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Boundless Optimism
Richard McBride's British Columbia
Boundless Optimism is the definitive biography of Premier Richard McBride and a revealing portrait of British Columbia during a time of great volatility and great expectations.
2013, Winner - Patricia E. Roy is the recipient of the Canadian Historical Association's Lifetime Achievement Award for 2013
- Copyright year: 2012
Hunger, Horses, and Government Men
Criminal Law on the Aboriginal Plains, 1870-1905
Tells the complex story of the relationship between Plains Indians and Canadian criminal law as it took root in their land.
2013, Winner - Clio Prize for the Prairies, Canadian Historical Association
2013, Shortlisted - CLSA Book Prize, Canadian Law and Society Association
2013, Shortlisted - The Sir John A. Macdonald Prize, Canadian Historical Association
- Copyright year: 2012
Still Dying for a Living
Corporate Criminal Liability after the Westray Mine Disaster
Still Dying for a Living investigates the state’s (in)ability to develop effective legal strategies for holding corporations accountable for serious injury and death in the workplace.
2014, Winner - Outstanding Publication of the year, National White Collar Crime Consortium (NWCCC)
- Copyright year: 2012
Standing Up with G̲a'ax̱sta'las
Jane Constance Cook and the Politics of Memory, Church, and Custom
A stirring portrait of a controversial Kwakwaka’wakw leader and the efforts of her descendants to reconcile a difficult history in the hopes of forging a positive cultural identity for future generations.
2014, Winner - CCWH Book Award, Canadian Committee on Women’s History
2013, Winner - Aboriginal History Prize, Canadian Historical Association
2013, Winner - Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Prize, American Society for Ethnohistory
2013, Shortlisted - Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize, BC Book Prizes
2013, Joint winner - K.D. Srivastava Prize for Excellence in Scholarly Publishing
2015, Shortlisted - The François-Xavier Garneau Medal, Canadian Historical Association
2013, Winner - CLIO Prize for BC, Canadian Historical Association
- Copyright year: 2012
Intoxicating Manchuria
Alcohol, Opium, and Culture in China's Northeast
Examines how alcohol, opium, and addiction were portrayed in the culture of China’s Northeast during the first half of the twentieth century.
2013, Winner - Gourmand Best Drink History Book (Canada-English), Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
- Copyright year: 2012
Fractured Homeland
Federal Recognition and Algonquin Identity in Ontario
An examination of the struggle for identity and nationhood among non-status Algonquin during the negotiation of a major comprehensive land claim.
2013, Shortlisted - Canada Prize in the Social Sciences, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
- Copyright year: 2012