UBC Press is proud to publish outstanding scholarly works by some of the world’s preeminent scholars. We congratulate our authors and volume editors who have been recognized with awards and citations.
The Vancouver Achievement
Urban Planning and Design
This first comprehensive account of contemporary planning and urban design practice in any Canadian city examines the development of Vancouver's unique approach to zoning, planning, and urban design from its inception in the early 1970s to the present day.
2004, Commended - Vancouver Book Award, City of Vancouver
1994, Commended - Vancouver Heitage Award, City of Vancouver
- Copyright year: 2003
Obedient Autonomy
Chinese Intellectuals and the Achievement of Orderly Life
This anthropological study of Chinese archaeologists shows how the discipline works within a Chinese social structure, and uncovers the complex underpinnings of that context.
2004, Winner - K.D. Srivastava Award, UBC Press
- Copyright year: 2004
Feminist Activism in the Supreme Court
Legal Mobilization and the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund
A cogent analysis of legal mobilization as a strategy for social and activist movements.
2005, Winner - Book Prize, Canadian Law Society Association
2004, Shortlisted - Donner Prize, Donner Foundation
- Copyright year: 2004
The Cult of Happiness
Nianhua, Art, and History in Rural North China
The Cult of Happiness is among the first studies in any field to treat folk art and folk print as historical text. As such, this richly illustrated volume will appeal to a wide range of scholars in Asian studies, history, art history, folklore and print, as well as anyone having a passion for the creativity and culture of rural society.
2006, Winner - Raymond Klibansky Prize, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Science
- Copyright year: 2004
Gutenberg in Shanghai
Chinese Print Capitalism, 1876-1937
Gutenberg in Shanghai demonstrates how Western technology and evolving traditional values resulted in the birth of a unique form of print capitalism whose influence on Chinese culture was far-reaching and irreversible.
2005, Commended - Delong Book Prize, Society for the History of Authorship
2005, Winner - Book Prize - Humanities, International Convention of Asian Scholars
- Copyright year: 2004
Negotiated Memory
Doukhobor Autobiographical Discourse
This demonstrates how the Doukhobors employed both “classic” and alternative forms of autobiography to communicate their views about communal living, vegetarianism, activism, and spiritual life, as well as to pass on traditions to successive generations.
2006, Shortlisted - Raymond Klibansky Prize, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Science
- Copyright year: 2004