University Of Toronto Press Scholarly Publishing Division: 2585 books
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Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
An academic book is much more than paper and ink, pixels and electrons. A dynamic social network of authors, editors, typesetters, proofreaders, indexers, printers, and marketers must work together to turn a manuscript into a book.
Editors, Scholars, and the Social Text explores the theories...
Creative Canada
A Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-century Creative and Performing Artists (Volume 2)
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1972
Did he ever play Hamlet? Has she worked in television? What was the title of his first novel? Under whom did she study? How many children has he? Answers to such questions about contemporary Canadian artists have often been difficult, even impossible, to find. This series has been created to provide...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1966
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1966
At a time when terms like "The Great Society" and "War against Poverty" are commonly used to indicate growing public awareness of welfare as a concern of national and international policy, and when the advantages of welfare are being questioned and debated in many areas of the...
Odysseys Home
Mapping African-Canadian Literature
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2017
Odysseys Home: Mapping African-Canadian Literature is a pioneering study of African-Canadian literary creativity, laying the groundwork for future scholarly work in the field. Based on extensive excavations of archives and texts, this challenging passage through twelve essays presents a history of...
Science in Canada
Selections from the Speeches of E.W.R. Steacie
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1965
The relationship between science and government, currently the subject of much lively debate, was one to which E.W.R. Steacie devoted a great deal of his energy and outstanding talents. As President of the National Research Council, a key position which he held for ten years, Dr. Steacie played an...
North/South
The Great European Divide
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
The division of European society and culture along a North/South axis was one of the most decisive and enduring developments in the modern world. In North/South, which completes a trilogy of works devoted to the study of the mind and body of Europe, Ricardo J. Quinones examines the momentous early...
Kegan Paul – A Victorian Imprint
Publishers, Books and Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1999
The Kegan Paul imprint was created and its reputation for a distinguished list of titles established during a forty-year period from 1871 to 1911. Several publishers, and their firms, were involved in the development of the imprint during this period, beginning with Henry S. King and Company, and...
The Political Process in Canada
Essays in Honour of R. MacGregor Dawson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1963
The influence of the late R. MacGregor Dawson on political thought in Canada is still with us and will, indeed, be with us for a long time to come. It is fitting therefore that a book should be conceived in his honour and that this book should reflect the high qualities of analysis and writing that...
The Fiercest Debate
Cecil A Wright, the Benchers, and Legal Education in Ontario 1923-1957
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1987
From its earliest days the Law Society of Upper Canada adhered to the traditions of English legal practice and education. In the 1930s and 1940s, however, some of the most cherished of those traditions were challenged in a bitter debate about the nature of legal education in Ontario. This book tells...
by Kenneth Hare
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1968
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1968
The universities of Canada are now expanding rapidly and becoming very costly to run and equip. Increasingly the bill is borne by the public exchequers, federal and provincial. What then should be the proper relationship between government and universities if university freedom is to be preserved?...
The Labyrinth of Technology
A Preventive Technology and Economic Strategy as a Way Out
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2000
Why does modern technology succeed so brilliantly in some respects and simultaneously fail in others? While he was completing a doctoral thesis in mechanical engineering in the late 60s and early 70s, Willem Vanderburg became convinced that the environmental crisis and the possible limits to growth...
The World Won't Wait
Why Canada Needs to Rethink its International Policies
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2016
The need for an ambitious and forward-looking Canadian international strategy has never been greater. The worldwide changes that jeopardize Canadian security and prosperity are profound, ranging from the globalization of commerce, crime, and political extremism to the impact of climate change on the...
Canadian Issues
Essays in Honour of Henry F. Angus
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1961
Topics of widespread concern to Canadians interested in the social sciences and to the general reading public are dealt with in this volume of essays by a group of Canada's leading scholars in political science and history. The book is presented in honour of Henry Forbes Angus, Head of the Department...
Racism in the Canadian University
Demanding Social Justice, Inclusion, and Equity
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
The mission statements and recruitment campaigns for modern Canadian universities promote diverse and enlightened communities. Racism in the Canadian University questions this idea by examining the ways in which the institutional culture of the academy privileges Whiteness and Anglo-Eurocentric ways...