Here we come to know Jane Austen by the company she keeps: her predecessors Fielding, Sterne, Lennox, and Burney, her contemporary Scott, and her successors Waugh and Amis—comic novelists all. And com
During the past twenty years, Latin American cinema has experienced an enormous upsurge, prompting film critics and scholars to hail the onset of a new era. What this signals, more than thriving finan
This study of the history of higher education in Nigeria examines public policy surrounding the development of institutions and programs designed to provide widely available education to all citizens
What was romance like for Canadians a century ago? What qualities did men and women look for in prospective mates? How did they find suitable partners in difficult circumstances such as frontier isola
Based on records of rural municipalities, government documents, ministerial correspondence, local community histories, newspapers, and publications of relevant government departments, McManus (history
Campbell (history and Canadian studies, Dalhousie U.) briefly traces the history of Parks Canada (known under other names until 1998) since a 1911 bill created the world's first agency for "respecting
Building on Jean Johnson’s work, The Cowboy Legend details the evidence that Everett Johnson was the prime inspiration for Wister’s cowboy. With an impressive range of scholarship
This book explores key texts of the black gay culture of the 1980s and ’90s. Starting with an analysis of the political discourse in anthologies such as In the Life and Brother to Brother, it identifi
The North Atlantic island began being settled by Scandinavian farmers in 873, and the Age of Settlements lasted until 930. Less than 200 years later, people thought it would be a good idea to set down
Established in 1896, the Stuartburn colony was one of the earliest Ukrainian settlements in western Canada. Based on an analysis of government records, pioneer memoirs, and the Ukrainian and English l
Life Stages and Native Women explores how life stages and responsibilities of Metis, Cree, and Anishinaabe women were integral to the health and well-being of their communities during the mid- 20th ce
This collection of Kai Nielsen's writings has been conceived as a tribute to the Canadian political philosopher, a self-described "liberal socialist cosmopolitan nationalist." Editors Rondel (philosop
This engaging book explores how the need for electricity at the turn of the century affected and shaped Banff National Park. Today’s conservationists and energy researchers will find much to think abo
Seeing Red is a groundbreaking study of how Canadian English- language newspapers have portrayed Aboriginal peoples from 1869 to the present day. It assesses a wide range of publications on topics tha
In an expanding and socially fractious early twentieth-century Winnipeg, Lewis Benjamin Foote (1873–1957) rose to become the city’s pre-eminent commercial photographer. Documenting everything from roy
In an age where southern power-holders look north and see only vacant polar landscapes, isolated communities, and exploitable resources, it is important to point out that the Inuit homeland is, in fac
Fujiwara (U. of Alberta, Canada) investigates the ways in which ethnic elites among the Scottish, Ukrainian, and Japanese communities of Canada contributed to ethnic community building and maintenance
In this timely new book, international scholars and military professionals come together to explore the strategic consequences of the thawing of the Arctic. Their analyses of efforts by governments an
New ways of thinking about literature and history have radically changed how we think about or even "define" a region like the Prairie West. In fact, the very concept of "defining" has come into quest
The first comprehensive history of the Aboriginal First World War experience on the battlefield and the home front.???? When the call to arms was heard at the outbreak of the First World War, Canada’s
