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Give and Take
The Citizen-Taxpayer and the Rise of Canadian Democracy
Enthralling, witty, and masterful, Give and Take brings to light Canada’s surprisingly unruly tax history, showing the tax clashes and compromises that made Canadian democracy.
2019, Winner - 2019 Best Scholarly Book in Canadian History, Canadian Historical Association
2019, Shortlisted - Canada Prize in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
2020, Winner - François-Xavier Garneau Medal, Canadian Historical Association
- Copyright year: 2017
Claire L’Heureux-Dubé
A Life
Going beyond jurisprudential legacy to provide rich sociocultural context, Claire L’Heureux-Dubé is an exploration of the controversial and historically transformative career of the first Quebec woman on Canada’s Supreme Court.
2018, Winner - CLSA Book Prize, Canadian Law and Society Association
2019, Shortlisted - Canada Prize in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
2018, Shortlisted - City of Ottawa Book Award
- Copyright year: 2017
The Politics of War
Canada’s Afghanistan Mission, 2001–14
The Politics of War analyzes the impact of political elites, Parliament, and public opinion on Canada’s mission in Afghanistan to demonstrate how much of Canada’s involvement was shaped by the vagaries of domestic politics.
2019, Shortlisted - CPSA Prize in International Relations, Canadian Political Science Association
- Copyright year: 2017
The Canadian Party System
An Analytic History
In this long-awaited book, Richard Johnston combines an arsenal of recently developed analytic tools with a deep understanding of history to makes sense of the Canadian party system.
2019, Winner - Seymour Martin Lipset Best Book Award, American Political Science Association
2018, Shortlisted - Donald Smiley Prize, Canadian Political Science Association
- Copyright year: 2017
Griffintown
Identity and Memory in an Irish Diaspora Neighbourhood
This vibrant biography of Griffintown, an inner-city Irish Catholic neighbourhood in Montreal, brings to life the history of Irish identity and collective memory in this legendary enclave.
2018, Winner - CLIO Prize for Quebec, Canadian Historical Association
- Copyright year: 2017
Dominion of Race
Rethinking Canada’s International History
Challenging well-entrenched ideas and mythologies, this book shows how race has informed Canada’s international history and is woven into the fabric of understandings of Canada in the world.
2017, Shortlisted - Wilson Book Prize, The Wilson Institute for Canadian History at McMaster University
- Copyright year: 2017