Mqup imprint: 803 books
Why Did We Choose to Industrialize?
Montreal, 1819-1849
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
The choice to industrialize has changed the world more than any other decision in human history. And yet the three prevailing explanations - the technical (new energy sources), the Marxist (new social relations), and the neo-liberal (people became more industrious) - are inadequate in making sense...
A Woman with Demons
The Life of Kamiya Mieko
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2006
Few English biographies about Japanese subjects provide such an intimate look into the subject's inner life.
Border Crossings
US Culture and Education in Saskatchewan, 1905-1937
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
At the dawn of the last century a shift in direction emerged among education policy-makers in Saskatchewan. Prior to 1905, the territories that would become Saskatchewan and Alberta maintained a school system largely modelled after Ontario's British-inspired system. Between 1905 and 1937 however, the...
Everyone Says No
Public Service Broadcasting and the Failure of Translation
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Quebec has never signed on to Canada's constitution. After both major attempts to win Quebec's approval - the Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords - failed, Quebec came within a fraction of a percentage point of voting for independence. Everyone Says No examines how the failure of these accords was depicted...
Encounters
An Anthropological History of Southeastern Labrador
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Part anthropological history, part informed critique, Encounters examines the relations between the people of southeastern Labrador and the many visitors who have come to fish, heal the sick, and extract the region's resources. John Kennedy presents the latest archaeological, genealogical, and ethno-historical...
Expelling the Plague
The Health Office and the Implementation of Quarantine in Dubrovnik, 1377-1533
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
A vibrant city-state on the Adriatic sea, Dubrovnik, also known as Ragusa, was a hub for the international trade between Europe and the Ottoman Empire. As a result, the city suffered frequent outbreaks of plague. Through a comprehensive analysis of these epidemics in Dubrovnik, Expelling the Plague...
Vatican II and Beyond
The Changing Mission and Identity of Canadian Women Religious
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
The year 2015 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Second Vatican Council, which aimed to align the Church with the modern world. Over the last five decades, women religious have engaged with the council’s reforms with unprecedented enthusiasm, far exceeding the expectations of the...
The Shady Side of Fifty
Age and Old Age in Late Victorian Canada and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2008
Dillon uses the census as both a qualitative document and a source of quantitative data and also draws on diaries and letters to show how subtle shifts in the living arrangements of the elderly, decreasing intergenerational interdependence, and the advent of retirement and the empty nest changed the...
Strategic Friends
Canada-Ukraine Relations from Independence to the Euromaidan
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2019
Since the end of the Soviet Union, Canada has played a leading role in the international response to Ukraine and to the challenges associated with its transition to independence. As Conservative and Liberal governments alike have sought to adapt foreign policy to contend with uncertainty and upheaval,...
Riel's Defence
Perspectives on His Speeches
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
In 1885, Louis Riel was charged with high treason, found guilty, and consequently executed for his role in Saskatchewan's North-West Rebellion. During his trial, the Métis leader gave two speeches, passionately defending the interests of the Métis in western Canada as well as his own life. Riel's Defence...
Choosing to Labour?
School-Work Transitions and Social Class
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2007
Through a qualitative study of academic-track high school students and participants in youth apprenticeships in Germany and Canada, Lehmann shows how the range of available school-work transition options are defined by both gender and social class. Highlighting the importance of the institutional...
The Criminalization of Migration
Context and Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2018
With over 240 million migrants in the world, including over 65 million forced migrants and refugees, states have turned to draconian measures to stem the flow of irregular migration, including the criminalization of migration itself. Canada, perceived as a nation of immigrants and touted as one of...
by Ricardo Sternberg
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2014
"To be able to pry apart: / this is object, this is subject / even though (confusion begins) / he can be both. Difficult then / to stand at the mirror and reflect: / I am this. This is what I am." Some Dance is a meditation on stories, the intersection of stories, of things made up, of things imagined,...
The Embattled General
Sir Richard Turner and the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Turner (1871-1961) was a capable but controversial Canadian general who played a critical role in the development of the Canadian Corps up to 1917 and contributed significantly to its success thereafter. Despite his many accomplishments (including being awarded the Victoria...