University Of Toronto Press Higher Education Division: 213 books
The Paradox of Democracy in Latin America
Ten Country Studies of Division and Resilience
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2010
Inviting in tone and organization but rigorous in its scholarship, The Paradox of Democracy in Latin America focuses on the problems, successes, and multiple forms of democracy in Latin America. The opening chapters provide readers with a theoretical and conceptual lens through which to examine the...
Supporting Refugee Children
Strategies for Educators
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2019
The psychosocial needs of war-affected children who migrate to other countries are difficult to identify, complicated to understand, and even more troubling to address. Supporting Refugee Children provides a holistic exploration of these challenges and offers practical advice for teachers, social workers, and counsellors, as well as suggestions for policy makers.
Lament for America
Decline of the Superpower, Plan for Renewal
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Lament for America explores the major challenges to the status of the United States as a world superpower. In delving into the fundamental question of whether or not a relative decline is inevitable, the author recognizes that the changes faced over the next few decades will be more rapid and transformational...
by Duncan Koerber
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
Private companies that respond poorly to a crisis may go bankrupt, wiping out investments and jobs. Charities that respond poorly to a crisis may lose donations, ending support for the most vulnerable. Professional athletes, religious leaders, CEOs, and politicians who respond poorly to a crisis may...
The Civilization of the Italian Renaissance
A Sourcebook, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
The Civilization of the Italian Renaissance brings together a selection of primary source documents designed to introduce students to the richness of the period. For this edition, a new chapter on Dante and his time provides a useful transition to the Renaissance from the culture of the Middle Ages....
by Nigel A. Raab
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Who is the historian? What do historians do? Where do their explorations take them? What is the impact of the digital age on historical research?
In an affable style, Nigel A. Raab answers these questions for those intrigued by the past. Each chapter describes a specific aspect of "doing...
One in a Thousand
The Life and Death of Captain Eddie McKay, Royal Flying Corps
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
This short microhistory details the life and death of Eddie McKay, a varsity athlete at Western University, who flew with the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War. Graham Broad switches creatively from telling McKay's fascinating story to teaching valuable lessons on how to do history: why the...
by Jason Brown
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
Wellness is an important goal of counseling work, but the limits of promoting it are reached more quickly for individuals living in disadvantaged circumstances. How then can counselors be effective in a context that produces and reproduces structural inequality?
In Counseling Diversity in Context,...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2019
Bringing together top scholars in the field, Universality and Social Policy in Canada provides an overview of the universality principle in social welfare. The contributors survey the many contested meanings of universality in relation to specific social programs, the field of social policy, and the...
Lissa
A Story about Medical Promise, Friendship, and Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
As young girls in Cairo, Anna and Layla strike up an unlikely friendship that crosses class, cultural, and religious divides. Years later, Anna learns that she may carry the hereditary cancer gene responsible for her mother's death. Meanwhile, Layla's family is faced with a difficult decision about...
A Good Book, In Theory
Making Sense Through Inquiry, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
This brief and engagingly written book provides a unique introduction to the process of social inquiry and the theoretical and methodological frameworks that support that inquiry, offering a strong foundation in critical thinking that is rooted in the social sciences but maintains relevance across the disciplines.
Reading the Middle Ages, Volume I
Sources from Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic World, c.300 to c.1150, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
Spanning the period from c.300 to c.1150 and containing primary source material from the European, Byzantine, and Islamic worlds, Barbara H. Rosenwein's Reading the Middle Ages, Second Edition once again brings the Middle Ages to life. Building on the strengths of the first edition, this volume contains...
Freedom from Fear, Freedom from Want
An Introduction to Human Security
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
Adopting an interdisciplinary perspective, Freedom from Fear, Freedom from Want is a brief introduction to human security, conflict, and development. The book analyzes such key human security issues as climate change, crimes against humanity, humanitarian intervention, international law, poverty,...
Reading the Middle Ages, Volume II
Sources from Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic World, c.900 to c.1500, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
Spanning the period from c.900 to c.1500 and containing primary source material from the European, Byzantine, and Islamic worlds, Barbara H. Rosenwein's Reading the Middle Ages, Second Edition once again brings the Middle Ages to life. Building on the strengths of the first edition, this volume contains...