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Beyond the City Limits
Rural History in British Columbia
This wide-ranging collection draws together a distinguished group of contributors to discuss Aboriginal-White settler relations on Vancouver Island, pimping and violence in northern BC, and the triumph of the coddling moth over Okanagan orchardists.
2000, Winner - Clio Award (British Columbia), Canadian Historical Association
- Copyright year: 1998
Tammarniit (Mistakes)
Inuit Relocation in the Eastern Arctic, 1939-63
1997, Winner - Outstanding Book, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America
- Copyright year: 1994
Nunavut
Rethinking Political Culture
Original and provocative, Nunavut explores political attitudes, behaviour, and institutions in Nunavut before, during, and after the creation of the new territory, challenging our understandings of how political cultures are generated and sustained.
2008, Shortlisted - Donald Smiley Book Prize, Canadian Political Science Association
- Copyright year: 2007
Conventional Choices?
Maritime Leadership Politics, 1971–2003
Conventional Choices examines twenty-five different leadership elections over thirty-two years in three of Canada's maritime provinces to explore the backgrounds, attitudes, and motivations of those who select party leaders.
2008, Shortlisted - Donald Smiley Book Prize, Canadian Political Science Association
- Copyright year: 2007
Creating a Modern Countryside
Liberalism and Land Resettlement in British Columbia
2007, Winner - K.D. Srivastava Award
- Copyright year: 2007
Renegades
Canadians in the Spanish Civil War
The definitive account of Canadians who fought in the Spanish Civil War.
2009, Shortlisted - Ottawa Book Award, Non-Fiction
- Copyright year: 2008