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The Oriental Question
Consolidating a White Man's Province, 1914-41
Patricia E. Roy continues her study into why British Columbians were historically so opposed to Asian immigration.
2013, Winner - Patricia E. Roy is the recipient of the Canadian Historical Association's Lifetime Achievement Award for 2013.
- Copyright year: 2003
Frigates and Foremasts
The North American Squadron in Nova Scotia Waters 1745-1815
A meticulously researched and groundbreaking study of the activities and motivations of the British Navy on North America’s eastern seabord.
2004, Commended - Keith Matthews Prize, Canadian Nautical Research Society
2004, Winner - John Lyman Book Award, North American Society for Oceanic History
2004, Shortlisted - Honourable Mention, Keith Matthews Prize, Canadian Nautical Research Society
- Copyright year: 2003
When Coal Was King
Ladysmith and the Coal-Mining Industry on Vancouver Island
The first scholarly history of the Ladysmith miners, the Great Strike of 1912-1914, and the coalmining industry on Vancouver Island.
2004, Commended - BC Historical Federation Book Prize, BC Historical Federation
- Copyright year: 2003
Masculinities without Men?
Female Masculinity in Twentieth-Century Fictions
This work explores how the construction of gender was thrown into crisis during the twentieth century, opening a permanent rupture in the gender system, destabilizing masculinity as an unstable category.
2004, Winner - Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine
- Copyright year: 2003
Misplaced Distrust
Policy Networks and the Environment in France, the United States, and Canada
A timely comparative study of state-network interactions in agro-environmental policy-making in the US, Canada, and France.
2006, Winner - Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize, American Political Science STEP Award
2004, Shortlisted - Donner Prize, Donner Foundation
- Copyright year: 2003
Taking Stands
Gender and the Sustainability of Rural Communities
Goes beyond the dichotomies of “pro” and “anti” environmentalism to tell the stories of the women who seek to maintain resource use in rural places.
2004, Winner - K.D. Srivastava Award, UBC Press
- Copyright year: 2003