Death or Deliverance
Canadian Courts Martial in the Great War
In this eye-opening account of military law in the Great War, courts martials emerge not as brutal, merciless dispensers of frontline justice but as courts capable of mercy.
Consuming Modernity
Gendered Behaviour and Consumerism before the Baby Boom
Placing Canada in an international context, this book explores the intersections of gender, modernity, and consumerism from 1919 to 1945.
A Metaphoric Mind
Selected Writings of Joseph Couture
"Dr. Joe challenges the reader to examine both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal approaches to the world and demonstrates the differences between Indigenous knowledge and Western thought." -Ed Buller
Sporting Gender
Women Athletes and Celebrity-Making during China’s National Crisis, 1931-45
This book explores the casting of China’s earliest female Olympians as celebrities within the context of a national crisis, born of internal conflicts and external attack by Japan.
Where Happiness Dwells
A History of the Dane-zaa First Nations
This innovative blend of oral history and anthropological commentary documents how the Dane-zaa survived and flourished for millennia in northern BC.
Canoe Nation
Nature, Race, and the Making of a Canadian Icon
An exploration of the canoe and its role in Canadian culture, nature, and colonial past.
Keeping Canada British
The Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Saskatchewan
This provocative book provides a new interpretation of the Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Saskatchewan, arguing that it should not be portrayed merely as an irrational outburst of intolerance but as a slightly more extreme version of mainstream opinion that wanted to keep Canada British.
Wildlife, Conservation, and Conflict in Quebec, 1840-1914
A revealing look at the origins of modern wildlife conservation in Quebec.
The Wages of Relief
Cities and the Unemployed in Prairie Canada, 1929-39
Provincial Solidarities
A History of the New Brunswick Federation of Labour
A pioneering study of the New Brunswick Federation of Labour, this is the untold story of provincial labour solidarities that succeeded in overcoming divisions and defeats to raise the status of working men and women within New Brunswick society.