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Unbuilt Environments
Tracing Postwar Development in Northwest British Columbia
This book looks at the long-term social and environmental effects of imagined, abandoned, and failed resource-development schemes in northwest British Columbia.
2018, Shortlisted - The Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia, UBC Library
- Copyright year: 2017
Accusation
Creating Criminals
This interdisciplinary collection challenges conventional views on crime and criminals, examining how ideas and rituals of criminal accusation produce both accusers and accused.
2017, Winner - Book, Jacket, & Journal Show: Jackets & Covers, AAUP
- Copyright year: 2016
Trudeaumania
This book examines the origins, dynamics, and enduring significance of Trudeaumania, which swept Canada’s political and cultural landscape in the late 1960s.
2017, Winner - CHA Political History Group Best Book in Political History, Canadian Historical Association
- Copyright year: 2016
Everyday Exposure
Indigenous Mobilization and Environmental Justice in Canada’s Chemical Valley
Everyday Exposure documents the adverse health effects experienced by Aamjiwnaang citizens in the heart of Canada’s Chemical Valley and argues for a transformative and experiential “sensing policy” approach that takes the voices and experiences of Indigenous citizens seriously.
2017, Winner - Charles Taylor Book Award
- Copyright year: 2016
New Treaty, New Tradition
Reconciling New Zealand and Maori Law
Maori author and legal scholar Carwyn Jones provides a nuanced analysis, enhanced by storytelling, of the New Zealand land claims process to draw attention to the cultural implications of Indigenous self-determination, settlement negotiations, and reconciliation projects around the globe.
2018, Winner - Early Career Research Excellence Award for the Humanities, Royal Society of New Zealand
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Book prize, Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand
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Non-fiction politics award, Ngā Kupu Ora Awards
- Copyright year: 2016
Lawyers’ Empire
Legal Professions and Cultural Authority, 1780-1950
In approaching the history of the legal professions through the lens of cultural history, Wes Pue locates the legal profession within England and its empire, supplementing and disrupting established narratives of professionalism as proffered by lawyers and their critics.
2017, Winner - CLSA Book Prize, Canadian Law and Society Association
- Copyright year: 2016