Publishing Division: 2717 books
The Enduring Word
A Centennial History of Wycliffe College
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1978
Since Wycliffe College was founded 100 years ago as an Anglican theological college in Toronto, it has had six principals. To celebrate the influence they and the college have had on the religious life of Canada and other countries, six writers have collaborated to produce The Enduring Word.
The...
Teachers of the Foothills Province
The Story of The Alberta Teachers' Association
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1968
In 1967 the Alberta Teachers' Association published, in honour of Canada's Centennial, a history of the public school system in Alberta entitled Schools of the Foothills Province. This informative book published for the Association by University of Toronto Press is now followed by a companion volume...
Dimensions of Urban Social Structure
The Social Areas of Melbourne, Australia
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1969
The physical segregation of social groups in industrial cities has long attracted the attention of social scientist and casual observer alike. In Australia the possibility of mapping the social ecology of large cities has been limited by the absence of sufficiently detailed census of information,...
Swedes in Canada
Invisible Immigrants
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2015
Since 1776, more than 100,000 Swedish-speaking immigrants have arrived in Canada from Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Ukraine, and the United States. Elinor Barr’s Swedes in Canada is the definitive history of that immigrant experience. Active in almost every aspect of Canadian life, Swedish individuals...
by Thomas Haliburton
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1973
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1973
The Season-Ticket, published in 1860, is made up of a series of articles previously contributed during 1859 and 1860 to the Dublin University Magazine.
Its quality of interest lies in its major purpose: the programme of a thorough going British imperialist who advocates “a three-fold policy...
African American Pioneers of Sociology
A Critical History
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2009
In African American Pioneers of Sociology, Pierre Saint-Arnaud examines the lasting contributions that African Americans have made to the field of sociology. Arguing that science is anything but a neutral construct, he defends the radical stances taken by early African American sociologists from accusations...
Viola Florence Barnes, 1885-1979
A Historian's Biography
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2005
Viola Florence Barnes was one of the most prominent women historians in the United States from the 1920s to the 1950s. Born in 1885, Barnes was educated at Yale University and began teaching at Mount Holyoke College in 1919. She was an instrumental member of the 'imperial school' of historians, who...
Steering from the Centre
Strengthening Political Control in Western Democracies
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2011
Governments face new challenges in an era marked by globalization, shifting economic and national security policies, pervasive electronic media, and policy reform. Steering from the Centre details how chief executives in ten Western democracies have responded to governance challenges in the wake of...
Performance Anxiety
Sport and Work in Germany from the Empire to Nazism
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
Performance Anxiety analyses the efforts of German elites, from 1890 to 1945, to raise the productivity and psychological performance of workers through the promotion of mass sports. Michael Hau reveals how politicians, sports officials, medical professionals, and business leaders, articulated a vision...
Founding a Balkan State
Albania's Experiment with Democracy, 1920-1925
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Founding a Balkan State examines the pivotal period in Albanian history when the country's fundamental goals and directions were most hotly contested. In 1920, liberal Albanian leaders – led by the US-educated Bishop Fan S. Noli – began working to introduce democracy to the country, hoping that...
by John Joe Schlichtman, Jason Patch, Marc Lamont Hill
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
Gentrifier opens up a new conversation about gentrification, one that goes beyond the statistics and the clichés, and examines different sides of a controversial, deeply personal issue. In this lively yet rigorous book, John Joe Schlichtman, Jason Patch, and Marc Lamont Hill take a close look at...
Twenty-five Years of Child Study
The Development of the Programme and Review of the Research at the Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto 1926-1951
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1951
This is the story of the Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto, from its beginning in 1926 to the present. To honour the Director, W.E. Blatz, it has been written by members of the staff and its publication financed by parents of children who have attended the Nursery School and by students,...
Behind the Scenes
The Life and Work of William Clifford Clark
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2010
William Clifford Clark, federal deputy minister of finance from 1932 to 1952, had a profound impact on Canadian history. An important intellectual figure during the first half of the twentieth century, he was leader of 'The Ottawa Men,' a group of federal civil servants who shaped a new liberal vision...
North American Firms in East Asia
HSBC Bank Canada Papers on Asia, Volume 5
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 1999
This volume examines how foreign firms, which are entering or operating in various Asian countries, have responded to the obstacles and opportunities which were identified in the preceding volumes of this series. There is an overview chapter and seven case studies of Canadian and American-based businesses.
The...