The Debt of a Nation
Land and the Financing of the Canadian Settler State, 1820–73
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.
A Cold Colonialism
Modern Exploration and the Canadian North
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.
The Scramble for the Teenage Dollar
Creating the Youth Market in Mid-Century Canada
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.
Trading on Art
Cultural Diplomacy and Free Trade in North America
Trading on Art is an insightful, innovative analysis of the role of art in shaping our understanding of North American integration and identity.
Times of Transformation
The 1921 Canadian General Election
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.
Chiang Kai-shek's Critical Years, 1935–50
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.
Ballots and Brawls
The 1867 Canadian General Election
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.
A Political Economy of Canadian Broadcasting
Public Good versus Private Profit
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.
Pentecostal Preacher Woman
The Faith and Feminism of Bernice Gerard
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.
Transforming the Prairies
Agricultural Rehabilitation and Modern Canada
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.
The Lights on the Tipple Are Going Out
Fighting Economic Ruin in a Canadian Coalfield Community
The Lights on the Tipple Are Going Out documents the tumultuous struggle of one coal-mining region to stave off economic ruin in the face of changing times and technologies.
Shifting Gears
Canadian Autoworkers and the Changing Landscape of Labour Politics
Shifting Gears tells the story of how Canada’s largest private-sector union shifted its political strategy from an emphasis on transformative activism to transactional partnerships.
Not Just a Man’s War
Chinese Women’s Memories of the War of Resistance against Japan, 1931–45
Not Just a Man’s War uncovers the extraordinary stories of ordinary Chinese women during the horrific fourteen-year War of Resistance against Japan, from 1931 to 1945.
Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity
What is Canada? This new look at “Canada” shows how the country’s prime ministers have consciously worked to shape national identity through their speeches and rhetoric.