent appropriation, European immigrants settled these lands and developed a sense of belonging, powerfully expressed in identity, memory, and the belief in utopias. ...

The siege of fort cumberland, 1776

Focusing on the revolutionary movement in the Fort Cumberland region of Nova Scotia in 1775-76, Ernest Clarke explores why supporters of American independence did not prevail in this British North American colony. He reveals how the siege of Fort Cumberland shaped the attitudes of Nova Scotians t...

Organized patriotism and the crucible of war

How the First World War made women central to popular imperialism in Britain

Marguerite bourgeoys and montreal, 1640-1665

St Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620-1700), canonized in 1982, is a key figure in Canadian and religious history as a founder of Montreal and of the international order the Congrégation de Notre-Dame de Montréal, one of the first uncloistered religious communiti

The view from xanadu

The Hearst newspaper chain, at its peak the largest in the history of American journalism, was a mouthpiece for William Randolph Hearst. He expounded his views on national and world events in editorials, becoming a major and ever-present figure in the political arena. Despise and hate him as they...

Dilemmas of trust

Every human relationship, whether between lovers, friends, family members, or colleagues, involves trust or distrust. When we trust, we take for granted that others are not out to harm us; we relax and feel safe. When we distrust, we are fearful; we withdraw and try to protect ourselves. In Dilem...

Blindfold

Blinded by a grenade in Lebanon as a teenager, poet John Asfour came to Canada armed with James Joyce's words, "For the eyes, they bring us nothing. I have a hundred worlds to create and I am only losing one of them." Blindfold investigates the ways in which disability influences our lives and is...

This kindred people

At the end of the nineteenth century lingering notions of anglophobia and "Manifest Destiny" caused Americans to look upon the British colony to the north as a dangerous and unnatural entity. At the same time many Canadians used the familiar ideas of Loyalism, imperialism, and anti-Americanism to...

Parliamentary privilege in canada, second edition

The body of law entitled "parliamentary privilege" was developed to permit the full unfettered and effective operation of a democratically elected legislative body charged collectively with acting on behalf of and in the interest of the people of Canada. Intended to assist Members of Parliament a...

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...

Creating carleton

Carleton College began in 1942 by offering evening courses for academic credit. It became a full-time college with the return of veterans from Europe. For the next decade it survived as a private non-sectarian institution, with the administration trying t

Radical gestures

Performance art was finally recognized as an art form in its own right in the 1970s. In Radical Gestures Jayne Wark situates feminist performance art in Canada and the United States in the social context of the feminist movement and avant-garde art from the 1970s to 2000. She shows that artists d...

Baking as biography

A daughter's exploration of her mother's life as revealed through her baking.

Idealism

The rediscovery of Idealism is an unmistakable feature of contemporary philosophy. Heavily criticised by the dominant philosophies of the twentieth century, it is being reconsidered in the twenty-first as a rich and untapped resource for contemporary philosophical arguments and concepts. Idealism...

A lovely gutting

Salvaging beauty from grief's wreckage in the towns and wilds of post-cod Newfoundland.

A capitol idea

A Capitol Idea reveals the extent to which think tanks in the United States have become active and vocal participants in the foreign policy-making process. In this timely exploration, Donald Abelson re-evaluates the role of these complex organizations and looks at how political influence is achie...

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 ...

A secret trial

In his best-selling Presumed Guilty William Kaplan chronicled the corruption charges surrounding the $1.8 billion purchase by Air Canada of passenger airplanes from European giant Airbus Industries and concluded - based on the evidence available at the time - that former Prime Minister Brian Mulr...

Informal logic

In this insightful critique of informal logic and critical thinking strategies and techniques, Wayne Grennan examines argument evaluation techniques currently used in both formal and informal logic texts and, finding them lacking, proposes a new system of evaluation.

Sophocles' use of psychological terminology

This masterly study examines Sophocles' use of six key psychic terms, analysing how he refers to these terms as sources of thought, emotion, and will. A meticulous synthesis of existing scholarship and philological inquiry, it compares Sophocles' use of language with that of earlier and contempor...

Ars americana, ars politica

A penetrating look at modern American politics and the partisan culture that feeds off its turmoil.

Early canadian gardening

Explore the field of garden history with Early Canadian Gardening, an indispensable guide to horticulture and gardening practices in Upper Canada in the early nineteenth century. The book provides detailed descriptions of plants and seeds available at the time (many of which have evolved dramatic...

Sculptors and physicians in fifth-century greece

Greek sculpture changed radically in the early classical period, becoming much more lifelike. At the same time physicians such as Hippocrates were developing new ideas about human life and health, and philosophers were rethinking their attitudes about nature. Sculptors and Physicians in Fifth-Cen...

Analytic versus continental

A clarifying examination of the differences and similarities between two philosophical schools.

The philosophy of schopenhauer

A comprehensive introduction that makes even the most difficult of Schopenhauer's ideas accessible without sacrificing any of their complexity.

From rogue to everyman

From Rogue to Everyman chronicles the colourful career of archetypal rogue Charles de Julie, foundling, army deserter, pimp, police officer, underground journalist, poet, and prisoner in the dreaded Bastille. Laurence Bongie reveals both the richly woven tapestry of Ancien Régime social history a...

Inauthentic culture and its philosophical critics

Despite the pervasive feeling that much of the culture of Western democracies has increasingly become inauthentic or phoney, contemporary cultural critics and observers have paid little attention to the traditional philosophical criticism of inauthentic culture that began with Socrates, Aristopha...

Island enclaves

An examination of the unique governance of islands and their role in contemporary global politics.

The romance of transgression in canada

The rich and contradictory history of Canadian cinema and video - queer, queered, and queering.

Estrada?!

A penetrating examination of contemporary Russian culture through its most popular music.

So obstinately loyal

The biography of James Moody, a once-famous, even infamous, partisan of Britain during the American Revolutionary War.

Mr charlotte brontë

Few people seeking to avoid the glare of publicity have had more of it turned on them than Charlotte Brontë's husband, Arthur Bell Nicholls. Some critics have implied that he not only put a stop to her writing but might even have inadvertently caused her death.

Canada among nations, 2011-2012

Why Mexico matters to Canada now more than ever and how we can leverage our strategic relationship.

Crafting identity

The first study of the emergence of Canadian fine craft as a professional artistic practice.

The pursuit of division

The topic of equity policies and identity politics in Canada is at the forefront of public and media discussion, and Martin Loney adds fuel to the fire. In The Pursuit of Division he provides a provocative critique of recent government policies with respect to race, gender, and preferential hirin...

Against rousseau

A fierce opponent of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Joseph de Maistre was a widely read critic of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. Against Rousseau provides the English-speaking reader with a rare first-hand view of the intellectual world of the early counter-revolution.

The reformation of canada's schools

The Reformation of Canada's Schools provides a much-needed look at the problems plaguing the educational system in Canada. Challenging the one-size-fits-all approach to educational policy, Mark Holmes argues that we need a broad range of schools to accommodate the wishes of parents and the goals ...

Philosophy of music

What makes some music a work of art - what we hear, the performance, or something we invent or discover?

Canadians under fire

Infantrymen have been the sledgehammer of land warfare throughout the twentieth century, but precisely how they fought at the tactical level has been difficult to determine. American historian S.L.A. Marshall, for instance, famously claimed that most Allied soldiers would not fight at all, even w...

Between principle and practice

Between Principle and Practice examines the human rights diplomacy of Canada, the Netherlands, and Norway, all prosperous industrial democracies with an international reputation for protesting human rights abuses, from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. David Gillies reveals that even these countr...

Cyber-diplomacy

The authors in Cyber-Diplomacy look at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) as a case study of a foreign ministry that has had to make considerable adjustments in recent years - in the management of its CIT infrastructure; in the impact of communications and ...

Trade, industrial policy, and international competition, second edition

An economic prescription for Canada.

The chrétien legacy

Assessing the legacy of Canada's twentieth prime minister.

The secession of quebec and the future of canada

Based on the premises that Quebecers vote for independence in a referendum and Canada accepts this result, The Secession of Quebec and the Future of Canada is a timely examination of the implications of separation for Quebec and the rest of Canada.

In the province of history

How a region sells - and misrepresents - its past

Secessionism

There are numerous regions where movements for sovereignty or independence are seen as serious alternatives to the status quo. Quebec, Scotland, Catalonia, and Flanders have followed a generally non-violent, political process, while movements in Kashmir, the Basque Country, Chechnya, and Kurdista...

The great peace of montreal of 1701

In The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701 Gilles Havard brings to life the European and Native players who brought about this major feat of international diplomacy. He highlights the differing interests and strategies of the numerous First Nations involved while giving a dramatic account of the colo...

A history and ethnography of the beothuk

This beautifully illustrated book is an elegant, comprehensive, and scholarly review of the history and culture of the Beothuk that incorporates an unmatched amount of archival material and archaeological data.

Unreal country

This diverse yet distinctive Canadian modernity is explored in Unreal Country. Referring to a wide range of novels and drawing on scholarship in geography, history, and cultural studies, Glenn Willmott argues that the postcolonial rhetoric of youth coincided with - and influenced - Canadian moder...

Modality

This introduction emphasizes the metaphysics of modality

Double lives

A compelling and intimate exploration of the unique juggling act of mother/writer.