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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.

Awards

2013, Winner - Patricia E. Roy is the recipient of the Canadian Historical Association's Lifetime Achievement Award for 2013.

  • Copyright year: 2003
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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.

Awards

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
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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.

Awards

2004, Commended - BC Historical Federation Book Prize, BC Historical Federation

  • Copyright year: 2003
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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.

Awards

2004, Winner - Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine

  • Copyright year: 2003
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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.

Awards

2006, Winner - Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize, American Political Science STEP Award

2004, Shortlisted - Donner Prize, Donner Foundation

  • Copyright year: 2003
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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.

Awards

2004, Winner - K.D. Srivastava Award, UBC Press

  • Copyright year: 2003
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