Books – Social History

Settler City Limits

Indigenous Resurgence and Colonial Violence in the Urban Prairie West

Heather Dorries (Editor), Robert Henry (Editor), David Hugill (Editor), Tyler McCreary (Editor), Julie Tomiak (Editor)

Urban Indigenous resistance and resurgence.

Published October 2019 | Decolonization, Geography, History, Indigenous Studies, Social History, Urban Studies
A Diminished Roar

Winnipeg in the 1920s

Jim Blanchard (Author)

A lively and entertaining tour through an overlooked period in Winnipeg’s history.

Published August 2019 | History, Social History, Urban Studies
No Man’s Land

The Life and Art of Mary Riter Hamilton

Kathryn A. Young (Author), Sarah M. McKinnon (Author)

A life embracing new opportunities for women at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Published October 2017 | Art & Architecture, Biography, Gender Studies, Letters & Correspondence, Social History, Women’s Studies
The North End Revisited

Photographs by John Paskievich

John Paskievich (Author)

Revisiting an iconic neighbourhood.

Published September 2017 | Art & Architecture, History, Social History, Urban Studies
Snacks

A Canadian Food History

Janis Thiessen (Author)

A book with bite.

Published September 2017 | Agriculture & Food, Business History, History, Labour Studies, Oral History & Storytelling, Social History
A National Crime (2017)

The Canadian Government and the Residential School System

John S. Milloy (Author)

The groundbreaking bestseller reissued.

Published March 2017 | Critical Studies in Native History, Decolonization, History, Human Rights, Indigenous Studies, Social 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
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
The Idea of a Human Rights Museum

Karen Busby (Editor), Adam Muller (Editor), Andrew Woolford (Editor)

How does one present both the great promise and harrowing abuse of human rights?

Published October 2015 | Human Rights and Social Justice Series, Human Rights, Museum Studies, Social History
We’re Going to Run This City

Winnipeg’s Political Left after the General Strike

Stefan Epp-Koop (Author)

Revisiting Winnipeg’s radical political past.

Published September 2015 | History, Labour Studies, Political Studies, Social History