University Of Toronto Press Higher Education Division: 213 books
The Crusades
A Reader, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
Since the publication of the first edition of The Crusades: A Reader, interest in the Crusades has increased dramatically, fueled in part by current global interactions between the Muslim world and Western nations. The second edition features an intriguing new chapter on perceptions of the Crusades...
by Barbara H. Rosenwein
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
Barbara H. Rosenwein's bestselling survey text continues to stand out by integrating the history of three medieval civilizations (European, Byzantine, and Islamic) in a lively narrative that is complemented beautifully by 70 full-color plates, 46 maps, and 13 genealogies, many of them new to this...
A Short History of the Middle Ages, Volume I
From c.300 to c.1150, Fourth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
Barbara H. Rosenwein's bestselling survey text continues to stand out by integrating the history of three medieval civilizations (European, Byzantine, and Islamic) in a lively narrative that is complemented beautifully by full-color plates, maps, and genealogies. The fourth edition begins with an...
Classical Debates for the 21st Century
Rethinking Political Thought
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008
Classical Debates for the 21st Century distinctively reconsiders the canon of political thought, in the context of current world events, by presenting debates between the ideas of classical theorists. It is through these debates that Thomas O. Hueglin argues that exclusive state sovereignty, individual...
Language, Capitalism, Colonialism
Toward a Critical History
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
Heller and McElhinny reinterpret sociolinguistics for the twenty-first century with an original approach to the study of language that is situated in the political and economic contexts of colonialism and capitalism. In the process, they map out a critical history of how language serves, and has...
by Herbert C. Northcott, Donna M. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
Dying and Death in Canada offers a comprehensive, up-to-date examination of dying, death, and bereavement from a Canadian perspective.
The third edition includes two new chapters that highlight trends and provide assessments of end-of-life care in Canada. Several new topics are covered, including...
The Promise of Sociology
The Classical Tradition and Contemporary Sociological Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Unlike most introductory texts that take a topical approach to studying sociology, this smart, challenging, and accessibly written text looks at the core principles of the discipline, making links to a contemporary context.Both students and instructors will find in these pages a fresh and original...
Maya or Mestizo?
Nationalism, Modernity, and its Discontents
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
The Maya of the Yucatán have long been drawn into the Mexican state's attempt to create modern Mexican citizens (mestizos). At the same time, they have contended with globalization pressures, first with hemp production and more recently with increased tourism and the fast-growing influence of American-based...
The Twelfth-Century Renaissance
A Reader
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
The twelfth century was a time of new ideas and creative innovation spurred on by patron-monarchs like King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, poets like Marie de France and Chrétien de Troyes, lovers and intellectuals like Abelard and Heloise, and religious thinkers like Bernard of Clairvaux and...
Latin American Politics
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Highlighting eleven different topics in separate chapters, the thematic approach of Latin American Politics offers students the conceptual tools they need to analyze the political systems of all twenty Latin American nations. Such a structure makes the book self-consciously comparative, allowing students...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
The sixth edition of Canadian Politics offers a comprehensive introduction to Canadian government and politics by a highly respected group of political scientists. For this edition, the editors have organized the book into six parts. Part I examines Canadian citizenship and political identities, while...
The Canadian Regime
An Introduction to Parliamentary Government in Canada, Sixth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
Now in its sixth edition, The Canadian Regime continues to provide the most accessible introduction to the institutions, processes, and principles of the Canadian political system. The book's focus on the inner logic of parliamentary government explains the rationale for Canada's relatively complex...
The Canadian Regime
An Introduction to Parliamentary Government in Canada, Fifth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2012
Lucid and comprehensive, The Canadian Regime provides a unique analysis of Canada’s political regime by challenging readers to think of the political system as an organic entity where change in one area inevitably ripples through the rest of the system. The book’s focus on the inner logic of parliamentary...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2016
Canadian Parties in Transition examines the transformation of party politics in Canada and the possible shape the party system might take in the near future. With chapters written by an outstanding team of political scientists, the book presents a multi-faceted image of party dynamics, electoral behaviour,...