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Book SynopsisHow one of Canada's greatest natural disasters has been remembered and forgotten.Trade Review"This book is a most valuable endeavour. Impressive and astonishing for the great range and wealth of sources on which it rests, The Miramichi Fire throws new light on the history of New Brunswick. Alan MacEachern is an accomplished historian, and I can only admire what he has wrought." Graeme Wynn, University of British Columbia"The Miramichi Fire: A History is a book that any New Brunswick historian should welcome. The author injects a little humour here and there to lighten the otherwise serious academic tone of yet another fine volume from McGill-Queen's University Press. It will remain authoritative for years to come." The Miramichi Reader"MacEachern's accessible writing style makes the book a pleasure to read. The Miramichi Fire benefits enormously from his usual creative turns of phrases and thoughtful prose. In chronicling this benchmark historical event, MacEachern contributes an important chapter to our country's forest history and delivers a valuable lesson in the challenges we face in recounting stories of an environment that is constantly in flux." NiCHE"With wildfires having recently raged in the Amazon, California, New South Wales, Siberia, and elsewhere, the appearance of Alan MacEachern's The Miramichi Fire is a timely reminder of earlier conflagrations that attracted global attention. MacEachern, an accomplished environmental historian at Western University, has spent sixteen years exploring New Brunswick's experience with forest fires almost two centuries ago. His commitment to the topic shows in a book that is accessibly written, wonderfully sourced, and often a page-turner." Literary Review of Canada

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Book SynopsisFrom humble beginnings wholesaling at a small tobacconist-hairdresser shop in 1915, the London Rubber Company rapidly became the UK's biggest postwar producer and exporter of disposable rubber condoms. Borge shows how aggressive business practices were successfully deployed to protect the monopoly and squash competition.Trade Review"Borge intervenes with a clear corporate and industrial focus. The London Rubber Company's growth from a backstreet wholesaler to a global contraceptive powerhouse is intrinsically engaging. Borge's tight focus creates a valuable look at a powerful company's methods and failures. Overall, Protective Practices is an appreciated addition to British contraceptive history from an in-depth business perspective." Enterprise and Society"Borge's study offers an important new economic perspective to histories of contraception and sexual practice. From the suggestive typography on the cover, to the stylish composition of the chapter headings, and the reproduction of twenty-six images and figures, Protective Practices has been beautifully produced by McGill-Queen's University Press and is a lovely object to read. It will be of interest to students and academics researching and teaching not only the history of sexuality, but the histories of technology, business, and manufacturing in Britain and beyond." Metascience"Protective Practices gives excellent detail to the early years of the London Rubber Company and its initial success and growth to market dominance, ... and is an excellent resource for a company that otherwise lacks a singular archive." Left History“This study is a valuable contribution as it delineates the changing condom industry and the London Rubber Company’s concerted efforts to maintain its market share. Recommended. All readers.” Choice“Borge’s careful (and often hilarious) explanations of London Rubber’s multifaceted situations make Protective Practices an accessible and enjoyable read. Her arguments are well evidenced, and the photographs of the factory and staff members add a tangible human presence to her story. Finally, this monograph will inspire its readers to reflect on the legacy of London Rubber’s condom industry, and how the company contributed to the easy access of contraception and the sexual freedoms in modern Britain that we can now enjoy today.” Cultural and Social History“As Borge writes, "In the 1970s, London Rubber had privately stated that it wished to avoid making any public connection with disease," so when Aids emerged, its silence was unsurprising. And, considering its prior tactics, neither was its reaction to upstart rivals.” Esquire

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Book SynopsisLooks at the complex relationship between the Khoekhoe, the British empire, and the London Missionary Society in the Cape Colony in southern Africa at a time of intense conflict during which disparate groups competed to mobilize Christianity for their own political ends.Trade Review"Masterful, well-researched and incredibly detailed ... a truly thought provoking read, accessible across a number of disciplines." H-SAfrica "Subtle, very well-grounded in the sources, even-handed, well-argued, unpretentious, pleasantly written and in short, an intellectual treat. Read it." Studies in Religion "[the author's] diligent research immensely enriches our understanding of missionary politics." American Historical Review "This is an outstanding work of careful scholarship ... Elbourne demonstrates a clear mastery of archival and secondary sources while drawing widely and deftly on the best that contemporary historical forms have to offer. The result is a richly-textured book that affords us a balanced work of synthesis." James Greenlee, co-author of Good Citizens: British Missionaries and Imperial States, 1870-1918

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Book SynopsisDouglas Burnham is professor of philosophy, Staffordshire University.

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Book SynopsisA detailed account of a vital incubator for global humanism.Trade Review"Written on the basis of sound and exhaustive scholarship, in a well-organized and highly readable fashion - despite the complexity of the subject-matter - and benefiting from a fluent translation, this landmark volume has long been needed by the English-speaking world. The author shows himself to be the foremost scholar of Western esoteric and spiritual currents and those persons who have carried them forward since the turn of the twentieth century." Mac Linscott Ricketts, Louisburg College, NC"This is the most balanced and well-informed history of the Eranos Conferences where, once a year, some of the most provocative thinkers of the world gathered to discuss the most pressing issues of the times: religious symbolism, the nature of spirit, art"This is a book that no one interested in the history of the study of religion or in the religious history of the twentieth century can afford to miss." Gustavo Benavides, Villanova University

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Book SynopsisQuestions of God's existence have exercised philosophers since antiquity. Are there adequate reasons to think that God exists? And, if God exists, what is God like? In this book Jay Wood provides a sustained and fresh examination of these central questions.Trade Review"Jay Wood's book is truly wise, insightful, engaging, and up-to date. Even-handed and fair-minded, this text is a terrific introduction to the philosophy of religion." Paul Copan, Palm Beach Atlantic University, Florida "There are many introductions to the philosophy of religion on the market but this book stands out for its clarity, liveliness of approach and its engagement with many of the most recent contributions to the field." Elizabeth Burns, Heythrop College, University of London

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Trade Review"A hugely valuable gift to philosophy. It accurately and clearly summarizes the work of perhaps the most difficult major twentieth-century figure in philosophy, and in a way that makes his hugely important contributions accessible to all. It is far and away the most accurate and accessible commentary that we now have on Sellars." - Ruth Millikan, University of Connecticut"It would have been impossible for Willem deVries to leave everyone who grapples with Sellars happy with everything in his book. But within the limits of what is offered only as an introduction, he has done an extraordinarily good job of explaining this m"The task of writing an effective critical study of Sellar's philosophy is unquestionably a daunting one. DeVries has risen admirably to the occasion. His book is clearly written, comprehensive in its scope, and presents an admirably accurate and sensitiv

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Book SynopsisThings are particulars and their qualities are universals, but do universals have an existence that is distinct from that of particular things? And what is their nature if they do? In Universals J.P. Moreland addresses these questions, in particular those issues that have been a crucial part of the emergence of contemporary analytic ontology.Trade Review"A comprehensive treatment of the problem of universals from both an historical and present-day perspective, surveying all of the leading approaches and portraying their strengths and weaknesses in an even-handed way. Exposition and arguments are clear and succinct. A worthy contribution to the literature in its topic." E.J. Lowe, Department of Philosophy, University of Durham

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Book SynopsisHow should Europe deal with the men of global politics who don't play by the rules?

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Book SynopsisBetween 1914 and 1918, many Irish Catholics in Canada found themselves in a vulnerable position. Not only was the Great War slaughtering millions, but tension and violence was mounting in Ireland over the question of independence from Britain and Home Rule. For Canada's Irish Catholics, thwarting Prussian militarism was a way to prove that small nations, like Ireland, could be free from larger occupying countries. Yet, even as tens of thousands of Irish Catholic men and women rallied to the call to arms and supported government efforts to win the war, many Canadians still doubted their loyalty to the Empire. Retracing the struggles of Irish Catholics as they fought Canada's enemies in Europe while defending themselves against charges of disloyalty at home, The Imperial Irish explores the development and fraying of interfaith and intercultural relationships between Irish Catholics, French Canadian Catholics, and non-Catholics throughout the course of the Great War. Mark McGowan contrastTrade Review" The Imperial Irish brings together the accumulated results and insights of a generation of research into the history of the Irish Roman Catholic Church in Canada and its contribution to Canadian Great War national and ecclesiastical history. The chapters are tightly focused and make effective use of the personal experiences of many Irish Catholic Canadians. What most strikes me in the style is the ease with which the larger picture of institutions and issues flows back and forth into the lives of these people. This is mature scholarship - it is all of one fabric, one narrative, moving from personal to public and back. Mark McGowan has lived with these sources and also with these people for a long time." Duff Crerar, Grand Prairie Regional College, and author of Padre' s in No Man' s Land

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Book SynopsisThree and a half centuries after Paradise Lost and Paradise Regain'd were written, do Milton's epic poems still resonate with contemporary concerns? In Milton's Leveller God, David Williams advances a progressive and democratic interpretation of Milton's epics to show they are more relevant than ever. Exploring two blind spots in the critical tradition the failure to read Milton's poetry as drama and to recognize his depictions of heaven's political and social evolution Williams reads Milton's great argument as a rejection of social hierarchy and of patriarchal government that is more attuned to the radical political thought developed by the Levellers during the English Revolution. He traces echoes between Milton's texts and thousands of pages of Leveller writings that advocated for popular rule, extended suffrage, and religious tolerance, arguing that Milton's God is still the unacknowledged ground of popular sovereignty. Williams demonstrates that Milton's Leveller sympathies, exprTrade Review"This beautifully written book is one that all scholars of Milton will have no choice but to read and contend with." John Rogers, Yale University"Williams's elegant prose recreates for a modern reader the excitement that must have been part of what politics was like in that brief period when England was a republic in the middle of the seventeenth century. Putting free will at the centre of Milton's thought is a common enough tactic among Milton scholars, but here, in Williams's meticulous account, it means revising his theology to the point that God himself (or itself) becomes a Leveller. Heaven is political." Times Literary Supplement"[Milton's Leveller God] is a powerful corrective to the assumption that Milton's thought and poetic practice was not significantly shaped by the populist, progressive, and hopeful political thought of the Levellers. John Foxe's 'Acts and Monuments' supplied Milton with the definitive print model of how readers can be gathered – in their own acts of 'labourious gathering' – into a Leveller community of equals." Studies in English Literature"When Williams turns to the text of 'Paradise Lost,' no reader will be unmoved, since he presents perhaps the most grandly revisionist reading the poem since Fish's 'Surprised by Sin.'" Renaissance and Reformation

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Book SynopsisDepression, once a subfield of neurosis, has become the most diagnosed mental disorder in the world. Why and how has depression become such a topical illness and what does it tell us about changing ideas of the individual and society? Alain Ehrenberg investigates the history of depression and depressive symptoms across twentieth-century psychiatry, showing that identifying depression is far more difficult than a simple diagnostic distinction between normal and pathological sadness - the one constant in the history of depression is its changing definition. Drawing on the accumulated knowledge of a lifetime devoted to the study of the individual in modern democratic society, Ehrenberg shows that the phenomenon of modern depression is not a construction of the pharmaceutical industry but a pathology arising from inadequacy in a social context where success is attributed to, and expected of, the autonomous individual. In so doing, he provides both a novel and convincing description of the Trade Review"One gets drawn into Ehrenberg's interesting ideas ... this book could help spark a debate about a subject of growing concern in contemporary society." Winnipeg Free Press "The European, and in particular the French, perspective of the history of depression in the context of self provides an interesting dimension, if not breadth, to the American perspective of depression specifically and mental illness generally, especially as the American view is usually oblivious of self-concepts. I am quite certain that those who choose to read this publication will be rewarded." Richard Duus, PsycCRITIQUES "It is invaluable for those interested in understanding the nature of depression, its prevalence, and its complexity. Summing Up: Essential." Choice Magazine "It is invaluable for those interested in understanding the nature of depression, its prevalence, and its complexity." Choice "... a major contribution to the anthropology of modern individuality [Ehrenberg] demonstrates an impressive knowledge of his field. The Weariness of the Self is not, nor does it pretend to be, a treatise on clinical depression. Instead it aims to demonst

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Book SynopsisThe British ambassador in Washington during the US Civil War and ambassador in Paris before and after the Franco-Prussian war, Lord Lyons (1817-1887) was one of the most important diplomats of the Victorian period. Although frequently featured in histories of the United States and Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century, and in discussions and analyses of British foreign policy, he has remained an ill-defined figure. In Lord Lyons: A Diplomat in an Age of Nationalism and War, Brian Jenkins explains the man and examines his career. Based on a staggering study of primary sources, he presents a convincing portrait of a subject who rarely revealed himself personally. Though he avoided publicity, Lyons came to be regarded as his nation''s premier diplomat as his career took him to the heart of the great international issues and crises of his generation. As minister to the United States he played a vital role in preserving Anglo-American peace and was a powerful voice opposing AnTrade Review"Seamlessly woven from innumerable narrative threads, Lord Lyons is a vivid tapestry that brings the international history of the nineteenth century magnificently to life. Jenkins has risen brilliantly to the challenge of conveying both the specifics of diplomacy and the dramatic stage - replete with countless fascinating actors - on which it played." Martin Crawford, emeritus professor of Anglo-American history, Keele University "Jenkins has provided a meticulously researched, full-scale biography of Lord Lyons, one of Britain's most important diplomats of the Victorian period." Muriel E. Chamberlain, Department of History, Swansea University " ... Jenkins's exhaustive work with primary sources makes this the fullest and most reliable discussion of Lyons's public and private lives yet published. It is a welcome addition to the field." H-Net Reviews

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Book SynopsisOne-third of the world's population is infected with the TB bacillus and up to ten per cent of these individuals will go on to develop tuberculosis. This title focuses on the changing medical, social, and cultural understanding of the disease and engages in a wider debate about the role of narrative in the social history of medicine.

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Book SynopsisGrand Manan Island, a 200-year old fishing village in the Bay of Fundy, has been overwhelmed by globalization, technology, and changing government policies. This book charts the nature and pace of social and cultural change on Grand Manan, showing how it relates to globalization and environmental degradation.Trade Review"Fascinating the author knows Grand Manan well and has spent years gathering data that is rich and revealing." Gerald L. Pocius, Memorial University, Newfoundland "The breadth and depth of this study make it a special contribution the author successfully addresses the challenges of change in an island community a truly groundbreaking piece of work." Maureen G. Reed, University of Saskatchewan

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Book SynopsisEdward of Caernarfon is best known for his disastrous military defeat in 1314 at Bannockburn. This work examines Edward II's eventful life and the more salient periods of his reign, situating the monarch in the context of the empire he inherited and the aftermath of his unregretted death.Trade Review"Haines's defining biography is a work of immense scholarshp... His biography is a magnificent feat of scholarship." Nottingham Medieval Studies "A fascinating quarry of material - Haines offers both judgment and constant evenhandedness." BBC History "This book is a labour of love, the culmination of Haines' long and distinguished career as an historian of the fourteenth century. As such, it a superbly crafted work, painstakingly researched and beautifully written." Histoire Social / Social History "A narrative that integrates the work of several generations of scholars has long been needed: Haines' work should prove to be more than the starting point for a new generation." Canadian Journal of History "This is a magisterial work, drawing on the fruits of a lifetime of study and writing about late- medieval English history. Haines joins an illustrious group of students in turning his attention to this pivotal period. He has mastered the previous literature and offers balanced criticism and fresh observations on all the relevant events. Because of the work's comprehensiveness, and because of the author's thoughtful and balanced judgements, this study should stand for some time as the standard narrative account of that reign." Joseph Goering, Department of History, University of Toronto "A significant contribution to research. Haines does a good deal to both amplify and to bring together modern scholarship on the period. This is a very detailed study, based on formidable scholarship." Michael Prestwich, Department of History, University of Durham, UK "Professor Haines's defining biography is a work of immense scholarship which does not sensationalize and which claims for its subject no special sympathy. Instead Edward II is placed in the unhappy context of an inherited war with Scotland, the great European famine and a perpetually unstable feudal relationship with his French counterpart... It is as depressing a story as Professor Haines's biography is a magnificent feat of scholarship."--Nottingham Medieval Studies, xlviii (2004) "Both rigorously academic and wonderfully written, this book is a notable achievement and a joy to read."--HISTORY, January 2007

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Book SynopsisThis follow-up to the bestselling Spreading Misandry critiques the impact of ideological feminism on law and governmentTrade Review"Legalizing Misandry is a tour de force that exceeds even Spreading Misandry in power and persuasion." Don Browning, University of Chicago

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Book SynopsisRobert Flaherty''s groundbreaking Nanook of the North (1922) - the chronicle of one year in the life of an Inuit hunter and his family in the Hudson Bay region - was the first full-length anthropological documentary in cinematic history. Before Nanook, Flaherty endured a number of failures, disappointments, and false starts. Drawing from the unpublished diaries of Flaherty and his wife, Frances, Robert Christopher''s biography fills in crucial background in the emergence of a documentary film legend.Previous biographical emphasis on Nanook has not only obscured Flaherty''s early career but also neglected the critical contributions Frances made to his development as an artist. Robert and Frances Flaherty charts her transformation from a Bryn Mawr bluestocking to the partner of a frontier explorer and offers her unique perspective as his collaborator and publicist.From iron prospector to photographer to filmmaker, Flaherty''s early life is situaTrade Review"This book is indispensable for anyone with an interest in Robert Flaherty." Jay Ruby, professor of anthropology, Temple University " ... Christopher's book should be a treat for fans of travel-writing and cinema alike."--Sight and Sound, July 2006

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Book SynopsisIn an era of information overload, our need to learn how to critically evaluate the growing flood of information has never been greater. This title showcases the role of reason in a world saturated by media-enhanced persuasion and complex scientific and technological jargon.Trade Review"Superior in its explanations to exercise questions, this is among the most helpful critical thinking texts I have come across - perfect for my students. Very impressive." David Hunter, Department of Philosophy, Buffalo State College, SUNY "This book covers important material not well handled by otherwise comparable texts. Indeed, the whole treatment of causal arguments is a lucid presentation of subtle material. I am aware of many other such treatments, but few are as good and none better." Tim Kenyon, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo

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Book SynopsisCollins explains what Revivalism, Rationalism, Eclecticism, and Functionalism meant to those who practised them, examining the impact that social forces and the other arts and sciences had on architectural styles while recognizing the tectonic continuities that underlie the seeming ruptures between pre-modern, modern, and post-modern approaches to design. His work is infused with a deep sympathy for the classical spirit of the eighteenth century and he argued rigorously and passionately that Enlightenment ideas could be of real value to the architects of his generation, particularly since technology had made it possible to use them effectively. Collins''s plea for sensitivity to tradition and the urban fabric while encouraging technological innovation and unprecedented programs makes his thought just as vital today as it was ahead of its time when first published. Collins had long wished to see an affordable, fully illustrated edition of his book and McGill-Queen''s University Press anTrade Review"Even now, after so much of its substance has been elaborated by subsequent scholarship, Changing Ideals in Modern Architecture remains a pioneering achievement. It still provides an ideological history of the modern movement, covering an extremely wide trajectory and one which is animated throughout by a sharp critical bias. Its challenging originality stems from the way in which Collins constantly begs the question as to the fundamental nature of tectonic modernity as this has evolved over the last two centuries." Kenneth Frampton, from the Introduction

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Book SynopsisThe English version of the book has been extensively revised and expanded since its original publication in German. This edition includes a new preface and an updated bibliography.Trade Review"With this monumental work, Peter Hoffmann may fairly claim that the theme of the German opposition to Hitler is finally exhausted. Every idea has been worked out, every scrap of ore mined ... It is a work of which an historian in any field might justly be proud, and which deserves the greatest praise for the way in which meticulous study of the available documentary sources has been combined with the gathering of statements from contemporaries and surviving participants in the events to form a well-ordered, highly readable and at times gripping narrative ... It will be the essential, and surely final, handbook for every student of the subject." Times Literary Supplement. "In a study which so fully merits the accolade 'exhaustive,' Hoffmann has done full justice to the subject ... He excels in developing plausible and usually convincing explanations on how things came to turn out the way they did. There is much new light on many basic problems which have bedeviled students of the period ... By his connected story of developments from 1938 to the dramatic denouement in 1944, tracing each rise and fall of the curve, Hoffmann succeeds as no other before him in bringing matters into proper focus." Harold C. Deutsch, Journal of Modern History. "This admirable book goes right to the heart of the conspiracy to kill Hitler that misfired on July 20, 1944, to the last fascinating detail ... A powerful study of lasting interest, as well as a piece of first-rate scholarly detection." The Economist.Table of ContentsPart 1 The background: the year 1933; forms of resistance; top-level crisis. Part 2 The sudden crisis and the attempted coup of 1938: operation "Green"; foreign policy and resistance; Beck's plans; Halder's plans. Part 3 Plans for a coup 1939-1940: before the outbreak of war; plans, probings and memoranda; Halder's new plan; further efforts; soundings abroad. Part 4 Internal political plans: Schmid Noerr; Hassell; Popitz; Goerdeler; the Kreisau circle; socialists. Part 5 Contacts with the enemy 1940-1944: Albrecht Hashofer 1940-1941; Hasell 1941-1942; Lochner 1941-1942; Trott, Bonhoeffer, Schonfeld 1942; Moltke 1943; Trott 1943-1944; Gisevius; miscellaneous contacts; "eastern solution"? Otto John 1944. Part 6 Assassination attempts 1933-1942: the early days; attempts of 1938-1942. Part 7 Tresckow and army group centre: preparations; projections of 1943; abortive plans; "Valkyrie". Part 8 Stauffenberg and the replacement army: Stauffenberg's career; assassination attempts - Bussche, Kleist, Breitenbuch; procurement of explosive; communications planning; internal political planning; Stauffenberg's first two assassination attempts. Part 9 20 July 1944: "Wolfschanze"; Berlin: the coup; the coup in the provinces Prague, Vienna, Paris; collapse in Berlin. Part 10 Wreck of the opposition: summary court martial; arrests; people's court, executions, concentration camps.

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Book SynopsisFanny Burney was best known in her own time as the author of Evilina and other novels. Her modern reputation, however, rests primarily on her extensive journals and letters. The third of eleven children of Charles Burney, an eminent musician, author, and Trade Review"A magnificent work of scholarship. The Streatham Years, Part II, 1780-1781 makes a valuable addition The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney, under the general editorship of Lars Troide. It provides hitherto unpublished material ans contains remarkably extensive and astute annotations by Betty Rizzo. She brings an exceptional grasp of Burney's world to this volume. Scarcely any stone has been left unturned, and almost every appropriate reference work has been put to good use." Peter Sabor, Departement des litteratures, Universite de Laval "Rizzo's knowledge of the Burney family and most of the relevant contexts required to understand and explain Burney's frames of reference is remarkable. The Streatham Years, Part II, 1780-1781 makes a significant contribution to research and will be essential reading for students of Burney, eighteenth-century literature and history, and women's studies for decades to come." Brian Corman, Department of English, University of Toronto

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Book SynopsisFor generations eastern Nova Scotia was one of the most celebrated Roman Catholic constituencies in Canada. Occupying a corner of a small province in a politically marginalized region of the country, the Diocese of Antigonish nevertheless had tremendous influence over the development of Canadian Catholicism. It produced the first Roman Catholic prime minister of Canada, supplied the nation with clergy and women- religious, and organized one of North America's most successful social movements.Disciples of Antigonish recounts the history of this unique multi-ethnic community as it shifted from the firm ultramontanism of the nineteenth century to a more socially conscious Catholicism after the First World War. Peter Ludlow chronicles the faithful as they built a strong Catholic sub-state, dealing with economic uncertainty, generational outmigration, and labour unrest. As the home of the Antigonish Movement a network of adult study clubs, cooperatives, and credit unions tTrade Review“Ludlow’s encyclopaedic grasp of the history of Roman Catholicism in eastern Nova Scotia and his sensitivity to its various themes is remarkable. This work, a compelling, readable, and thoughtful narrative, combined with his other contributions, marks him as an important authority in the history of Maritime Catholicism.” Peter Meehan, St Jerome’s University, University of Waterloo

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Book SynopsisTurkey now hosts the largest number of Syrian refugees in the world, more than 3.6 million of the 12.7 million displaced by the Syrian Civil War. Many of them are subject to an unpredictable temporary protection, forcing them to live under vulnerable and insecure conditions.The Precarious Lives of Syrians examines the three dimensions of the architecture of precarity: Syrian migrants'' legal status, the spaces in which they live and work, and their movements within and outside Turkey. The difficulties they face include restricted access to education and healthcare, struggles to secure employment, language barriers, identity-based discrimination, and unlawful deportations. Feyzi Baban, Suzan Ilcan, and Kim Rygiel show that Syrians confront their precarious conditions by engaging in cultural production and community-building activities, and by undertaking perilous journeys to Europe, allowing them to claim spaces and citizenship while asserting their rights to belong, to Trade Review"Turkey hosts the largest refugee community in the world today and the Syrian refugee issue has far-reaching implications across that country. This book, with its succinct overview of Syrian refugees in that country and its vivid description of the socio-economic conditions of refugees in cities and host communities, is a welcome and long overdue effort." Cenk Saraçoglu, Ankara University and author of Kurds of Modern Turkey: Migration, Neoliberalism and Exclusion in Turkish Society“[The Precarious Lives of Syrians] is distinguished in its presentation of an understanding of precarity that is different from the one in reference to industrial or post-Fordist capitalism in the West. Whereas the definition of precarity is usually limited to employment conditions, this book aims to provide a larger definition and show aspects of precarity namely inherent to migration. It does so by taking a perspective from the case of Turkey as a country that is currently developing its migration system with the arrival of a very important number of refugees. It thus constitutes a rich resource for students and scholars who are interested in delving into the topic of forced migration within the fields of social sciences, especially in the case of Turkey.” International Migration“A vital read – not only for those with an interest in the plight of Syrian refugees, but also for all those concerned about the ‘death of asylum’ as a concept and practice, and the ‘discursive disappearance of the refugee’ or erosion of the idea that people who seek asylum may be refugees. While the authors certainly document a bleak situation for many Syrians in Turkey, they also provide glimpses of strength of Syrians who continue to build their lives in the face of challenges, in solidarity with each other as well as with Turkish citizens.” Journal of Refugee Studies

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Book SynopsisCanada's Other Red Scare makes the case that Indigenous political protest during the ’60s should be thought of as both local and transnational, an urgent exercise in confronting the experience of settler-colonialism in places and moments of protest, when its logic and acts of dispossession are held up like a mirror.Trade Review“Canada’s Other Red Scare contains challenging arguments built on exemplary research. It also reveals one pivotal yet understated contribution in its connection to the personal. Rutherford begins and ends this book by situating himself in his research. His introduction makes clear his motivations for wanting to understand Indigenous political mobilizations around Kenora – his hometown – which helps him to personally and professionally come to terms with his role in settlercolonialism and racialized histories that deliberately erased Indigenous peoples as active historical subjects. In many ways, this work enabled Rutherford to unlearn the history of Kenora that dominated his childhood and punctuated his formative memories, while also providing sophisticated interventions into Canadian historiography.” Histoire sociale/Social History

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Book SynopsisBrings together essays by historians from North America and Europe to explore this seminal event using a variety of historical approaches. It weaves together perspectives from spatially and conceptually distinct historical fields - legal and cultural, political and religious, and beyond.Trade Review"Entangling the Quebec Act adds original and valuable insight to existing scholarship on the Quebec Act, which has declined in the past half century despite significant constitutional developments in Canada and the rise of "new" imperial and global history. This book is both timely and necessary." Ken MacMillan, University of Calgary and author of Death and Disorder: A History of Early Modern England, 1485-1690“[The editors] argue for ‘a reconsideration of the Quebec Act from Canadian, North American, Native American, and British Imperial perspectives’ that demonstrates that the importance of the Act is ‘greater than sum of its many fractured historiographical parts’. That is precisely what this collection does show! … one of those rare collections in which there is not a single bad essay.” British Journal of Canadian Studies« On peut sans doute regretter l’absence de certains groupes dans ce portrait d’ensemble très réussi, [mais]… quoi qu’il en soit, ces considérations plus personnelles n’entachent pas l’excellence du travail de tout un chacun et tout particulièrement celui d’Ollivier Hubert et de François Furstenberg qui signent une remarquable introduction. Entangling the Quebec Act constitue une superbe contribution à une historiographie qui avait bien besoin d’être un peu dépoussiérée! » Social History-Histoire Sociale“The contributors to this collection explore the far-reaching consequences of the 1774 document ... to better understand how eighteenth-century rulers and subjects addressed issues concerning the rights of minorities that, in Canada and elsewhere, we continue to wrestle with today. These essays are valuable contributions to our understanding of the origins and impact of the Quebec Act.” University of Toronto Quarterly

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Book SynopsisExploring the legacy of a trailblazing economist and Nobel Prize winner.

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Book SynopsisA major reinterpretation of the internment of Japanese Canadians.Trade Review"This is a powerful book, marking a materialist turn in reflection on the internment of Japanese Canadians. The research collective pursues questions which, for all their focus on the details of asset liquidation -- of properties, footholds, intergenerational possibilities, built up slowly and patiently -- are not 'instead of' but deeply part of the human story of the internment. New ethnography and archival research with financial, community, and state records expose the variety of responses by Japanese Canadians, the multiplicity of logics into which officials folded racism, the breadth and variety of complicities. Landscapes of Injustice is vital reading for our moment of thinking about historical wrongs and the (im)possibility of reparations." Jennifer Henderson, Associate Professor, Carleton University, co-editor, Reconciling Canada: Critical Perspectives on the Culture of Redress"Well written, clearly and effectively conceived and argued throughout, and intensely moving at times, Landscapes of Injustice is a significant book that both sheds light on the processes of dispossession and racial injustice and demonstrates the utility of collaboration to historians. ... [The authors] have created a deeply important work that challenges long-held beliefs about Canadian exceptionalism. In much the same way that historians have emphasized Canada's status as a settler colonial state, opposed Canada's growing militarism, or highlighted the ways in which violence served as an organizing force in Canadian colonial history, this book serves as a clarion call to Canadians that racism, government oppression, and cruelty do not stop at the forty-ninth parallel on their way north." H-Net"Landscapes of Injustice is a particularly impressive and unprecedented study ... [The authors] have brought a fresh take to the wartime history of Japanese Canadians, and their careful research will help convince readers of the lasting implications of the wartime policies for Canadian society." BC Studies

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Book SynopsisQuestioning whether the military is ready to push the boundaries of human performance.Trade Review“This book will be valuable in reintroducing ethical dilemmas to the field of HPE. It should be read by a wide audience, partly because it is fascinating and partly because it serves as a prescient warning of the future weapons of modern warfare. It would be well placed as required reading in any graduate class on scientific ethics and philosophy, just as it would in courses in professional military education. Similarly, this book provides an excellent overview of present and historical HPE, and policy-makers in Canada and its allies should take the opportunity to receive a crash course on the studies underway in research organizations of NATO forces.” International Journal

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Book SynopsisAnalyzing what links the design of planetary-scale computing infrastructure and the science of human cognition.Trade Review"A compelling study that brings together neuroscience and the algorithmization of different parts of scientific and cultural life." Des Fitzgerald, Cardiff University"With Cognitive Code, the perceptive and droll Johannes Bruder, who's clearly been around the scientific block more than once, has written a minor masterpiece, as neat an anatomy of the state of play of the "science" of AI as one could want." Literary Review of Canada

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Book SynopsisThe Arctic Council, created in 1996, has facilitated over twenty years of successful democracy and regional cooperation between Russia and the seven other Arctic states - the United States, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, and Finland. What has allowed this unity to continue despite political turmoil between these nations? In Diplomacy and the Arctic Council Danita Burke argues that the Arctic Council is a club: a group of states that mutually benefit from voluntary collaboration and that use the forum as a vessel to help define and guide the parameters of their cooperation. How the club members identify and address challenges reflects power relations among them, which vary depending on the topic under discussion or debate. Providing insight into the daily practices of the Arctic Council and the relative status of its member states, Burke seeks to understand why major international events, such as the 2014 Russian-Ukrainian conflict over the Crimea region, do not deter the ArcTrade Review"Diplomacy and the Arctic Council takes on an innovative perspective, providing new insights into the complex organization and function of the Arctic Council, with contemporary examples." Maria Ackrén, University of Greenland"An original contribution to our understanding of the operation of the Arctic Council and to our understanding of diplomatic practices generally." Oran Young, University of California, Santa Barbara"Burke bases her conclusions on her semi-structured interviews with representatives of the Arctic states and permanent participants, and one of the volume's strengths is commentary from respondents with practical diplomatic experience." Choice"Burke's book is the first place I have seen [the exclusion of Greenpeace] earn serious analysis. As a collection of Arctic Council organizational challenges, it is comprehensive and provides details not easily found elsewhere." Arctic

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive analysis of the use of violence by militant groups across time and space.Trade Review"The great strength of Violence and Militants is the way in which it utilizes the concepts of both cultural and structural violence and applies them to different instances of violence committed by militant groups across time and space. The comparison of the Ottoman rebellions with contemporary militant jihadist groups is unique and provides a different vantage point from which to view militant groups in varying sociopolitical contexts." Monica Ingber, Coventry University and author of The Politics of Conflict: Transubstantiatory Violence in Iraq"Baris Cayli's approach through the prism of cultural and structural violence brings the kind of comparative study that I haven't seen anywhere else." Christophe Chowanietz, John Abbott College and author of Bombs, Bullets, and Politicians: France's Response to Terrorism"A serious-minded and sophisticated treatment of a controversial and significant subject." Richard English, Queen's University Belfast and author of Does Terrorism Work?: A History"Violence and Militants offers the reader an exciting journey to uncover the ravages of catastrophe." Jeffrey Ian Ross, University of Baltimore and author of Political Terrorism: An Interdisciplinary Approach"Violence and Militants is an insightful analysis focused on a key question: How do violent organizations and groups justify their use of violence in different times and places? In this empirically rich study Baris Cayli explores how structural and cultural violence operate in premodern and contemporary social contexts. Homing in on the behaviour of rebels and state authorities in the Ottoman world as well as violent organizations of today, this book offers a novel interpretation of the social processes involved in the rationalization and use of violence." Siniša Maleševic, University College Dublin"An in-depth look at a complicated topic, Violence and Militants examines the history of destabilizing groups in the Middle East from revolts against the Ottoman Empire to ISIS. Anyone seeking to better understand the state of affairs in the Middle East would be well-advised to read this." Jo Neiderhoff, San Francisco Book Review

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Book SynopsisAn examination of the legacy and cultural afterlife of the Canadian 1970s in film, television, and the visual arts.Trade Review"Hinterland Remixed is as engaging as it is innovative and intelligent. I cannot overstate the quality, timeliness, and elegance of this work." Jennifer VanderBurgh, Saint Mary's University"We need this book. Not only does Hinterland Remixed provide extremely compelling readings of 1970s objects and contemporary works that revisit this decade's artifacts; it accomplishes the interpretive goal of bringing the past inside the present." Peter Urquhart, Wilfrid Laurier University

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Book SynopsisA collection of essays by the great Yiddish novelist Chava Rosenfarb, most published in English for the first time.Trade Review"Original in perspective, range, and tone, Confessions of a Yiddish Writer and Other Essays offers a powerful and remarkable presentation of Holocaust-related memoir and careful readings of key Yiddish and European writers in Chava Rosenfarb's own personal and effective way." Norman Ravvin, Concordia University"Written in a clear and compelling style and mapping the inner life of a prolific writer, Confessions of a Yiddish Writer and Other Essays includes many of the most important personal and literary essays by Chava Rosenfarb." Jan Schwarz, Lund University"Whether she was excavating her memories or making new ones, Rosenfarb processed her life by writing about it. So to read her work is to get to know her, and getting to know Chava Rosenfarb feels like a gift." Lethbrdige Herald"Goldie Morgentaler has earned our gratitude for her devotion in preparing this volume, so that readers can properly appreciate her mother not only as an important Yiddish novelist, but also as a significant Canadian one as well; not only as a distinguish

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Book SynopsisHow anti-Catholicism reflected and constructed English Canadian identity in the twentieth century and why it remains important today.Trade Review"Not Quite Us is an important and original book that adds a crucial dimension to our understanding of inequality and exclusion in twentieth-century Canada." Lynne Marks, University of Victoria

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Book SynopsisUne étude révélatrice portant sur une collection tombée dans l’oubli et le plus remarquable collectionneur du Mille carré doré de Montréal.

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Book SynopsisA detailed, first-hand account of the atrocities committed against Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.Trade Review"Beyond its value as a primary source, Munkácsi's account is compelling as a human story, and will no doubt prove to be provocative reading for students, scholars, and the general public alike." Hungarian Studies Review"This is an increasingly anguished memoir by someone whose faith in law and humanity was broken as the details from the Auschwitz Protocols (testimony from camp escapees) became known ... profoundly sad but important reading. We all know how the war ends and how many lives were lost, but this eyewitness account is a good primary source document for understanding how ethnic hatred overtook one of Europe's most seemingly cultured societies." Foreword Reviews"Erno Munkácsi's How It Happened is a riveting account, told by one who was there, of the anguished decisions that Hungarian Jewish leaders made and of the actions that they took (or did not take) as the Holocaust unfolded around them. One of the very first histories of the Holocaust in Hungary, Munkácsi's account defies genre, combining careful analysis of documentary sources with powerful and detailed personal recollections. The publication of this expertly annotated English translation is a major contribution to international Holocaust studies." Paul Hanebrink, Rutgers University and author of In Defense of Christian Hungary: Religion, Nationalism, and Antisemitism, 1890–1944"One of the first of several immediate postwar engagements with the Hungarian Holocaust, this volume—originally published in 1947 and now translated into English—breaks the myth of silence that the Holocaust historiography claimed has marked this period."Could the members of the German-appointed Jewish Council in Hungary have done more to help their fellow Jews, miraculously still numbering more than eight hundred thousand in 1944? The fact that more than half a million perished but the rest survived, in"How It Happened succeeds both as a riveting, personal account of the days leading up to the Holocaust in Hungary and as a scholarly work that sheds new light on the tragedy of Hungarian Jewry. A valuable addition to Holocaust literature, this is a very r

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Book SynopsisHow urban painters and prairie farmers brought a flax and oilseed empire to North America.Trade Review"This is an impressive study of an important shift in the North American agrarian economy between the mid-nineteenth century and the 1920s. Readers will appreciate the care with which Joshua MacFadyen presents the environmental, economic and labour implications of this transnational agricultural sector and explores issues with novel methodologies." Colin Coates, Glendon College, York University"Macfadyen has done careful, exhaustive research in farmers' and millers' accounts and government reports. His impressive GIS maps combine census data from the US and Canada. These sources help Macfadyen replace folklore with careful assessments of the crop, its markets and its roles. Along the way he weaves a complex web of considerations around the flax plant itself, which indicates how much goes into crop cultivation. Flax Americana reminds readers that agricultural history is larger than plants, and the environment that influences them includes more than natural phenomena." Environment and History

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Book SynopsisUnfairly maligned for over five centuries, Giuliano de’Medici at last receives his first major and sustained biography.Trade Review"A provocative new interpretation of Giuliano's political thinking and a welcome addition to Florentine historiography that clarifies the means through which the myth of the Medici was created and disseminated." Guido Rebecchini, The Courtauld Institute of Art"Jungic weaves Giuliano's adult life into the lives of his important contemporaries—including Machiavelli, Cesare Borgia, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo—whom Giuliano knew and with whom he worked on notable projects. The result is a blend of firmly documented history and plausible speculation that is blatantly meant to counter other historians' characterizations of or conclusions about Giuliano. Well handled and of great interest to specialists, this is a book for those familiar with the people and events presented. Recommended." Choice"Jungic's remarkable book needs to be taken seriously by Machiavelli scholars and Italian Renaissance historians alike." Journal of Interdisciplinary History

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Book SynopsisWhat good is art? What is the point of a university education? Can philosophers contribute anything to social liberation? Such questions, both ancient and urgent, are the pulse of reformational philosophy. Inspired by the vision of the Dutch religious and political leader Abraham Kuyper, reformational philosophy pursues social transformation for the common good. In this companion volume to Religion, Truth, and Social Transformation, Lambert Zuidervaart presents a socially engaged philosophy of the arts and higher education. Interacting with the ideas of leading Kuyperian thinkers such as Calvin Seerveld and Nicholas Wolterstorff, Zuidervaart shows why renewal in the arts needs to coincide with political and economic transformation. He also calls for education and research that serve the common good. Deeply rooted in reformational philosophy, his book brings a fresh and inspiring voice to current discussions of religious aesthetics and Christian scholarship. Art, Education, and CulturalTrade Review" Art, Education, and Cultural Renewal will appeal to a wide range of readers - beyond those versed in Reformational philosophy - to include general Christian audiences interested in how art and education can contribute to the common good. The author' s personal commitment to this vision resonates through the entire book." Thomas Reynolds, University of Toronto

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Book SynopsisThe 1998 Good Friday Agreement that ended the conflict in Northern Ireland left intriguing questions unanswered: who made the crucial decisions about the use of the British Army during the Troubles - the politicians or the generals? And how did these decisions shape the army's operations on the ground? In Whose Mission, Whose Orders?, David Charters pulls back the curtain on secret debates between British politicians and generals, as each struggled to assert their control over army operations. Consulting original sources, Charters examines the roles played by politicians, generals, and senior civil servants in the initial deployment of troops in 1969, the internment operation, the removal of the no-go areas, and the Ulster Workers'' Council general strike. The case studies highlight the army's dualistic character as both a professional force and a skilled political player. Despite its political function, Charters argues, politicians did not always listen to the army's military advice, Trade Review" Whose Mission, Whose Orders? is well-written and researched, and addresses important questions about state-military responsibility in the early years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The author is clear in his explanation and the book is coherent and convincing." Graham Spencer, University of Portsmouth " Whose Mission, Whose Orders? provides great insight into the decision-making process during a key time in Northern Ireland history." Tony Novosel, University of Pittsburgh

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