Publishing Division: 2717 books
The Silenced Theatre
Czech Playwrights without a Stage
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1979
Since the Soviet occupation of 1968 censorship has closed the curtain on free expression in Czechoslovakia. But plays continue to be circulated in typescript within the country, are regularly smuggled out for publication abroad, and continue to be produced without restriction in the West. This book...
by Ross Layberry, Peter Hall, Don Lafontaine
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1998
Beautifully illustrated and clearly presented, The Butterflies of Canada is an indispensable guide to all aspects of butterfly study. Butterfly collecting has long been a popular summer activity, and as the growing popularity of butterfly watching and conservatories in Ontario and British Columbia...
Sex and the Weimar Republic
German Homosexual Emancipation and the Rise of the Nazis
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Liberated, licentious, or merely liberal, the sexual freedoms of Germany’s Weimar Republic have become legendary. The home of the world’s first gay rights movement, the republic embodied a progressive, secular vision of sexual liberation. Immortalized – however misleadingly – in Christopher...
by Rosalind Kerr
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
The Rise of the Diva on the Sixteenth-Century Commedia dell’Arte Stage examines the emergence of the professional actress from the 1560s onwards in Italy. Tracing the historical progress of actresses from their earliest appearances as sideshow attractions to revered divas, Rosalind Kerr explores...
The Correspondence of Erasmus
Letters 2082 to 2203
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2017
This volume contains the surviving correspondence of Erasmus for the first seven months of 1529. For nearly eight years he had lived happily and productively in Basel. In the winter of 1528-9, however, the Swiss version of the Lutheran Reformation triumphed in the city, destroying the liberal-reformist...
Literary / Liberal Entanglements
Toward a Literary History for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
In Literary/Liberal Entanglements, Corrinne Harol and Mark Simpson bring together ten essays by scholars from a wide range of fields in English studies in order to interrogate the complex, entangled relationship between the history of literature and the history of liberalism. The volume has three...
by Susan McClary
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2013
Between the waning of the Renaissance and the beginning of the Enlightenment, many fundamental aspects of human behaviour - from expressions of gender to the experience of time - underwent radical changes. While some of these transformations were recorded in words, others have survived in non-verbal...
High Ideals and Noble Intentions
Voluntary Sector-Government Relations in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2011
The relationships between governments and the voluntary sector in Canada are long-standing and complex. Beginning with an historical overview of developments in voluntary sector-government relations from 1600 to 1930, High Ideals and Noble Intentions goes on to explore more recent events and to bring...
Money Laundering in Canada
Chasing Dirty and Dangerous Dollars
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2007
Money laundering is the process of converting or transferring cash or other assets, generated from illegal activity, in order to conceal or disguise their origins. In recent years, the international community has decided that focusing on money laundering is an efficient strategy in policing organized...
Toward a Better World
Memoirs of a Life in International and Development Economics
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Toward a Better World describes the life, times and perspectives of Gerry Helleiner, a Canadian activist and university-based economist, who worked for roughly 40 years with developing countries and international organizations. In his memoir, Toward a Better World, Helleiner, recounts the profound...
by Arthur A. Chiel
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1961
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1961
Rabbi Chiel's history of the Jewish community in Manitoba grew out of a curiosity about the colour and vitality of Jewish life in this Canadian prairie province which was impressed upon him during a ten-year residence in Winnipeg. He was impelled as a result to record the events of that history and...
by Yehuda Bauer
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1979
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1979
The theme of this book is the gradual emergence of the Jewish people from total political powerlessness – a development stretching over nearly 100 years and culminating in the consolidation in the State of Israel. Ironically, Professor Bauer demonstrates, events during this period stemmed in part...
The Patriots and the People
The Rebellion of 1837 in Rural Lower Canada
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1993
The Lower Canadian Rebellion of 1837 has been called the most important event in pre-Confederation history. Previously, it has been explained as a response to economic distress or as the result of manipulation by middle-class politicians. Lord Durham believed it was an expression of racial conflict.
The...
The Bruce Beckons
The Story of Lake Huron's Great Peninsula
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2002
First published in 1952, The Bruce Beckons was immediately acclaimed as a delightful guide to a uniquely beautiful and fascinating part of Ontario. Separating Georgian Bay from Lake Huron, the Bruce Peninsula's remarkable natural history and richly varied wildlife today continue to draw thousands...