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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.
, 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
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.
2012, Shortlisted - Canadian Aboriginal History Book Prize, Canadian Historical Association
- Copyright year: 2011
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.
2011, Commended - C.P. Stacey Award for scholarly work in Canadian Military History
- Copyright year: 2011
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.
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
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.
2011, Winner - Manitoba Day Award, Association for Manitoba Archives
2015, Winner - Canadian Society for the Study of Religion First Book Prize
- Copyright year: 2011
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.
, Commended - The Hill Times List of Top 100 Best Books for 2012
- Copyright year: 2011