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  • Canadian Issues

    Essays in Honour of Henry F. Angus

    Edited by Robert M. Clark ...
    Series series Heritage
    Topics of widespread concern to Canadians interested in the social sciences and to the general reading public are dealt with in this volume of essays by a group of Canada's leading scholars in political science and history. The book is presented in honour of Henry Forbes Angus, Head of the Department of Economics, Political Science, and Sociology at the University of British Columbia from 1930 to ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

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  • The Reconciliation Manifesto

    Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy

    by Arthur Manuel, Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson, Naomi Klein ...
    In this book, leading Indigenous rights activist Arthur Manuel offers a radical challenge to Canada and Canadians. He questions virtually everything non-Indigenous Canadians believe about their relationship with Indigenous peoples.The Reconciliation Manifesto documents how governments are attempting to reconcile with Indigenous peoples without touching the basic colonial structures that dominate ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Aboriginal Ontario

    Historical Perspectives on the First Nations

    Edited by Edward S. Rogers, Donald B. Smith ...
    Aboriginal Ontario: Historical Perspectives on the First Nations contains seventeen essays on aspects of the history of the First Nations living within the present-day boundaries of Ontario. This volume reviews the experience of both the Algonquian and Iroquoian peoples in Southern Ontario, as well as the Algonquians in Northern Ontario. The first section describes the climate and landforms of ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Trudeaumania

    The Rise to Power of Pierre Elliott Trudeau

    by Robert Wright ...
    Finalist for the J.W. Dafoe Book PrizeA Hill-Times Best Book of the YearNearly twenty years after his death and more than thirty since his retirement from active politics, Pierre Elliott Trudeau is at long last receding from the lived memory of Canadians. But despite the distance of time, he still holds court in the minds of many, and today his son Justin now lives at 24 Sussex Drive, his own man, ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Worth Fighting For

    Canada’s Tradition of War Resistance from 1812 to the War on Terror

    Edited by Lara Campbell, Michael Dawson, Catherine Gidney ...
    Historians, veterans, museums, and public education campaigns have all documented and commemorated the experience of Canadians in times of war. But Canada also has a long, rich, and important historical tradition of resistance to both war and militarization. This collection brings together the work of sixteen scholars on the history of war resistance. Together they explore resistance to specific ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • The Constitution in a Hall of Mirrors

    Canada at 150

    by David E. Smith ...
    Whether it’s the first-past-the-post electoral system or partisan government appointees to the Senate, Canadians want better representation and accountability from the federal government. Before reforms can be enacted, however, it is important to explore and clarify the relationships among Canada’s three parliamentary institutions: Crown, Senate, and Commons.In The Constitution in a Hall of ... Read more

    $25.89 USD

  • The Invisible Crown

    The First Principle of Canadian Government

    by David E. Smith ...
    The Crown is not only Canada’s oldest continuing political institution, but also its most pervasive, affecting the operation of Parliament and the legislatures, the executive, the bureaucracy, the courts, and federalism. However, many consider the Crown to be obscure and anachronistic. David E. Smith’s The Invisible Crown was one of the first books to study the role of the Crown in Canada, and ... Read more

    $31.69 USD

  • O.D. Skelton

    A Portrait of Canadian Ambition

    by Norman Hillmer ...
    When O.D. Skelton became Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s foreign policy advisor in 1923, he was already a celebrated critic of the status quo in international and domestic affairs, a loyal Liberal Party man, and a fervent nationalist who believed Canada needed to steer a path independent of Britain. Two years later, he became the permanent head of Canada’s Department of External Affairs. Between ... Read more

    $36.79 USD

  • The Government of Nova Scotia

    by James Murray Beck ...
    Series series Heritage
    Here is a well-documented study of the structure, historical development, and present condition of the government of Nova Scotia. It deals with one of the oldest constitutions in Canada, one which was not created by statute but by the prerogative of the Crown.Nova Scotia has two major claims to priority in the history of Canadian politics: she was the first province to be granted representative ... Read more

    $38.19 USD

  • The West and Beyond

    New Perspectives on an Imagined Region

    Edited by Alvin Finkel, Sarah Carter, Peter Fortna ...
    Series series The West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies
    The West and Beyond explores the state of Western Canadian history, showcasing the research interests of a new generation of scholars while charting new directions for the future and stimulating further interrogation of our past. This dynamic collection encourages dialogue among generations of historians of the West, and among practitioners of diverse approaches to the past. It also reflects a ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Honest Politics Now

    What ethical conduct means in Canadian public life

    by Ian Greene ...
    There have been enormous changes in Canadian public life in the past two decades. More and more, politicians and officials are expected to act honestly and in the public interest. Yet, for many, honest politics is still an oxymoron.Using high-profile political scandals as case studies, this book explores the standards of accountability to which Canadian politicians are now being held. The authors ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Red, White, and Kind of Blue?

    The Conservatives and the Americanization of Canadian Constitutional Culture

    by David Schneiderman ...
    Situated between two different constitutional traditions, those of the United Kingdom and the United States, Canada has maintained a distinctive third way: federal, parliamentary, and flexible. Yet in recent years it seems that Canadian constitutional culture has been moving increasingly in an American direction. Through the prorogation crises of 2008 and 2009, its senate reform proposals, and the ... Read more

    $33.09 USD