Books – Social History

School of Racism

A Canadian History, 1830–1915

Catherine Larochelle (Author)

Exposing the history of racism in Canada’s classrooms.

Forthcoming December 2023 | Decolonization, Education, History, Identity Studies, Social History
The Art of Ectoplasm

Encounters with Winnipeg’s Ghost Photographs

Serena Keshavjee (Editor)

The legacy of the Hamiltons’ psychic archive.

Forthcoming September 2023 | Art & Architecture, History, Social History
Laughing Back at Empire

The Grassroots Activism of The Asianadian Magazine, 1978–1985

Angie Wong (Author)

Asian Canadian activism, resistance, and art of the 1970s and 80s.

Forthcoming August 2023 | Human Rights and Social Justice Series, Film & Media Studies, History, Human Rights, Identity Studies, Social History
For a Better World

The Winnipeg General Strike and the Workers’ Revolt

James Naylor (Editor), Rhonda L. Hinther (Editor), Jim Mochoruk (Editor)

Re-examining our radical past.

Published November 2022 | History, Labour Studies, Political Studies, Social History, Urban Studies
Undressed Toronto

From the Swimming Hole to Sunnyside, How a City Learned to Love the Beach, 1850-1935

Dale Barbour (Author)

Dressing for the beach.

Published October 2021 | Environmental Studies, Gender Studies, History, Social History, Sports & Recreation, Urban Studies
Grasslands Grown

Creating Place on the U.S. Northern Plains and Canadian Prairies

Molly P. Rozum (Author)

Remembering place.

Published August 2021 | Environmental Studies, Geography, History, Identity Studies, Social History
Being German Canadian

History, Memory, Generations

Alexander Freund (Editor)

Shared memory shapes community.

Published April 2021 | Studies in Immigration and Culture, Ethnic Studies, History, Immigration, Social History
Authorized Heritage

Place, Memory, and Historic Sites in Prairie Canada

Robert Coutts (Author)

What we commemorate and how.

Published March 2021 | Decolonization, History, Social History
The Politics of the Canoe

Bruce Erickson (Editor), Sarah Wylie Krotz (Editor)

A vessel of meaning.

Published March 2021 | Indigenous Studies, Social History, Sports & Recreation
Did You See Us?

Reunion, Remembrance, and Reclamation at an Urban Indian Residential School

Survivors of the Assiniboia Indian Residential School (Author), Andrew Woolford (Editor)

Remembering an urban residential school.

Published March 2021 | Perceptions on Truth and Reconciliation, Autobiography & Memoir, Decolonization, History, Indigenous Studies, Social History