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Grassroots Liberals

Organizing for Local and National Politics

By linking the grassroots activism of the constituencies with the federal and provincial Liberal parties, this book challenges the idea that Canada has two distinct political spheres – the provincial and the national.

Awards

, Commended - The Hill Times List of Top 100 Best Books for 2012

2014, Winner - Seymour Martin Lipset Book Prize, American Political Science Association

  • Copyright year: 2011
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The Many Voyages of Arthur Wellington Clah

A Tsimshian Man on the Pacific Northwest Coast

Drawing on a painstaking transcription of Clah’s diaries, Peggy Brock offers a riveting portrait of a Tsimshian man and his encounters with colonialism.

Awards

2012, Shortlisted - Canadian Aboriginal History Book Prize, Canadian Historical Association

  • Copyright year: 2011
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Corps Commanders

Five British and Canadian Generals at War, 1939-45

Corps Commanders explains how five very different Second World War British and Canadian generals fought their battles, and why they fought them in similar fashion.

Awards

2011, Commended - C.P. Stacey Award for scholarly work in Canadian Military History

  • Copyright year: 2011
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Wet Prairie

People, Land, and Water in Agricultural Manitoba

This in-depth exploration of surface water management in southern Manitoba reveals how coping with environmental realities has altered both residents’ relations with each other and their ideas about the role of the state.

Awards

2013, Winner - Manitoba Day Award, Association for Manitoba Archives

2012, Winner - Clio Prize for the Prairies, Canadian Historical Association

2012, Joint winner - K.D. Srivastava Prize

  • Copyright year: 2011
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The Way of the Bachelor

Early Chinese Settlement in Manitoba

This book documents the religious beliefs and cultural practices that helped sustain and lend meaning to Chinese bachelors in smaller towns and cities of Manitoba.

Awards

2011, Winner - Manitoba Day Award, Association for Manitoba Archives

2015, Winner - Canadian Society for the Study of Religion First Book Prize

  • Copyright year: 2011
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Globalization and Local Adaptation in International Trade Law

Drawing on case studies from the Pacific Rim, this book traces the selective adaptation of international trade law to local conditions.

Awards

, Commended - The Hill Times List of Top 100 Best Books for 2012

  • Copyright year: 2011
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