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The University of British Columbia Press is Canada’s leading social sciences publisher. With an international reputation for publishing high-quality works of original scholarship, our books draw on and reflect cutting-edge research, pushing the boundaries of academic discourse in innovative directions. Each year UBC Press publishes seventy new titles in a number of fields, including Aboriginal studies, Asian studies, Canadian history, environmental studies, gender and women’s studies, health and food studies, geography, law, media and communications, military and security studies, planning and urban studies, and political science.
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Passing the Buck

Federalism and Canadian Environmental Policy

The first in-depth study of the impact of federalism on Canadian environmental policy, this book takes a detailed look at the ongoing debate on the subject and traces the evolution of the role of the federal government in environmental policy and federal-provincial relations concerning the environment from the late 1960s to the early 1990s.

  • Copyright year: 1996
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Making Vancouver

Class, Status, and Social Boundaries, 1863-1913

Explores social relationships in Vancouver from 1863 to 1913.

  • Copyright year: 1996
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Life in Stone

A Natural History of British Columbia's Fossils

Edited by Rolf Ludvigsen

Richly illustrated with photographs and drawings, this is the first book to focus on British Columbia's fossils.

  • Copyright year: 1996
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Qualities of Mercy

Justice, Punishment, and Discretion

Edited by Carolyn Strange

These top scholars probe the discretionary use of power and inquire how it has been exercised to spare convicted criminals from the full might of the law.

  • Copyright year: 1996
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The Canadian Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 33, 1995

Edited by D.M. McRae

The Yearbook contains articles of lasting significance in the field of international legal studies.

  • Copyright year: 1996
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Balancing Act

Environmental Issues in Forestry

This book is a clarion call for a balanced, objective approach to forestry issues, including clearcutting, slashburning, old growth, and management chemicals.

  • Copyright year: 1997
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Collaborative Planning

Shaping Places in Fragmented Societies

  • Copyright year: 1997
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The Emergence of Social Security in Canada

Third Edition

The first and most detailed history of Canadian social security from colonial times to the present, The Emergence of Social Security in Canada has become a standard text in social work and related courses in post-secondary institutions across Canada, since its publication in 1980.

  • Copyright year: 1997
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The Resettlement of British Columbia

Essays on Colonialism and Geographical Change

In this beautifully crafted collection of essays, Cole Harris reflects on the strategies of colonialism in British Columbia during the first 150 years after the arrival of European settlers.

  • Copyright year: 1996
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Chinese Opera

Images and Stories

This book introduces the reader to this unique theatrical form through an exciting series of photographs of operatic performances from many regions of the country.

  • Copyright year: 1997
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A Heart at Leisure from Itself

Caroline Macdonald of Japan

This book throws light on Japanese-Canadian relations in the first few decades of this century.

  • Copyright year: 1997
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As Their Natural Resources Fail

Native Peoples and the Economic History of Northern Manitoba, 1870-1930

In this groundbreaking study, Frank Tough examines the role of Native peoples, both Indian and Metis, in the economy of northern Manitoba from Treaty 1 to the Depression.

  • Copyright year: 1996
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