Roasting Chestnuts
The Mythology of Maritime Political Culture
A unique and innovative study, Roasting Chestnuts seeks to demystify Maritime politics and expose the flimsy basis for many of the region's lasting political stereotypes.
Objects of Concern
Canadian Prisoners of War Through the Twentieth Century
Jonathan Vance examines Canada's role in the formation of an important aspect of international law, traces the growth and activities of a number of national and local philanthropic agencies, and recounts the efforts of ex-prisoners to secure compensation for the long-term effects of captivity.
Decision at Midnight
Inside the Canada-US Free-Trade Negotiations
This is the story of the 1988 Free Trade Agreement negotiations between Canada and the US, the preparations for and conduct of the negotiations, as well as the ideas and issues behind them.
Relocating Middle Powers
Australia and Canada in a Changing World Order
This book examines how two middle powers, Australia and Canada, are grappling with the difficult process of relocating themselves in the rapidly changing international economy.
Whose North?
Political Change, Political Development, and Self Government in the Northwest Territories
This provides the context for a better understanding of these issues and traces the evolution of an innovative, increasingly indigenous, governmental process.
Canadian Foreign Policy and International Economic Regimes
This volume is an important and timely analysis of past and current Canadian policies toward both the formal and less formal arrangements which regulate such areas as international trade and financial transactions, international service industries, fisheries resources, and the environment.
Grassroots Politicians
Party Activists in British Columbia
The first systematic account of party activists at the provincial level in Canada.
Aboriginal Peoples and Politics
The Indian Land Question in British Columbia, 1849-1989
This book presents the first comprehensive treatment of the land question in British Columbia and is the first to examine the modern political history of British Columbia Indians.
Indian Education in Canada, Volume 2
The Challenge
The two volumes comprising Indian Education in Canada present the first full-length discussion of this important subject since the adoption in 1972 of a new federal policy moving toward Indian control of Indian education.
Indian Education in Canada, Volume 1
The Legacy
The two volumes comprising Indian Education in Canada present the first full-length discussion of this important subject since the adoption in 1972 of a new federal policy moving toward Indian control of Indian education.
A Narrow Vision
Duncan Campbell Scott and the Administration of Indian Affairs in Canada
In A Narrow Vision, Brian Titley chronicles the career of Confederation poets Duncan Campbell Scott in the Department of Indian Affairs between 1880 and 1932.
As Long as the Sun Shines and Water Flows
A Reader in Canadian Native Studies
This collection of papers focuses on Canadian Native history since 1763 and presents an overview of official Canadian Indian policy and its effects on the Indian, Inuit, and Metis.
The Reminiscences of Doctor John Sebastian Helmcken
A unique account of the way social and economic conditions were actually felt and experienced in B.C. at the time of Confederation.