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.
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.
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.
North of America
Canadians and the American Century, 1945–60
North of America takes a fresh, sharp-eyed look at how Canadians of all stripes reacted to political, economic, and cultural events and influences emanating from postwar America.
People, Politics, and Purpose
Biography and Canadian Political History
People, Politics, and Purpose investigates the roles and reputations of a wide array of political actors, offering insight into Canada’s place in the world and stimulating fresh thinking about political biography.
Revival and Change
The 1957 and 1958 Diefenbaker Elections
Revival and Change is a compelling account of the elections, accomplishments, challenges, failures, and ultimate end of the Diefenbaker era.
Pivot or Pirouette?
The 1993 Canadian General Election
Pivot or Pirouette? The 1993 Canadian General Election tells the story of the most surprising election in Canadian history.
Pleasure and Panic
New Essays on the History of Alcohol and Drugs
Pleasure and Panic illustrates how attitudes toward drug and alcohol consumption are complicated by the politics, economics, and culture of their times.
Liquor and the Liberal State
Drink and Order before Prohibition
Cultural pastime, profitable industry, or harmful influence on the nation? Liquor and the Liberal State explores government approaches to drink and drinking in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
A Liberal-Labour Lady
The Times and Life of Mary Ellen Spear Smith
This authoritative biography of Mary Ellen Smith (1863–1933) – British Columbia’s first female MLA, the British Empire’s first female cabinet minister, and a BC suffragist – recovers from obscurity an audacious but imperfect champion in the struggle for greater democracy in early twentieth-century Canada.