Detroit is frequently viewed as a city where hope has been lost, government is totally dysfunctional, and the infrastructure is beyond repair. For far too many people around the world, the Motor City
When dealing with Indigenous women’s history we are conditioned to think about women as private-sphere figures, circumscribed by the home, the reserve, and the community. Moreover, in many ways Indige
The true heritage of turfgrass science and culture is best represented by an extensive historical record encompassing the principles, cultural practices, grasses, materials, and equipment that have be
With a burgeoning academic interest in Latin American science fiction and representations of science and technology in Latin American literature and cinema, this book adds new understanding to the gro
Bawaajimo: A Dialect of Dreams in Anishinaabe Language and Literature combines literary criticism, sociolinguistics, native studies, and poetics to introduce an Anishinaabe way of reading. Although na
Late-arriving immigrants during the Great Migration, Finns were, comparatively speaking, a relatively small immigrant group, with about 350,000 immigrants arriving prior to World War II. Nevertheless,
Between October 2010 and August 2013, Sam McKegney conducted interviews with leading Indigenous artists, critics, activists, and elders on the subject of Indigenous manhood. In offices, kitchens, and
This collection of essays provides a historical and contemporary context for Indigenous new media arts practice in Canada. The writers are established artists, scholars, and curators who cover themati
Fundamentally concerned with place, and our ability to understand human relationships with environment over time, Historical Geographic Information Systems (HGIS) as a tool and a subject has direct be
A Clan Mother story for the twenty-first century, Sacred Wilderness explores the lives of four women of different eras and backgrounds who come together to restore foundation to a mixed-up, mixed-bloo
In an age of experts and individualism, metrics and competition, The Unauthorized Audubon is something of an anachronism. In fact, its creators, printmaker Laura B. DeLind and poet Anita Skeen, never
An avid high school debater and enthusiastic student body president, Craig Smith seemed destined for a life in public service from an early age. As a sought-after speechwriter, Smith had a front-row s
In this autobiography, author Kirkness, now emeritus professor at the University of British Columbia, describes her journey to becoming a teacher, from a tiny school on an Indian reservation in Manito
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
The twelve texts that make up the heart of this captivating volume constitute the bulk of the author’s writings to date on Rene Girard, addressing ideas about Biblical scripture, literature, and Jewis
In this lively series of conversations between Rene Girard and writer Michel Treguer, major concepts from Girard’s body of work are discussed in depth. Girard and Treguer investigate mimetic theory, t
The Head Beneath the Altar is the first book to present a wide-ranging study of Hindu mythology through the lens of Rene Girard’s mimetic theory of the sacrificial origin of religion and culture. The
In this fascinating book, Terry O’Connor explores a distinction that is deeply ingrained in much of the language that we use in zoology, human-animal studies, and archaeology—the difference between wi
Architectural practice in post-World War II Canada brought substantial change to the face of the Canadian built environment, led by the contribution of John C. Parkin. As senior partner at the Toronto
The Germans occupied the British Channel Islands for five years during WWII. Going against historical accusations of collaboration, Jorgensen-Earp (communications studies, Lynchburg College) draws upo
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
No modern president has had as much influence on American national politics as Franklin D. Roosevelt. During FDR’s administration, power shifted from states and localities to the federal government; w
This book on rhetoric explores the usages of the 'frontier' metaphor, as employed in the public addresses of American scientists. It argues that the frontier metaphor is used in science and in many ot
Editors Soper (environmental studies, York U., Canada) and Bradley (English, U. Victoria, Canada) offer this meta-critical volume on the phenomenon of ecocriticism from a Canadian perspective. The int
Despite the fact that Russian Mennonites began arriving in Canada en masse in the 1870s, Canadian Mennonite literature has been characterized by a compulsive telling and retelling of the migration of
Immigration of Danes and Icelanders to Michigan began in the 1850s and continued well into the twentieth century. Beginning with their origins, this book takes a detailed look at their arrival and set
Girard (Stanford U.) views anorexia as a disease of mimetic desire, or desire imitated from a model of what is seen in society, which develops into a competition. In this brief musing, he addresses th
Bandera (emeritus, Spanish U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) takes a fascinating tour of the truth, and of the truth of truth. He begins by examining two sets of the truth, and the truth of each tr
Delving beneath the view that German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's (1844-1900) rejection of Christ and Christianity drove him mad, Fornari (history of philosophy, Bergamo U., Italy) places his ide
Nidesh Lawtoo presents a study of subjectivity in the modern era, focusing on the processes of unconscious mimesis that Lawtoo argues Nietzsche saw at work in "the herd mentality." The phantom of the
Fitzgerald (university outreach and engagement, psychology, and human development and family studies, Michigan State U.) and Primavera (psychology, Fairfield U.) bring together 27 essays about higher
O'Connor (archeological science, U. of York) helps to untangle the complex relationships we have established with a wide variety of animals over time, a series of "commensal" relationships, with or wi
Short Leash is the remarkable story of a walk in the park that became a life-changing journey for a dog who reclaimed his place in nature and a woman who, after years of being bound by fear after a br
In language as perceptive as it is poignant, poet Gwen Nell Westerman builds a world in words that reflects the past, present, and future of the Dakota people. An intricate balance between the singula
A mirror of great changes that were occurring on the national labor rights scene, the 1913–14 Michigan Copper Strike was a time of unprecedented social upheaval in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. With org
Bloomfield, an oral historian and educator who has worked with the homeless for 18 years, describes projects of the Advent House Ministries and presents the voices of homeless people served by Advent
American educators, scholars, and practitioners in psychology, education, urban studies, popular culture, and medicine shed light on education within the context of the life courses of African America
Davis, a curator, teacher, and art critic, et al. present three essays on the life and work of Canadian abstract artist Marion Nicoll (1909-1985), who was the first female instructor at the Provincial
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
On June 2, 1763, the Ojibwe captured Michigan’s Fort Michilimackinac from the British. Ojibwe warriors from villages on Mackinac Island and along the Cheboygan River had surprised the unsuspecting gar
