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The Debt of a Nation

Land and the Financing of the Canadian Settler State, 1820–73

UBC Press

The Debt of a Nation reveals not only the intimate relationship between public debt financing and colonization but also its continuing implications for contemporary Canadian politics.

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A Cold Colonialism

Modern Exploration and the Canadian North

UBC Press

A Cold Colonialism reframes exploration as a modern enterprise – one through which southern Canadians and Americans sought to exert control over northern peoples and their lands.

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The Scramble for the Teenage Dollar

Creating the Youth Market in Mid-Century Canada

UBC Press

The Scramble for the Teenage Dollar explores how mid-century marketers and advertisers created the concept of the teenager as model consumer, an idea that has driven our culture ever since.

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An Honourable and Impartial Tribunal

The Court Martial of Major General Henry Procter, Minutes of the Proceedings

Athabasca University Press
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Trading on Art

Cultural Diplomacy and Free Trade in North America

UBC Press
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Blue Skies over Wuhan

The Evolution of Environmental Protection Policy in Hubei, 1970s–80s

UBC Press

Blue Skies over Wuhan traces the development of environmental protection policy in China through a case study of Hubei Province, where an environmental agenda dominated by economic growth priorities gradually gave way to more mature, state-led governance.

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Triumph and Solidarity

BC Communists in the Early Years of the Great Depression

Athabasca University Press
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Times of Transformation

The 1921 Canadian General Election

UBC Press

Uniquely focused on Canada’s 1921 federal election, Times of Transformation recounts the many firsts that made this a watershed event and situates these within the global zeitgeist of post–Great War disillusionment and hope.

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The Red Baron of IBEW Local 213

Les McDonald, Union Politics, and the 1966 Wildcat Strike at Lenkurt Electric

Athabasca University Press
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Chiang Kai-shek's Critical Years, 1935–50

Edited by Emily M. Hill
UBC Press

Chiang Kai-shek’s Critical Years analyzes an enigmatic figure at the peak of his influence, revealing an improvisational approach to political problems that brought remarkable successes alongside ultimate defeat.

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Ballots and Brawls

The 1867 Canadian General Election

UBC Press

Ballots and Brawls, the first book dedicated solely to Canada’s inaugural election in 1867, is an engaging look at the main players, regional concerns, and nationalistic ideals that characterized the country’s beginnings.

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A Political Economy of Canadian Broadcasting

Public Good versus Private Profit

UBC Press

Timely and comprehensive, A Political Economy of Canadian Broadcasting sets the arc of the country’s broadcasting history – particularly that of anglophone Canada – inside its wider economic history, spanning over a hundred years of Canadian content, regulation, and change.

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Pentecostal Preacher Woman

The Faith and Feminism of Bernice Gerard

UBC Press

Evangelical pastor, talk-show host, politician, musician. Pentecostal Preacher Woman explores the complex life of Bernice Gerard, one of the most influential spiritual figures of twentieth-century British Columbia.

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Transforming the Prairies

Agricultural Rehabilitation and Modern Canada

UBC Press

Transforming the Prairies critically reassesses Canada’s Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration in light of its involvement in ecological changes and its role in consolidating colonialism and racism.

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