University Of Toronto Press Higher Education Division: 213 books
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Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Patrick J. Geary's highly acclaimed collection of source materials on the Western medieval world is well-known for offering an excellent selection of substantial excerpts—or entire documents wherever possible—from the most widely studied historical texts.
This much-anticipated fifth edition...
Wasáse
Indigenous Pathways of Action and Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
The word Wasáse is the Kanienkeha (Mohawk) word for the ancient war dance ceremony of unity, strength, and commitment to action. The author notes, "This book traces the journey of those Indigenous people who have found a way to transcend the colonial identities which are the legacy of our history...
The Viking Age
A Reader, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2014
In assembling, translating, and arranging over a hundred primary source readings, Somerville and McDonald successfully illuminate the Vikings and their world for twenty-first-century students and instructors. The diversity of the Viking Age is brought to life through the range of sources presented,...
Provinces
Canadian Provincial Politics, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Provinces is now established as the most comprehensive yet accessible exploration of Canadian provincial politics and government. The authors of each chapter draw on their particular expertise to examine themes and issues pertaining to all the provinces from a comparative perspective.
The book...
Shaping the New World
African Slavery in the Americas, 1500-1888
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Between 1500 and the middle of the nineteenth century, some 12.5 million slaves were sent as bonded labour from Africa to the European settlements in the Americas. Shaping the New World introduces students to the origins, growth, and consolidation of African slavery in the Americas and race-based...
Reading the Middle Ages
Sources from Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic World, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
The third edition of Reading the Middle Ages retains the strengths of previous editions—thematic and geographical diversity, clear and informative introductions, and close integration with A Short History of the Middle Ages—and adds significant new materials, especially on the Byzantine and Islamic...
A Short History of the Middle Ages, Volume I
From c.300 to c.1150, Fifth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
In this newest edition of her bestselling book, Barbara H. Rosenwein integrates the history of European, Byzantine, and Islamic medieval cultures—as well as their Eurasian connections—in a dynamic narrative. This volume spans the period *c.*300 to *c.*1150. The text has been significantly updated...
by Barbara H. Rosenwein
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
In this newest edition of her bestselling book, Barbara H. Rosenwein integrates the history of European, Byzantine, and Islamic medieval cultures—as well as their Eurasian connections—in a dynamic narrative. The text has been significantly updated to reflect growing interest in the Islamic world...
Reading the Middle Ages Volume I
From c.300 to c.1150
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
The third edition of Reading the Middle Ages retains the strengths of previous editions—thematic and geographical diversity, clear and informative introductions, and close integration with A Short History of the Middle Ages—and adds significant new materials, especially on the Byzantine and Islamic...
A Short History of the Middle Ages, Volume II
From c.900 to c.1500, Fifth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
In this newest edition of her bestselling book, Barbara H. Rosenwein integrates the history of European, Byzantine, and Islamic medieval cultures—as well as their Eurasian connections—in a dynamic narrative. This volume spans the period *c.*900 to *c.*1500. The text has been significantly updated...
Reading the Middle Ages Volume II
From c.900 to c.1500
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
The third edition of Reading the Middle Ages retains the strengths of previous editions—thematic and geographical diversity, clear and informative introductions, and close integration with A Short History of the Middle Ages—and adds significant new materials, especially on the Byzantine and Islamic...
Comparing Political Regimes
A Thematic Introduction to Comparative Politics, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Comparing Political Regimes provides a comprehensive assessment of the world's political systems by outlining and contrasting the aspects of four different regime types: liberal democracies, electoral democracies, semi-liberal autocracies, and closed autocracies.
The third edition is thoroughly...
Activism and Social Change
Lessons for Community Organizing, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
Drawing on over thirty years of experience in community development practice, Eric Shragge offers a unique historical perspective on activism, linking various forms of local organizing to the broader goal of fundamental social change.
This new edition places contemporary community organizing...
Feminisms Matter
Debates, Theories, Activism
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2012
In this lively narrative, newcomers to women's and gender studies, feminist politics, history, and sociology explore a refreshing take on a subject matter often loaded with assumptions. Feminist theories are viewed through the critical intersections of race, class, sexuality, age, and ability, and...