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From online dissent to street protest: exploring the seeds of Syria's revolution through the development of new media and information technologies.

An exploration of food-focused art, literature, and culture and how they generate and disrupt discourses around Canadian nationhood and politics.

Shining an intense light on the history of Britain's intelligence organizations, Secret History is a provocative, rigorously researched study that questions what we think we know about British intelligence.

An insightful account of Canadian federalism: its origins, its development, and where it is heading.

The emergence of queer theory in architecture - and its potential for a renewed ethics of design.

A powerful case for the essential role of plants and environments in recognizing Indigenous Peoples' land rights around the world.

A critical, poetic celebration of Alfred Hitchcock's life and work.

A broadscale study of the many challenges Canada faces internationally in its global economic, political, and security engagements, with recommendations for future prosperity.

An exploration of the relationship between water's cultural meanings and urgent ecological issues.

An engaging study of the history and consequences of technological fixes and the belief that they can overcome social and political problems.

Grandmothers' alliances across distance and difference - unlikely mobilizations, unexpected change.

From pre-Hispanic treasures to technological marvels of the twenty-first century, the ways in which gold has been used are as limitless as the human imagination.

During his tenure as the Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford from 1905-1919, Sir William Osler amassed a considerable library (7,600 items) on the history of medicine and science. This title features a catalogue.

Recounting a political life lived during a turbulent time in Quebec.

The first biography of one of the most provocative and influential American journalists and historians of the twentieth century.

Comparative analyses of the elements that help research universities perform to world-class standards.

A revealing look at how and why federal actors intervene in municipal politics.

Robert A D Ford had a distinguished diplomatic career that included an unprecedented sixteen years as Canadian ambassador to the Soviet Union during some of the most turbulent years of the Cold War (1964-80). This book covers the formative experiences that shaped Ford's capacity to understand the Russians.

An account of Jean Malaurie's expeditions to the Far North spanning a half-century,

The first study of the English verb in the context of Gustave Guillaume's theory of psychomechanics.

Considered the best modern Belarusan writer and the last Eastern European literary dissident, Vasil Bykau' (1924-2003) is referred to as the 'conscience of a nation' for leading an intellectual crusade against Lukasenka's totalitarian regime. This title describes the conditions under which Bykau lived in the former USSR.

Offers an account of Slobodan Milocevic's life, including the events in Kosovo. This book sheds light on Milocevic's rule, showing how he, with his wife, Mira Markovic, has dominated Serbia's political life, first as president of Serbia and later as president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY).

John Locke's "Letter Concerning Toleration", published in 1689, sparked a debate with Jonas Proast. The author considers the Locke-Proast controversy from the standpoint of political theory, examining Locke's and Proast's texts and tracing their relationship to later discussions of tolerance.

A fresh account of the British aristocracy's relationship with the classical world.

A critical examination of the recruitment and formation of American Catholic nuns during the final decades of convent expansion.

A veteran police officer provides insights into decades of unprecedented change.

A timely examination of the sustainable food movement and its relationship to capitalism, value, and pleasure.

Examining the nature of myth-making and its surprising appearance in popular science writing

Jeanne Corbin typifies the female militants of the first generation of Canadian Communists. This work is an account of the experiences of Corbin and her female comrades. It reveals the essential role women played in the movement. It also shows that these women subordinated gender issues to the class struggle.