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Negotiating a River
Canada, the US, and the Creation of the St. Lawrence Seaway
A revealing look at the planning and building of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project -- a megaproject that had a profound impact on North American history.
2015, Winner - Floyd S. Chalmers Award, The Champlain Society
- Copyright year: 2014
Living Dead in the Pacific
Contested Sovereignty and Racism in Genetic Research on Taiwan Aborigines
A consideration of the impact of racism and questions of sovereignty on genetic research, which details the exploitative history of research on Taiwanese Aborigines.
2015, Winner - Gertrude J. Robinson Book Prize, Canadian Communication Association
- Copyright year: 2014
Power from the North
Territory, Identity, and the Culture of Hydroelectricity in Quebec
This book explores how French Canada’s aspirations migrated north with natural resource development, creating a culture of hydroelectricity that continues to shape territorial planning and relations with Aboriginal peoples in the province.
2015, Shortlisted - Canada Prize in the Social Sciences, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
- Copyright year: 2013
Defending Battered Women on Trial
Lessons from the Transcripts
Drawing on trial transcripts, this book tells the stories of ten battered women who killed their male partners and one who did not, revealing why women don’t “just leave” and the serious barriers to achieving acquittal.
2015, Winner - David Walter Mundell Medal, Office of the Attorney General
2015, Shortlisted - Canada Prize in the Social Sciences, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
- Copyright year: 2013
A National Force
The Evolution of Canada’s Army, 1950-2000
A groundbreaking reassessment of when, and why, Canada’s army broke away from its British imperial roots to become a truly national force.
2013, Shortlisted - C.P. Stacey Award for scholarly work in Canadian Military History
- Copyright year: 2013
A Small Price to Pay
Consumer Culture on the Canadian Home Front, 1939-45
A long-overdue challenge to the commonplace assumption that the Second World War was a period of consumer austerity in Canada.
2013, Shortlisted - C.P. Stacey Award for scholarly work in Canadian Military History
- Copyright year: 2013