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.
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
Making Vancouver
Class, Status, and Social Boundaries, 1863-1913
Explores social relationships in Vancouver from 1863 to 1913.
- Copyright year: 1996
Life in Stone
A Natural History of British Columbia's Fossils
Richly illustrated with photographs and drawings, this is the first book to focus on British Columbia's fossils.
- Copyright year: 1996
Qualities of Mercy
Justice, Punishment, and Discretion
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
The Canadian Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 33, 1995
The Yearbook contains articles of lasting significance in the field of international legal studies.
- Copyright year: 1996
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
Collaborative Planning
Shaping Places in Fragmented Societies
- Copyright year: 1997
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
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
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
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
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