The essays collected in Parallel Encounters offer close analysis of an array of cultural representations of the Canada-US border, in both site-specificity and in the ways in which they reveal and conceal cultural similarities and differences.
In acknowledging the possibility that as the world changes so too does racism, this book argues that racism is not disappearing,... Læs mere
This indispensable and timely resource constitutes a sustained cross-pollinating conversation across the environmental humanities about... Læs mere
Since the defeat of the pro-sovereigntists in 1995, the loss of a cohesive nationalistic vision in the province has led many Québécois to use their ancestral... Læs mere
Karel Janecek's Foundations of Modern Harmony, translated into English for the first time, presents a theory of chord quality in atonal context. First published in 1965, it... Læs mere
Explores the parallel processes of dispossession suffered by nineteenth-century Scottish crofters expelled from their ancestral lands during the Highland Clearances, and by... Læs mere
Cheri DiNovo went from living on the streets as a teenager to performing the first legal same-sex marriage registered in Canada in 2001 as a United Church minister. This is the... Læs mere
Explores open conversation to examine the relationship between language, identity and human connection. Driven by the desire to have an honest discussion about Indigenous... Læs mere
Through the making and documentation of jingle dresses, Marshall explores the deeply personal stories that have shaped her perception of the complexities of her family history in the context of Canadian history.
Reports on Nightingale's correspondence from the war hospitals and on the staggering amount of work she did... Læs mere
The final volume in the Collected Works of Florence Nightingale, this includes her influential Notes on... Læs mere
Relates the introduction of professional training and standards outside St Thomas', beginning with London hospitals and others in Britain, followed by hospitals in Europe, America, Australia and Canada. Also presented is material on work in India, Japan and China.