Books – History

Imperial Plots

Women, Land, and the Spadework of British Colonialism on the Canadian Prairies

Sarah Carter (Author)

Longing for land of their own.

Published October 2016 | Agriculture & Food, Gender Studies, History, Open Access, Social History, Women’s Studies
Sounding Thunder

The Stories of Francis Pegahmagabow

Brian D. McInnes (Author)

The stories of Canada’s most decorated Indigenous soldier.

Published September 2016 | Critical Studies in Native History, Autobiography & Memoir, History, Indigenous Studies, Military History, Oral History & Storytelling, Translation
A Culture’s Catalyst

Historical Encounters with Peyote and the Native American Church in Canada

Fannie Kahan (Author), Erika Dyck (Editor)

Psychiatrists, peyote, and the Native American Church of Canada.

Published May 2016 | History, Indigenous Studies, Medical History, Religion
Horse-and-Buggy Genius

Listening to Mennonites Contest the Modern World

Royden Loewen (Author)

A simple life in the modern world.

Published May 2016 | Ethnic Studies, History, Immigration, Mennonite Studies, Oral History & Storytelling, Religion
Thrashing Seasons

Sporting Culture in Manitoba and the Genesis of Prairie Wrestling

C. Nathan Hatton (Author)

Wrestling on the prairies.

Published May 2016 | Gender Studies, History, Social History, Sports & Recreation
A Knock on the Door

The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Phil Fontaine (Author), Aimée Craft (Author), The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (Author)

An essential introduction to one of the most pressing questions Canada faces.

Published December 2015 | Perceptions on Truth and Reconciliation, Decolonization, History, Human Rights, Indigenous Studies
Those Who Belong

Identity, Family, Blood, and Citizenship among the White Earth Anishinaabeg

Jill Doerfler (Author)

The battle against blood quantum and a new vision of tribal citizenship.

Published October 2015 | History, Identity Studies, Indigenous Studies
Pauline Boutal

An Artist’s Destiny, 1894-1992

Louise Duguay (Author)

A rich artistic talent beautifully presented in this full-colour study.

Published October 2015 | Art & Architecture, Biography, History, Letters & Correspondence
Holocaust Survivors in Canada

Exclusion, Inclusion, Transformation, 1947-1955

Adara Goldberg (Author)

A watershed period in Canadian Jewish history.

Published September 2015 | Studies in Immigration and Culture, Ethnic Studies, History, Immigration
This Benevolent Experiment

Indigenous Boarding Schools, Genocide, and Redress in Canada and the United States

Andrew Woolford (Author)

Comparative analysis of residential schools in the United States and Canada.

Published September 2015 | Decolonization, History, Indigenous Studies, Public Policy