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Reluctant Warriors
Canadian Conscripts and the Great War
During the “Hundred Days” campaign of the First World War, over 30 percent of conscripts who served in the Canadian Corps became casualties. Yet, they were often considered slackers for not having...
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Resisting Rights
Canada and the International Bill of Rights, 1947-76
From 1948 to 1966, the United Nations worked to create a common legal standard for human rights protection around the globe. Resisting Rights analyzes the Canadian government’s changing...
ISBN: 9780774838191
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Moments of Crisis
Religion and National Identity in Québec
In the past two decades, Québec has been racked by a series of controversies in which the religiosity of migrants and minorities has been represented as a threat to the province’s identity, once...
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Fighting with the Empire
Canada, Britain, and Global Conflict, 1867-1947
Canadians often characterize their military history as a march toward nationhood, but in the first eighty years of Confederation they were fighting for the British Empire. War forced Canadians to...
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Four Unruly Women
Stories of Incarceration and Resistance from Canada's Most Notorious Prison
Bridget Donnelly. Charlotte Reveille. Kate Slattery. Emily Boyle. Until now, these were nothing but names marked down in the admittance registers and punishment reports of Kingston Penitentiary,...
ISBN: 9780774838887
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Assembling Unity
Indigenous Politics, Gender, and the Union of BC Indian Chiefs
Established narratives portray Indigenous unity as emerging solely in response to the political agenda of the settler state. But unity has long shaped the modern Indigenous political movement. With...
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Give and Take
The Citizen-Taxpayer and the Rise of Canadian Democracy
A book about tax history that’s a real page-turner? Give and Take is full of surprises. A Canadian millionaire who embraced the new federal income tax in 1917. A socialist hero who deplored...
ISBN: 9780774836739
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Capturing Hill 70
Canada's Forgotten Battle of the First World War
In August 1917, the Canadian Corps captured Hill 70, vital terrain just north of the French town of Lens. The Canadians suffered some 5,400 casualties and in three harrowing days defeated twenty-one...
ISBN: 9780774833608
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The Empire on the Western Front
The British 62nd and Canadian 4th Divisions in Battle
When Great Britain and its dominions declared war on Germany in August 1914, they were faced with the formidable challenge of transforming masses of untrained citizen‑soldiers at home and abroad...
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Bootstraps Need Boots
One Tory’s Lonely Fight to End Poverty in Canada
For more than four decades, Hugh Segal has been one of the leading voices of progressive conservatism in Canada. A self‑described Red Tory warrior who disdained “boot strap” approaches to poverty,...
ISBN: 9780774890458
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Duty to Dissent
Henri Bourassa and the First World War
During the First World War, Henri Bourassa – fierce Canadian nationalist, politician, and journalist from Quebec – took centre stage in the national debates on Canada’s participation in the...
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Canada on the United Nations Security Council
A Small Power on a Large Stage
As the twentieth century ended, Canada was completing its sixth term on the UN Security Council. A decade later, the government’s attempt to return to the council was dramatically rejected...
ISBN: 9780774861618
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For Home and Empire
Voluntary Mobilization in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand during the First World War
For Home and Empire is the first book to compare voluntary wartime mobilization on the Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand home fronts. Steve Marti shows that collective acts of patriotism strengthened...
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Made Modern
Science and Technology in Canadian History
Science and technology have shaped not only economic empires and industrial landscapes, but also the identities, anxieties, and understandings of people living in modern times. Made Modern...
ISBN: 9780774837248
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Opening the Government of Canada
The Federal Bureaucracy in the Digital Age
Opening the Government of Canada presents a compelling case for a more open model of governance in the digital age – but a model that also continues to uphold democratic principles at the...
ISBN: 9780774836937
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Postsecondary Education in British Columbia
Public Policy and Structural Development, 1960–2015
The literature about postsecondary education in British Columbia has largely focused on public colleges and universities, while paying less attention to vocational colleges, apprenticeship, continuing...
ISBN: 9780774838344
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Reassessing the Rogue Tory
Canadian Foreign Relations in the Diefenbaker Era
The years when John Diefenbaker’s Progressive Conservatives were in office were among the most tumultuous in Canadian history. This book provides a fresh assessment of foreign policy in the Diefenbaker...
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Bucking Conservatism
Alternative Stories of Alberta from the 60s and 70s
With lively, informative contributions by both scholars and activists, Bucking Conservatism highlights the individuals and groups who challenged Alberta’s conservative status quo in the...
ISBN: 9781771992572
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The New NDP
Moderation, Modernization, and Political Marketing
The New NDP is the definitive account of the evolution of the New Democratic Party’s political marketing strategy in the early twenty‑first century. In 2011, the federal NDP achieved its...
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In the Spirit of ’68
Youth Culture, the New Left, and the Reimagining of Acadia
The 1960s were a victorious decade for francophones in New Brunswick, who witnessed the election of the first Acadian premier and the opening of a French-language university. But in 1968, students...
ISBN: 9780774862523
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