University Of Toronto Press Scholarly Publishing Division: 2585 books
Candid Eyes
Essays on Canadian Documentaries
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2003
Beginning in 1922, when Robert Flaherty filmed 'Nanook of the North' in Canada's Arctic, and encouraged by John Grierson and the federal government in 1939 when they created the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), documentaries have dominated Canada's film production and, more than any other form,...
The Real Dope
Social, Legal, and Historical Perspectives on the Regulation of Drugs in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2011
Recent debate around the potential decriminalization of marijuana, along with a growing perception that illicit drug use is on the rise, has brought the role of the state in controlling intoxication to the forefront of public discussion. Until now, however, there has been little scholarly consideration...
Do Men Mother?
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
The first edition of Do Men Mother? (2006) was awarded the John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Award from the Canadian Sociological Association and remains one of the most widely cited books on primary caregiving fathers and stay-at-home fathers. This second edition of Do Men Mother? builds on...
Tournaments of Value
Sociability and Hierarchy in a Yemeni Town
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
A significant contribution to our understanding of the varied experience of women in the Islamic Middle East, Tournaments of Value gives a careful description of a world of female socializing, and the velocity, energy, and elaborateness of this remarkable female social world.
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Essays in the History of Canadian Law
Volume II
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
This volume is the second in the Essays in the History of Canadian Law series, designed to illustrate the wide possibilities for research and writing in Canadian legal history. In combination, these volumes reflect the wide-ranging scope of legal history as an intellectual discipline andencourage...
by Michele George
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Replete now with its own scholarly traditions and controversies, Roman slavery as a field of study is no longer limited to the economic sphere, but is recognized as a fundamental social institution with multiple implications for Roman society and culture. The essays in this collection explore how...
Applied Anthropology in Canada
Understanding Aboriginal Issues
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2008
Anthropologists are often reluctant to present their work relating to matters of a broad social context to the wider public even though many have much to say about a range of contemporary issues. In this second edition of a classic work in the field, Edward J. Hedican takes stock of Anthroplogy's...
Inheriting a Canoe Paddle
The Canoe in Discourses of English-Canadian Nationalism
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
If the canoe is a symbol of Canada, what kind of Canada does it symbolize? Inheriting a Canoe Paddle looks at how the canoe has come to symbolize love of Canada for non-aboriginal Canadians and provides a critique of this identification’s unintended consequences for First Nations. Written with...
The African Canadian Legal Odyssey
Historical Essays
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
The African Canadian Legal Odyssey explores the history of African Canadians and the law from the era of slavery until the early twenty-first century. ;This collection demonstrates that the social history of Blacks in Canada has always been inextricably bound to questi52.99ons of law, and that the...
On Civic Republicanism
Ancient Lessons for Global Politics
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
Continuing the analysis of contemporary issues through the lens of ancient theories beyond the themes of Enduring Empire and the award-winning On Oligarchy, On Civic Republicanism explores the enduring relevance of the ancient concepts of republicanism and civic virtue to modern questions about political...
Korean Immigrants in Canada
Perspectives on Migration, Integration, and the Family
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
Koreans are one of the fastest-growing visible minority groups in Canada today. However, very few studies of their experiences in Canada or their paths of integration are available to public and academic communities. Korean Immigrants in Canada provides the first scholarly collection of papers on...
Lords of the Rinks
The Emergence of the National Hockey League, 1875-1936
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2005
No sport is as important to Canadians as hockey. Though there may be a great many things that divide the country, the love of hockey is perhaps its single greatest unifier. Before the latest labour unrest in the National Hockey League (NHL), however, it was easy to forget that hockey is also a multi-million...
by Tom McSorley
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2009
One of Canada's pre-eminent auteur filmmakers, Atom Egoyan has been celebrated internationally, earning multiple awards from the prestigious Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals and an Academy Award nomination. One of his most accomplished and controversial early works, The Adjuster, is a dark drama...
Paddling Her Own Canoe
The Times and Texts of E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake)
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2017
Frequently dismissed as a 'nature poet' and an 'Indian Princess' E. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) was not only an accomplished thinker and writer but a contentious and passionate personality who 'talked back' to Euro-Canadian culture. Paddling Her Own Canoe is the only major scholarly study that examines...