American & Canadian Studies New Titles Spring/Summer 2018 this season’s highlights
Dominion of Race
Rethinking Canada’s International History EDITED BY LAURA MADOKORO, FRANCINE MCKENZIE & DAVID MEREN
February 2018 332pp 6 b&w photos, 2 illus. 9780774834445 PB £27.99 UBC Press In this book, leading scholars demonstrate the necessity of placing race at the centre of the narratives of Canadian international history. Destabilizing conventional understandings of Canada in the world, they expose how race-thinking has informed priorities and policies, positioned Canada in the international community, and contributed to a global order rooted in racial beliefs. By demonstrating that race is a fundamental component of Canada and its international history, this book calls for reengagement with the histories of those marginalized in, or excluded from, the historical record.
Must We Defend Nazis?
Why the First Amendment Should Not Protect Hate Speech and White Supremacy JEAN STEFANCIC & RICHARD DELGADO
January 2018 176pp 9781479857838 PB £11.99 9781479887712 HB £71.00 New York University Press Updated to consider the white supremacy demonstrations and counter-protests in Charlottesville and debates about hate speech on campus and on the internet, the book offers a concise argument against total, unchecked freedom of speech. Delgado and Stefancic instead call for a system of free speech that takes into account the harms that hate speech can inflict upon disempowered, marginalized people. They examine the prevailing arguments against regulating speech, and show that they all have answers. They also show how limiting free speech would work in a legal framework and offer suggestions for activist lawyers and judges.
The Killing of Chief Crazy Horse, Bison Classic Edition
The Long Afterlife of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration
August 2018 144pp 12 photos, index 9781496200570 PB £15.99 University of Nebraska Press A story of envy, greed, and treachery. In the year after the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the great Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse and his half-starved followers finally surrendered to the U.S. Army near Camp Robinson, Nebraska. Chiefs who had already surrendered resented the favors he received in doing so. When the army asked for his help rounding up the Nez Perces, Crazy Horse’s reply was allegedly mistranslated by Frank Grouard, a scout for General George Crook. By August rumors had spread that Crazy Horse was planning another uprising. Tension continued to mount, and Crazy Horse was arrested at Fort Robinson on September 5th. Here the killing of Crazy Horse is viewed from three widely differing perspectives—that of Chief He Dog, that of William Garnett, and that of Valentine McGillycuddy.
March 2018 256pp 9781503606593 PB £19.99 Asian America Stanford University Press The Long Afterlife of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration reexamines the history of imprisonment of U.S. and Canadian citizens of Japanese descent during World War II. Karen M. Inouye explores how historical events can linger in individual and collective memory and then crystallize in powerful moments of political engagement. Drawing on interviews and untapped archival materials—regarding politicians Norman Mineta and Warren Furutani, sociologist Tamotsu Shibutani, and Canadian activists Art Miki and Mary Kitagawa, among others—Inouye considers the experiences of former wartime prisoners and their on-going involvement in large-scale educational and legislative efforts.
ROBERT A. CLARK
KAREN M. INOUYE
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A Cycle of the West, Bison Classic Annotated Edition
The Song of Three Friends, The Song of Hugh Glass, The Song of Jed Smith, The Song of the Indian Wars, The Song of the Messiah JOHN G. NEIHARDT INTRODUCTION BY ALAN BIRKELBACH August 2018 726pp 9781496206374 PB £36.00 University of Nebraska Press Celebrates the land and legends of the Old West in five narrative poems. This unforgettable epic of discovery, conquest, courage, and tragedy speaks movingly and resoundingly of a unique American experience.
An Age of Infidels
The Politics of Religious Controversy in the Early United States ERIC R. SCHLERETH
April 2018 304pp 10 illus. 9780812224153 NIP £19.99 Early American Studies University of Pennsylvania Press Places religious conflict at the center of early American political culture. From the 1770s onwards, Americans began to define the boundary of acceptable religious expression in reference to infidelity. Schlereth explains how Americans negotiated these controversies in an age of emerging religious liberty.
Activist New York
STEVEN H. JAFFE FOREWORD BY ERIC FONER
Alabama's Frontiers and the Rise of the Old South DANIEL S. DUPRE
American Labour's Cold War Abroad
From Deep Freeze to Détente, 1945-1970 ANTHONY CAREW
May 2018 336pp 9781479804603 HB £31.99 New York University Press Surveys New York City’s long history of social activism from the 1650’s to the 2010’s. Jaffe brings to life the characters who make up this vibrant history, exploring how New York’s evolving identities as an incubator and a battleground for activists have made it a “machine for change.”
January 2018 288pp 5 b&w illus., 4 maps 9780253027276 PB £27.99 9780253031525 HB £48.00 A History of the Trans-Appalachian Frontier Indiana University Press Alabama endured warfare, slave trading, squatting, and speculating on its path to becoming America’s 22nd state, and Daniel S. Dupre brings its captivating frontier history to life in Alabama's Frontiers and the Rise of the Old South.
Anchor Babies and the Challenge of Birthright Citizenship
Being Muslim
Brown Beauty
June 2018 288pp 9781479823420 PB £22.99 9781479850600 HB £71.00 New York University Press Through archival images, cultural texts, popular media, and interviews, maps how communities of American Islam became sites of safety, support, spirituality, and social activism, and how women of color were central to their formation. In doing so, Chan-Malik reveals the vital resistances of Muslim women in the post-9/11 United States.
August 2018 368pp 9781479802081 PB £27.99 9781479875108 HB £79.00 New York University Press Draws on an enormous range of visual and media sources to locate a complex, and sometimes contradictory, set of cultural values at the cort of representations of women. Haldarali traces how a visual language of brown grew into a dynamic racial shorthand used to denote modern African American womanhood.
LEO R. CHAVEZ
October 2017 120pp 9781503605091 PB £9.99 Stanford University Press "Anchor baby" is a pejorative term for a child born in the U.S. to a foreign national mother who is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence. Chavez considers how the term is used as a political dog whistle, how changes in the definition of citizenship have affected the children of immigrants and more.
A Cultural History of Women of Color in American Islam SYLVIA CHAN-MALIK
June 2018 504pp 9781771992114 HB £44.00 Athabasca University Press Carew maps the international programs of the AFL–CIO (American Federation of Labour Congress of Indistrial Organizations) during the Cold War and its relations with labour organizations abroad, in addition to providing a summary of the labour situation of a dozen or more countries.
Color, Sex, and Race from the Harlem Renaissance to World War II LAILA HAIDARALI
Christian Imperialism
Converting the World in the Early American Republic EMILY CONROY-KRUTZ
Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right American Life in Columns MICHAEL SMERCONISH
August 2018 264pp 5 halftones, 3 maps 9781501725098 NIP £20.99 The United States in the World Cornell University Press In describing how American missionaries interacted with a range of foreign locations (including India, Liberia, the Pacific Islands, North America, and Singapore) and imperial contexts, Christian Imperialism provides a new perspective on how Americans thought of their country's role in the world.
July 2018 400pp 9781439916353 HB £23.99 Temple University Press In this collection of 100 of his most memorable columns, Smerconish reflects on American political life with his characteristic feistiness. With a new Afterword for each, the author provides updates on facts and feelings, indicating how he has evolved, moving from as conservative political perspective to having more of a centrist view.
Democracy in Exile
Empire of Water
Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual DANIEL BESSNER
April 2018 312pp 12 b&w halftones, 1 chart 9780801453038 HB £27.99 The United States in the World Cornell University Press Shows how the experience of the Weimar Republic’s collapse and the rise of Nazism informed Hans Speier’s work as an American policymaker and institution builder. Examines Speier’s intellectual development, illuminating the ideological origins of the expert-centered approach to foreign policymaking.
An Environmental and Political History of the New York City Water Supply DAVID SOLL
July 2018 296pp 15 halftones 9781501725111 NIP £15.99 Cornell University Press Empire of Water explores the history of New York City's water system from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century, focusing on the geographical, environmental, and political repercussions of the city's search for more water.
Contested Loyalty
Debates over Patriotism in the Civil War North EDITED BY ROBERT M. SANDOW FOREWORD BY GARY W. GALLAGHER
June 2018 360pp 9780823279753 HB £52.00 The North's Civil War Fordham University Press Departing from the majority of scholarly work on Civil War Era nationalism which focuses on southern identity, the essays in this volume examine the variable, fluid constructions of “patriotism” and “loyalty” in the Civil War Era North.
First Ladies of the Republic
Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and the Creation of an Iconic American Role JEANNE E. ABRAMS
March 2018 328pp 9781479886531 HB £22.99 New York University Press Explores how the three inaugural First Ladies fashioned the role for future generations, and carved a space for women in America. Abrams illustrates how these capable and path-breaking women shaped themselves as prominent Americans and “First Ladies,” and defined a role for women in American public and private life.
Dangerous Guests
Enemy Captives and Revolutionary Communities during the War for Independence KEN MILLER
March 2018 264pp 4 b&w halftones, 2 maps 9781501725883 NIP £19.99 Cornell University Press In Dangerous Guests, Ken Miller reveals how wartime pressures nurtured a budding patriotism in the ethnically diverse revolutionary community of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Franco-America in the Making
The Creole Nation Within JONATHAN K. GOSNELL
July 2018 378pp 6 photographs, 5 illus., index 9780803285279 HB £48.00 France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization University of Nebraska Press This study situates Franco-American cultures within the evolving field of postcolonial Francophone studies by exploring the story of the peoples and ideas contributing to the evolution of a Franco-American cultural identity in the New World.
God's Country
Christian Zionism in America SAMUEL GOLDMAN
March 2018 296pp 9780812250039 HB £27.99 Haney Foundation Series University of Pennsylvania Press Argues that the political culture of the United States has always been marked by a Christian theology that views America as deeply implicated in the fate of biblical Israel. Combining original research with the work of historians of American religion, Goldman crafts a provocative narrative that chronicles Americans' attachment Israel.
Left Handed, Son of Old Man Hat, Bison Classic Edition
A Navajo Autobiography LEFT HANDED INTRODUCTION BY JENNIFER DENETDALE EDITED BY WALTER DYK FOREWORD BY EDWARD SAPIR
August 2018 354pp 9781496205155 PB £19.99 University of Nebraska Press With a simplicity as disarming as it is frank, Left Handed tells of his birth, of family chores, of his sexual awakening, and of life in the open.
In Defense of Wyam
John Okada
May 2018 240pp 15 illus. 9780812250190 HB £40.00 Politics and Culture in Modern America University of Pennsylvania Press Combines histories of the body, public policy, and social welfare, analyzing a series of discrete episodes during the twentieth century to chronicle the federal government’s efforts to shape the physique of its citizenry.
May 2018 248pp 24 b&w illus., 1 map 9780295743585 PB £19.99 9780295743578 HB £72.00 University of Washington Press Having secured access to hundreds of previously unknown letters, Barber revisits the subject of Death of Celilo Falls. She presents a remarkable alliance across the opposed Native and settlerdescended groups, chronicling how the lives of two women leaders converged in a shared struggle.
June 2018 384pp 21 b&w illus. 9780295743516 PB £23.99 9780295743523 HB £72.00 University of Washington Press This compelling collection offers the first full-length examination of Okada’s development as an artist, placing recently discovered writing by Okada alongside essays that reassess his lasting legacy.
Migrant Marketplaces
Nisei Naysayer
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Governing Bodies
American Politics and the Shaping of the Modern Physique RACHEL LOUISE MORAN
Food and Italians in North and South America ELIZABETH ZANONI
March 2018 304pp 9780252083297 PB £24.99 9780252041655 HB £79.00 University of Illinois Press Zanoni provides a cutting-edge comparative look at Italian people and products on the move between 1880 and 1940. Zanoni reveals how consumption of these increasingly global imports affected consumer habits and identities and sparked changing and competing connections between gender, nationality, and ethnicity.
Native-White Alliances and the Struggle for Celilo Village KATRINE BARBER
The Memoir of Militant Japanese American Journalist Jimmie Omura JAMES MATSUMOTO OMURA EDITED BY ARTHUR A. HANSEN
June 2018 408pp 9781503606111 PB £23.99 9781503604957 HB £72.00 Asian America Stanford University Press Shunned by the Japanese American community and excluded from the standard narrative of Japanese American wartime incarceration until later in life, in this memoir Omura seeks to correct the "cockeyed history to which Japanese America has been exposed."
The Life and Rediscovered Work of the Author of 'No-No Boy' EDITED BY FRANK ABE, GREG ROBINSON & FLOYD CHEUNG
A Life of Power and Politics ALEXANDRA M. NICKLISS
May 2018 696pp 20 photos, index 9781496202277 HB £32.00 University of Nebraska Press Nickliss offers the first biography of one of the Gilded Age’s most powerful women. This title tells the story of Hearst’s world and examines the challenges that she faced as she navigated local, national, and international corridors of influence, rendering a penetrating portrait of a powerful and often contradictory woman.
Riding the Rails
Risk and Ruin
Inside the Business of America's Railroads ROBERT D. KREBS
Enron and the Culture of American Capitalism GAVIN BENKE
Sharing Breath
Sounds of the New Deal
March 2018 144pp 17 b&w illus., 3 maps 9780253031860 HB £36.00 Railroads Past and Present Indiana University Press Riding the Rails: Inside the Business of America's Railroads details Krebs's rise to a position of influence in the recovery of America's railroads and offers a unique insider's view into the boardrooms where executives and businessmen reimagined transportation in the United States.
Embodied Learning and Decolonization EDITED BY SHEILA BATACHARYA & YUK-LIN RENITA WONG
February 2018 440pp 9781771991919 PB £37.00 OPEL Athabasca University Press The field of embodiment theorizes bodies as knowledgeable in ways that include but are not solely cognitive. The contributors to this collection suggest developing embodied ways of teaching, learning, and knowing through embodied experiences such as yoga, mindfulness, illness, and trauma.
May 2018 272pp 14 illus. 9780812250206 HB £27.99 American Business, Politics, and Society University of Pennsylvania Press Places Enron’s fall within the larger history of late twentieth-century American capitalism, arguing that it was emblematic of economic transitions that characterized the era. Benke, through deep archival research, paints a vivid contextual backdrop for this most infamous of business disasters.
The Federal Music Project in the West PETER GOUGH FOREWORD BY PEGGY SEEGER
February 2018 304pp 9780252083495 PB £21.99 Music in American Life University of Illinois Press Gough explores how the Federal Music Project’s (FMP’s) activities in the West shaped a new national appreciation for the diversity of American musical expression. Rich with anecdotal detail, Gogh’s book reveals the crossroads of art and politics that still shape America's sense of itself.
Sacred Violence in Early America SUSAN JUSTER
Set the World on Fire
Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom KEISHA N. BLAIN
March 2018 288pp 17 illus. 9780812224191 NIP £20.99 Early American Studies University of Pennsylvania Press Reinterprets the violence endemic to the seventeenth-century English colonization of America by rexamining key moments of cultural encounter. Upon encountering the gods and rituals of the New World, English colonists were forced to confront the unresolved tensions between the material and spiritual within their own religious practice.
February 2018 288pp 15 illus. 9780812249880 HB £27.99 Politics and Culture in Modern America University of Pennsylvania Press Drawing on a variety of previously untapped sources, including newspapers, government records, songs, and poetry from the early twenteith century to the 1960s, this book highlights the flexibility, adaptability, and experimentation of black women leaders.
Speaker Jim Wright
Stars for Freedom
April 2018 560pp 9781477315149 HB £27.99 University of Texas Press Examines how Jim Wright’s career shaped the political culture of Congress, from its internal rules and power structure to its growing partisanship, even as those new dyanimcs eventually contributed to his political demise. Flippen contends that to understand Jim Wright in all his complexity is to undertand the story of modern American poltics.
February 2018 352pp 23 photos 9780295742670 NIP £19.99 University of Washington Press Americans have come to expect that Hollywood celebrities will be outspoken advocates for social and political causes. However, that wasn’t always the case. As Raymond shows, during the civil rights movement the Stars for Freedom a handful of celebrities both black and white - risked their careers by crusading for racial equality.
Power, Scandal, and the Birth of Modern Politics J. BROOKS FLIPPEN
Hollywood, Black Celebrities, and the Civil Rights Movement EMILIE RAYMOND
The Contest
The 1968 Election and the War for America's Soul MICHAEL SCHUMACHER
The Defiant
Protest Movements in Post-Liberal America DAWSON BARRETT
The Mechanical Horse
How the Bicycle Reshaped American Life MARGARET GUROFF
July 2018 560pp 9780816692897 HB £27.99 University of Minnesota Press The Contest tells the story of that contentious election and that remarkable year. Bringing a fresh perspective to events that still resonate half a century later, the book is especially timely, giving us the long view of a turning point in American culture and politics.
May 2018 224pp 9781479808656 HB £19.99 New York University Press In this exceptional new book, Dawson Barrett calls our attention to the post-1960s period, in which US economic, cultural, and political elites turned the tide against the protest movement gains of the previous forty years and reshaped the ability of activists to influence the political process.
January 2018 295pp 9781477315873 PB £13.99 Discovering America University of Texas Press Filled with lively stories, The Mechanical Horse reveals how the bicycle transformed American life. Margaret Guroff demonstrates that the bicycle’s story is really the story of a more mobile America—one in which physical mobility has opened wider horizons of thought and new opportunities for people in all avenues of life.
The Revolution of ’28
The Undocumented Everyday
Utah Politics and Government
Al Smith, American Progressivism, and the Coming of the New Deal ROBERT CHILES
March 2018 290pp 10 b&w halftones, 1 map, 4 charts 9781501705502 HB £44.00 Cornell University Press Explores the career of New York governor and 1928 Democratic presidential nominee Alfred E. Smith. Chiles peers into Smith’s work and uncovers a distinctive strain of American progressivism that resonated among urban, ethnic, working-class Americans.
Migrant Lives and the Politics of Visibility REBECCA M. SCHREIBER
March 2018 360pp 9781517900236 PB £23.99 9781517900229 HB £96.00 University of Minnesota Press Schreiber examines the significance of self-representation by undocumented Mexican and Central American migrants, arguing that by centering their own subjectivity and presence, these migrants are challenging regimes of state surveillance.
American Democracy among a Unique Electorate ADAM R. BROWN
August 2018 240pp 30 figures, 9 tables, index 9781496201805 PB £27.99 Politics and Governments of the American States University of Nebraska Press Offers an accessible analysis of Utah’s political cultures, starting with the state’s unique pioneer heritage, its development into a secular American state, and its explosive modern growth.
The One-Way Street of Integration
Fair Housing and the Pursuit of Racial Justice in American Cities EDWARD G. GOETZ
March 2018 224pp 9781501707599 HB £27.99 Cornell University Press In a provocative book that shows today’s debates about housing, mobility, and race have deep roots, Goetz critiques fair housing integration policies for targeting settlement patterns while ignoring underlying racism and issues of economic and political power.
Canadian Studies A Canadian Healthcare Innovation Agenda
Policy, Governance, and Strategy EDITED BY A. SCOTT CARSON & KIM RICHARD NOSSAL
April 2018 260pp 9781553395294 PB £32.00 McGill-Queen's University Press Features commissioned chapters from academics and healthcare leaders addressing a range of issues. This book outlines an agenda for Canadian healthcare innocation, showing that Canada has the potential for innovation.
A Family Matter
Citizenship, Conjugal Relationships, and Canadian Immigration Policy MEGAN GAUCHER
April 2018 208pp 9780774836425 HB £72.00 UBC Press As many Western governments ponder more restrictive immigration policies, A Family Matter offers a timely examination of the Canadian approach and proposes a course for re-evaluating how family is defined and implementing fairer assessments of immigrants and refugees.
Be Wise! Be Healthy!
Morality and Citizenship in Canadian Public Health Campaigns CATHERINE CARSTAIRS, BETHANY PHILPOTT & SARA WILMSHURST
May 2018 310pp 13 b&w photos, 4 illus., 5 graphs 9780774837187 HB £71.99 UBC Press Explores public health from the 1920s to the 1970s and its emphasis on health as a responsibility of citizenship. But, public health campaigns can stigmatize marginalized populations. This study demonstrates that while successful, public health campaigns are not without controversy.
A Healthy Society
How a Focus on Health Can Revive Canadian Democracy Updated and Expanded Edition RYAN MEILI FOREWORD BY ANDRÉ PICARD
Accountability and Responsiveness at the Municipal Level
Views from Canada EDITED BY SANDRA BREUX & JÉRÔME COUTURE
February 2018 216pp 9780774880268 PB £21.99 UBC Press This updated edition explores the positive steps that have been taken since publication of the first edition, and includes new discussions of basic income, poverty reduction strategies, innovative housing polices, carbon pricing, and the role of health professionals in working for health equity.
June 2018 312pp 9780773553293 PB £27.99 9780773553286 HB £88.00 McGill-Queen's University Press Addresses issues surrounding the quality of Canada’s municipal government through qualitative and quantitative analysis, focusing on the contexts, careers, and daily work of those within the system.
Citizenship as a Regime
Land of the Midnight Sun, Third Edition
Canadian and International Perspectives EDITED BY MIREILLE PAQUET, NORA NAGELS & AUDE-CLAIRE FOUROT June 2018 392pp 9780773553514 PB £29.99 9780773553507 HB £88.00 McGill-Queen's University Press Leading political scientists use insights from comparative politics, institutionalism, and political economy to understand and analyze the dynamics of contemporary policies and politics. The essays consider various social forces and dynamics, and how the transform the politics of citizenship.
A History of the Yukon KEN S. COATES & WILLIAM R. MORRISON
November 2017 382pp 9780773552128 PB £25.99 Carleton Library Series McGill-Queen's University Press Places well-known historical episodes within the broader sweep of the past, giving particular emphasis to the role of the First Nations people and the length struggle of Yukoners to find their place within Confederation. This third edition includes a new preface to update readers.
At the Centre of Government
The Prime Minister and the Limits on Political Power IAN BRODIE
April 2018 200pp 9780773552906 HB £27.99 McGill-Queen's University Press A comprehensively researched work on the structures of political power in Canada, also offering a firsthand view of the inner workings of Canadian federal government. Argues that there are effective checks on executive power, and that the golden age of Parliament and the backbencher is likely now.
Mad Flight?
The Quebec Emigration to the Coffee Plantations of Brazil JOHN ZUCCHI
May 2018 184pp 9780773553590 PB £23.99 9780773553583 HB £88.00 McGill-Queen's University Press Zucchi reconstructs a range of stories of migrants involved in an instance of impulsive migrant flight from Montreal to Santos, Brazil in 1896. In examining this ultimately disastous journey, Zucchi considers why some people migrate on impulse, and why some immigrant experiences are destined to fail.
One Hundred Years of Struggle
Prime Ministerial Power in Canada
March 2018 224pp 38 b&w photos 9780774835343 PB £19.99 9780774835336 HB £25.99 Women's Suffrage and the Struggle for Democracy UBC Press On the eve of celebrating the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote in Canada comes a timely reassessment of everything Canadians thought they knew about the history of women, the vote, and democracy in our nation.
January 2018 412pp 3 photos, 10 graphs, 31 tables 9780774834742 PB £27.99 The C.D. Howe Series in Canadian Political History UBC Press Many Canadians lament that prime ministerial power has become too concentrated. This book contradicts this by demonstrating how prime ministerial power was centralized from the very beginning of Confederation.
Sketches from an Unquiet Country
The Constant Liberal
The History of Women and the Vote in Canada JOAN SANGSTER
Canadian Graphic Satire, 1840-1940 EDITED BY DOMINIC HARDY, ANNIE GÉRIN & LORA SENECHAL CARNEY
May 2018 312pp 9780773553415 PB £32.00 9780773553408 HB £96.00 McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation Studies in Art History McGill-Queen's University Press Examines the satirical culture of Canada in a century bookended by the aftermath of the 1837-38 Rebellions and WW2.
Its Origins under Macdonald, Laurier, and Borden PATRICE DUTIL
Pierre Trudeau, Organized Labour, and the Canadian Social Democratic Left CHRISTO AIVALIS
March 2018 296pp 9780774837132 HB £72.00 UBC Press Challenging interpretations of Pierre Elliott Trudeau as either the founder of a progressive Canada or an unavowed and destructive socialist, this book argues that he was in fact a staunch defender of capitalist values who helped make the country more conservative.
Reflections on Canada’s Past, Present and Future in International Law/ Réflexions sur le passé, le présent et l’avenir du Canada en droit international
Religion and Canadian Party Politics
DAVID RAYSIDE, JERALD SABIN & PAUL E.J. THOMAS
April 2018 552pp 9781928096672 HB £68.00 McGill-Queen's University Press Provides perspective on Canada’s past and present in international law, surveys the challenges before us, and offers focus for Canada’s pursuit of global justice.
January 2018 448pp 5 graphs, 22 tables 9780774835596 PB £29.99 UBC Press This book looks at how much influence faith continues to have in federal, provincial, and territorial arenas. Drawing on case studies from across the country, it explores three important axes of religiously based contention – Protestant vs. Catholic, conservative vs. reformer, and, more recently, opponents vs. defenders of accommodating minority religious practices.
The Terrific Engine
West/Border/Road
EDITED BY OONAGH E. FITZGERALD, VALERIE HUGHES & MARK JEWETT
Income Taxation and the Modernization of the Canadian Political Imaginary DAVID TOUGH
March 2018 240pp 3 b&w photos, 7 illus. 9780774836777 HB £72.00 UBC Press David Tough’s The Terrific Engine tells the story of how income taxation effected a profound transformation in the way people talk and think about politics in Canada, and of the energy Canadians invested in taxations political possibilities.
Nation and Genre in Contemporary Canadian Narrative KATHERINE ANN ROBERTS
May 2018 400pp 9780773553224 HB £76.00 McGill-Queen's University Press Offers an interdisciplinary analysis of contemporary Canadian manifestations of three American genres: the western, the border, and the road. Roberts calls upon canonical works in Canadian studies, genre theory and border studies to examine how genre is appropriated.