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
In Sacrifice, Rene Girard interrogates the Brahmanas of Vedic India, exploring coincidences with mimetic theory that are too numerous and striking to be accidental. Even that which appears to be dissi
This is the second of two volumes comprising the Handbook and the two volumes are the first offerings in the publisher's new series, "Transformations in Higher Education; the Scholarship of Engagement
In this volume, a poet expresses her desire to find a pastoral refuge in nature: Patricia Clark's poems explore not only refuge but also wonder and appreciation, as well as astonishment.
Many of the poems in National Monuments explore bodies, particularly the bodies of indigenous women worldwide, as monuments — in life, in photos, in graves, in traveling exhibitions, and in plastic re
The history of East Greenland and its indigenous settlements is presented by Apollonio, a retired marine biologist who specialized in Arctic research projects for many years. The author provides a viv
Egyptian Christians in the northern state number about 3,000, reports Dickinson (political science, Western Oregon U.), live mostly in the Detroit area, are highly educated as a group, and tend toward
Haigh (veterinary medicine, U. of Saskatchewan), a hearty type with few complaints about living rough alongside his patients, explains the pressures of keeping animals alive and at peace with the huma
From the mid-19th century to WWI, the Canadian government propagated the image of the Canadian West as the 'promised land,' a place of unbridled prosperity and opportunity. Francis (history, Universit
A product of the work of the Alberta 2005 Centennial History Society, this two-volume work brings together a range of historians, political scientists, economists, and archaeologists, each of whom was
In the early 20th century, the population of New York City’s Lower East Side swelled with vast numbers of eastern European Jewish immigrants. The tenements, whose inhabitants faced poverty and frequen
Informed by the work of writers such as Henri Lefebvre, Paul Ricouer and Michel de Certeau, this collection of essays examines from multiple perspectives eight topics related to the contemporary urban
NOW AVAILABLE IN SOFTCOVERThe search for a Métis identity and what constitutes that identity is a key issue facing many Aboriginals of mixed ancestry today. The People Who Own Themselves : Aboriginal
Since 1970, a growing number of Asian Indians have called Michigan home. Representative of the “new immigration,” Asian Indians come from a democratic country, are well-educated, and come from middle-
Even though they are historically one of the smaller immigrant streams, nineteenth-century Dutch migrants and their descendants have made parts of West Michigan their own. The first Dutch in Michigan
The original people of the Hudson Bay lowlands, often known as the Lowland Cree and known to themselves as Muskekowuck Athinuwick, were among the first Aboriginal peoples in northwestern North America
As head of the Nigerian-based Collaborative Study of Cassava in Africa (COSCA), Nweke (visiting, agricultural economics, Michigan State U.) traces the myths hindering a major African food crop and res
Eigenbrod (Aboriginal literature, U. of Manitoba) explains how she came to read Canadian Indigenous literatures from an immigrant perspective--as an outsider in relation to the texts--and in a migrant
In 1961, Senator Philip Hart of Michigan introduced legislation to add Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes and 77,000 surrounding acres to America's National Park system. The 1,600 people who lived in the
Presents current research on fossil and living bivalves in 30 papers from the September 29-October 2 1995 symposium. The contributors focus on diverse aspects of bivalves, including their form, funct
A re-evaluation of regionalism in Canadian and American writing, A Sense of Place provides a comparative approach to the issue within a continental framework. The contributors to this collection-inclu
The Lieutenant of Kouta is the first novel in Massa Makan Diabaté’s award-winning trilogy. Featuring an introduction by leading Diabaté scholar Cheick M. Chérif Keïta and Shane Auerbach, it tells the
African and notably sub-Saharan African film’s relative eclipse on the international scene in the early twenty-first century does not transcend the growth within the African genre. This time period ha
How does place impact prose? Here: Women Writing on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula explores that very question, drawing on the work of Upper Peninsula authors past and present to create a vibrant kaleidos
Upon moving to Appalachian Ohio with their two small children, Richard Gilbert and his wife are thrilled to learn there still are places in America that haven’t been homogenized. But their excitement
Saskatchewan is the anchor and epitome of the ?prairie” provinces, even though half of the province is covered by boreal forest. The Canadian penchant for dividing this vast country into easily unders
In this landmark text, Rene Girard examines the nature of violence in light of globalization and his mimetic theory, the ?desirous imitation” that gives rise to the replication of violence. Mimetic ri
McFarland (sociology, Chicago State U.) presents this exploration of Chican@ identity as presented through hip-hop. The role of music as a unifying and morale-boosting tool of oppressed or colonized p
Chippewa Lake is an idyllic waterfront community in north-central Michigan, popular with retirees and weekenders. The lake is surrounded by a rural farming community, but the area is facing a difficul
This engaging narrative history deftly illustrates the War of 1812 as it played out in the Old Northwest — Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and bordering parts of Canada. From the stirrings of confl
If baseball is the sport of nostalgic prose, basketball’s movement, myths, and culture are truly at home in verse. In this extraordinary collection of essays, poets meditate on what basketball means t
Laughing Whitefish is an engrossing trail drama of ethnic hostility and the legal defense of Indian treaties. Young Lawyer William (Willy) Poe puts out a shingle in Marquette, Michigan, in 1873, hopin
A half-century ago, three writers—all intimately familiar with the Native American culture of their time and locale—collaborated to produce a 450-page typescript of a study entitled Religious Customs
By focusing on patterns of immigration and acculturation in a small industrial city in the northeastern United States, Mark Paul Richard offers a noteworthy look at the ways in which French-Canadians
This volume questions the motives of Supreme Court justices in a landmark case: The Supreme Court's intervention in the presidential election of 2000, and its subsequent decision in favor of George W.
"Few places in Canada have been painted as frequently as the valley of the Bow River in Alberta," according to Armstrong (emeritus, history, York U.) and Nelles (Canadian history, McMaster U./emeritus
Several ethnic groups have come to Michigan from the British Isles. Each group of immigrants from this region—the Cornish, English, Irish, and Welsh—has played a significant role in American history.
Idlewild, Michigan earned the sobriquet "Black Eden" because it served as a vacation and retirement haven for African Americans in the Midwest in the pre-civil rights era. Walker (sociology, Western M
Wise Leadership breaks from the formulas offered up in traditional self-help or management and leadership books. Rather than providing a set of quick-fix recipes for success, McLyman invites leaders i
Born in Delaware’s Brandywine Valley in 1807, Elizabeth Margaret Chandler was a young woman who was fully engaged in her time. Leaving comfort and middle-class Philadelphia wealth behind, she headed w
