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British Columbia by the Road
Car Culture and the Making of a Modern Landscape
By offering behind-the-scenery glimpses of how boosters and builders modified the BC landscape and shaped what drivers and tourists could view from the comfort of their vehicles, this book confounds the idea of “freedom of the road.”
2017, Winner - Lieutenant Governor’s Medal, Historical Writing Awards, BC Historical Foundation
- Copyright year: 2017
Blood, Sweat, and Fear
Violence at Work in the North American Auto Industry, 1960–80
The first full-length historical exploration of individual violence in the automotive industry, Blood, Sweat, and Fear taps the class, race, and gendered roots of the workplace as battleground.
2018, Winner - The Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot Award, The Society of Automotive Historians
- Copyright year: 2017
Infidels and the Damn Churches
Irreligion and Religion in Settler British Columbia
The first major historical study of secularism in Canada, Infidels and the Damn Churches traces the origins of irreligion in BC to the unique character of the region’s settler society.
2018, Winner - CLIO Prize for British Columbia, Canadian Historical Association
2017, Runner-up - Historical Writing Awards, BC Historical Foundation
- Copyright year: 2016
Unbuilt Environments
Tracing Postwar Development in Northwest British Columbia
This book looks at the long-term social and environmental effects of imagined, abandoned, and failed resource-development schemes in northwest British Columbia.
2018, Shortlisted - The Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia, UBC Library
- Copyright year: 2017
Accusation
Creating Criminals
This interdisciplinary collection challenges conventional views on crime and criminals, examining how ideas and rituals of criminal accusation produce both accusers and accused.
2017, Winner - Book, Jacket, & Journal Show: Jackets & Covers, AAUP
- Copyright year: 2016
Trudeaumania
This book examines the origins, dynamics, and enduring significance of Trudeaumania, which swept Canada’s political and cultural landscape in the late 1960s.
2017, Winner - CHA Political History Group Best Book in Political History, Canadian Historical Association
- Copyright year: 2016