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In this provocative inquiry into the status of animals in human society from the fifth century BC to the present, Rod Preece provides a wholly new perspective on the human-animal relationship.

Sustaining biodiversity in managed forests is a complex problem, but the authors argue that it can be done -- through adaptive management, which they describe as a structured approach to "learning by doing."

Weaves a wealth of cultural theory into a rare analysis of Malay cinema and the work of new Malaysian anglophone writers.

Alan Cairns unravels the historical record to clarify the current impasse in negotiations between Aboriginal peoples and the state.

The country's top water experts discusses our most pressing water issues.

The journal of James Colnett is the last unpublished account of the early maritime fur trade on the Northwest Coast.

The first book to consolidate the history, evolution, current practice, and future prospects for regional planning in Canada.

David Neel presents us with a magnificent series of images of Native chiefs and elders which sharply contrasts with earlier depictions of Natives as "noble savages" or representatives of a "vanishing race."

Not only the first major publication to focus on button blankets, but also the first oral history about them and their place in the culture of the Northwest Coast.

This collection provides a critical, interdisciplinary analysis of how everyday exposures to common chemicals are adversely affecting the health of Canadians and reveals the connections between social inequity, environmental risks, and the gendered division of health burdens in Canada.

The first historical study of morality and science in Canadian medicine, Medicine and Morality shows how moments of doubt in doctors' impartiality resulted in changes to how medicine was done, and even to the very definition of medical practice itself.

This eye-opening study shows how the condo, developed to meet the needs of a community of owners in cities in the 1960s, has been conquered by commercial interests.

As China's international influence grows, this timely collection reveals how the global movement of the country's people, culture, information, and economy continues to shape Canadian cities and China itself.

From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation is essential reading for all Canadians who want to understand how Canadian political and economic systems can accommodate Aboriginal aspirations and ensure a better future for all Canadians.

Canada's Mechanized Infantry examines the challenges facing the Canadian Army as it transformed its infantry from First World War foot soldiers to a twenty-first-century combat force integrating soldiers, vehicles, weapons, and electronics.

What's Trending in Canadian Politics? explores the changing nature of political communication and democratic governance in a digital age.

This is the definitive history of the Canadian experience, both its successes and failures, on the world's largest stage - the United Nations Security Council.

Queering Representation explores what happens when LGBTQ people move out of the closet and into the political arena.

This important study demonstrates that varied disciplinary approaches can illuminate the reach and impact of political ideologies on both politics and society.

Queering Representation explores what happens when LGBTQ people move out of the closet and into the political arena.

A timely work that examines how Canadian political elites are adapting to changes in digital media technology.

This book re-evaluates the role of recognition in analyzing relations between groups in plural societies, the position of indigenous peoples in settler societies, and the principle of the self-determination of peoples.

The Creator's Game serves as a potent illustration of how, for over a century, the Indigenous game of lacrosse has served as a central means for Indigenous communities to activate their self-determination and reformulate their identities.

This bestseling guide helps readers interpret and enjoy the form and meaning of totem poles -- as ancestral emblems and ceremonial objects, as expressions of wealth and power, as mythological symbols and magnificent artistic works of the people of the Pacific Northwest.

Faith or Fraud? Fortune-Telling, Individual Spirituality, and the Law answers an emerging controversy: Should the law's understanding of religion include the "spiritual but not religious"?

The first major study to compare changes made to Canadian and US refugee law after and because of 9/11, Refugee Law after 9/11 uncovers crucial connections among refugee law, security relativism, and national self-image.

This groundbreaking volume assesses the power of residential school survivors to reframe - through memory, story, and testimony - how Canadians think about residential schools and their long-term impact on individuals, families, communities, and the nation.

David R. Boyd reveals striking weaknesses in Canadian environmental law, describes the damage these flaws are wreaking on human health, and identifies practical, proven, and affordable solutions to these problems.

Taking an original approach to the study of gender and political communication, this book examines how politicians, journalists, and citizens deploy intersecting notions of gender, sexuality, race, age, and class in Canadian politics.

Men, Masculinity, and the Indian Act reverses conventional thinking to argue that the sexism directed at women within the act in fact undermines the well-being of all Indigenous people, proposing that Indigenous nationhood cannot be realized or reinvigorated until this broader injustice is understood.