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Contents McGill-Queen’s University Press acknowledges with gratitude the assistance of the Associated Medical Services, the Association for the Export of Canadian Books, the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation, the Canada Council for the Arts, Carleton University, the Faculty of Arts of McGill University, the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program, the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada, the Jackman Foundation of Toronto, the Smallman Fund of the University of Western Ontario, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for their support of its publishing program. Above all, the Press is indebted to its two parent institutions, McGill and Queen’s universities, for generous, continuing support for the Press as an integral part of the universities’ research and teaching activities.

African history / 18

political science / 2, 10, 12, 16, 25, 29, 31, 33, 34

agriculture / 4

psychology / 9, 24

Arctic studies / 14

public administration, public policy, policy

art, art history / 4, 14

Quebec history / 31

British history / 18, 39

reference / 7

Canadian history / 11, 13, 19, 30, 31, 32, 33

religious history, religious studies / 15, 18, 36

Canadian politics / 31

retirement issues / 36

classics / 40

self-help / 20, 24

conflict studies / 29

sexuality / 22

criminology / 9

sociology, social studies, social theory / 9, 11, 12,

cultural studies / 5, 9, 24, 29

Montreal Philip J. Cercone, Senior Editor John Zucchi, Deputy Senior Editor Jonathan Crago, Editor McGill-Queen’s University Press 3430 McTavish Street Montreal, QC H3A 1X9 Canada Kingston Donald H. Akenson, Senior Editor Kyla Madden, Deputy Senior Editor Joan Harcourt, Editor Roger Martin, Editor McGill-Queen’s University Press Queen’s University Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada COVER DESIGN www.salamanderhill.com I NTER IOR DESIGN & TYPESETTI NG [email protected] PR I NTI NG Tri-Graphic Printing Printed in Canada

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current affairs, current events / 2, 10

sport / 22

dictionary / 7

urban studies / 12

economics / 7, 10, 38

women’s studies / 8, 18, 40

education / 37 environmental studies / 34

Series

ethics / 36

Art of Living Series / 21, 22, 23, 24

fashion / 21

Continental European Philosophy / 25

fiction / 8

Footprints Series / 3, 13

food / 5

McGill-Queen’s Native and Northern Series / 17

foreign policy / 33

McGill-Queen’s Studies in Ethnic History / 39

gender studies / 9

McGill-Queen’s Studies in the History of

geography / 12, 13, 17

Editorial Offices

studies / 16, 34, 35, 36, 37

biography, memoir / 1, 3, 7, 13, 19, 35

health care / 38 history / 14, 30, 39 history of medicine / 13, 38 international relations, international

Religion / 18 McGill-Queen’s/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society / 38 Philosophy Now / 28

studies / 34, 38 Irish history / 39

Agencies

Jewish studies / 39

Acumen Publishing / 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27

literary criticism, literary studies / 8, 40

Centre for the Study of Democracy / 36

literature / 6

Les éditions du Septentrion / 13

military studies / 29

John Deutsch Institute / 36

Native studies / 13, 16, 17

School of Policy Studies / 35, 36, 37

oral history / 17 pets / 20 philosophy / 11, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

Selected backlist / 41, 42

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Author/Editor Index Abbott, Michael G. / 36 Andrews, Geoff / 5 Axworthy, Thomas S. / 36 Baskerville, Peter / 30 Beach, Charles M. / 36 Bennett, John B. / 17 Biles, John / 36 Bittermann, Rusty / 30 Bothwell, Robert / 34 Burgess, John H. / 13 Burstein, Meyer / 36 Carel, Havi / 20 Clippingdale, Richard / 35 Comacchio, Cynthia R. / 38 Cook, Deborah / 26 Corriveau, Patrice / 9 Daudelin, Jean / 34 Davis, Wendy M. / 3 Dickinson, John A. / 31 Diprose, Rosalyn / 26 Dorais, Michel / 9 Dosman, Edgar J. / 7 Elbourne, Elizabeth / 18 Ferry, Darren / 32

Finnie, Ross / 37 Flanagan, Tom / 16 Foley, John / 27 Fong, William / 1 Frideres, James / 36 Fudge, Erica / 20 Gairdner, William D. / 11 Giussani, Luigi / 15 Golden, Janet / 38 Gray, Colleen / 18 Greeley, Andrew M. / 15 Grenfell, Michael / 27 Harvey, Edward / 19 Harvey, John / 21 Heinmiller, B. Timothy / 34 Heiss, Anita / 6 Hodge, Gerald / 12 Holloway, David / 29 Horn, Michiel / 11 Howard, Albert / 16 Jenkins, Brian / 39 Johns, Carolyn / 34 Kaplan, William / 2 Klinck, Anne M. / 40

MacKinnon, James G. / 36 MacMillan, Donald B. / 14 Marar, Ziyad / 21 Marshall, Joan / 17 Maslove, Allan M. / 35 Matthews, Richard S. / 25 McCallum, Margaret / 30 McGinn, Colin / 22 Millard, Gregory / 31 Mills, Catherine / 25 Minter, Peter / 6 Morgan, Seiriol / 22 Mueller, Richard E. / 37 Murray, Jeffrey S. / 13 Nasby, Judith / 4 Naylor, R.T. / 10 Neocleous, Mark / 29 Neusner, Jacob / 15 Pearson, Craig / 4 Potter, Evan H. / 33 Reynolds, Jack / 26 Robertson, Ian Ross / 19 Robin, Robin W. / 36 Rowlands, Mark / 24

Rowley, Susan / 17 Sancton, Andrew / 12 Smith, Andrew / 33 Somerville, Margaret / 28 Sproule-Jones, Mark / 34 Srebrnik, Henry Felix / 39 Stovel, Nora Foster / 8 Svendsen, Lars / 23 Svin’in, Pavel P. / 14 Sweetman, Arthur / 37 Swoboda, Marina / 14 Tagore, Proma / 40 Tallis, Raymond / 23 Usher, Alex / 37 van Putten, Maartje / 38 Vernon, Mark / 24 Wanderer, Jeremy / 28 Weisz, George / 38 Whisenhunt, William Benton / 14 Widdowson, Frances / 16 Wilson, Catharine Anne / 32 Winer, Lise / 7 Young, Brian / 31 Young, Phyllis Brett / 8

Title Index Absolute Violation, The / 25 Albert Camus / 27 Anthology of Australian Aboriginal Literature / 6 Blood Ground / 18 Book of Absolutes, The / 11 Branding Canada / 33 Bridging the Divide / 36 British Businessmen and Canadian Confederation / 33 Canada Among Nations, 2008 / 34 Canadian Water Politics / 34 Clothes / 21 Common Ground / 15 Congrégation de Notre-Dame, Superiors, and the Paradox of Power, 1693–1796, The / 18 Critique of Security / 29 Cultivated Landscape, The / 4 Cultures of the War on Terror / 29 Dal and Rice / 3 Deception / 21 Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago / 7 Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry / 16 Divining Margaret Laurence / 8 Doctor to the North / 13 Don’t Tell / 9 Ethical Canary, The / 28 Fame / 24 Fenian Problem, The / 39 First Nations? Second Thoughts / 16 Gangs and Girls / 9 Geography of Aging, The / 12 Healing the World’s Children / 38 How Ottawa Spends 2008–2009 / 35 How Peary Reached the Pole / 14 Hunger / 23 Illness / 20 Immigration and Integration in Canada in the Twenty-First Century / 36 Is It Possible To Live This Way? Volume 1 / 15 Is It Possible To Live This Way? Volume 2 / 15

J.W. McConnell / 1 Jerusalem on the Amur / 39 Lady Landlords of Prince Edward Island / 30 Lansdowne Era, The / 19 Life and Times of Raúl Prebisch, 1901–1986 / 7 Limits of Boundaries, The / 12 Merleau-Ponty / 26 Patriots and Profiteers / 10 Pets / 20 Philosophy of Agamben, The / 25 Pierre Bourdieu / 27 Policing the Banks / 38 Psyche / 8 Retirement Policy Issues in Canada / 36 Robert Brandom / 28 Robert Stanfield’s Canada / 35 Russian Paints America, A / 14 Satanic Purses / 10 Secession and Self / 31 Secret Trial, A / 2 Sex / 22 Shapes of Silence, The / 40 Short History of Quebec, A / 31 Silent Revolution?, A / 30 Sir Andrew Macphail / 19 Slow Food Story, The / 5 Sport / 22 Tenants in Time / 32 Terra Nostra, 1550–1950 / 13 Theodor Adorno / 26 Tides of Change on Grand Manan Island / 17 Uniting in Measures of Common Good / 32 Uqalurait / 17 Wellbeing / 24 Who Goes? Who Stays? What Matters? / 37 Woman’s Songs in Ancient Greece / 40 Work / 23 York University / 11

BIOGRAPHY

J.W. McConnell

J.W. McConnell (1877–1963), born to a poor farming family in Ontario,

Financier, Philanthropist, Patriot

became one of the wealthiest and most powerful businessmen of

William Fong “A man of large spirit, great generosity and above all, abiding Canadianism.” –Lester B. Pearson

his generation – in Canada and internationally. Early in his career McConnell established the Montreal office of the Standard Chemical Company and began selling bonds and shares in both North America and Europe, establishing relationships that would lead to his enormous financial success. He was involved in numerous businesses, from tramways to ladies’ fashion to mining, and served on the boards of several corporations. For nearly fifty years he was president of St Laurence Sugar and late in life he became the owner and publisher of the Montreal Star. McConnell was an indefatigable and formidable fundraiser for the ymca, the war effort of 1914/18, hospitals, and McGill University, where he served as governor for almost three decades. In 1937 he established what would become The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, the first major foundation in Canada and still one of the best endowed. J.W. McConnell was a principled and brilliant visionary with a strong work ethic and a deep commitment to the public good, a Rockefellerian figure in both big business and high society who quietly became one of the greatest philanthropists of his time. His life story – told in uncompromising detail by William Fong – is a study of raising, spending, and giving away money on the grandest scale. William Fong is the author of Sir William C. Macdonald: A Biography.

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CURRENT EVENTS • POLITICAL SCIENCE

n e w i n pa p e r

A Secret Trial

In his best-selling Presumed Guilty William Kaplan chronicled the

Brian Mulroney and the Public Trust

corruption charges surrounding the $1.8 billion purchase by Air

William Kaplan With a new foreword by Andrew Coyne Foreword by Jack Granastein, afterword by Norman Spector “William Kaplan is the best-informed person in the country on the Mulroney-Schreiber business.” –CTV News

Canada of passenger airplanes from European giant Airbus Industries and concluded – based on the evidence available at the time – that former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney had been the victim of unfounded allegation and reckless innuendo. Discovering that the story was far more complicated, Kaplan sets the record straight in A Secret Trial. Within weeks of leaving office, Mulroney was paid at least $225,000 in cash by Karlheinz Schreiber, an international arms dealer wanted in Germany for bribery and tax evasion. When confronted by Kaplan about the unexplained payment, Mulroney vehemently denied any wrongdoing:“Anyone who says anything about [the money] will be in for one fuck of a fight.” At the root of Kaplan’s investigation is a secret trial and its stunning revelations – information that nearly escaped public attention. Only now, years later, is the former prime minister facing a public inquiry that threatens to permanently derail his reputation. A Secret Trial is a scathing indictment of court secrecy and the crumbling ethics and standards of politicians, journalists, the rcmp, and business. In a candid new foreword, Andrew Coyne brings the story up to the minute, arguing that there is no statute of limitations on the public interest in ethical government. “Powerful.” –The National Post “A Secret Trial is quite possibly the most important book on public life in Canada that has been published this year.” –This Magazine “I can’t imagine a more entertaining political book than A Secret Trial. Where else are you going to get juice like this?” –Paul Wells, Maclean’s William Kaplan is a lawyer, arbitrator, mediator, and author. His books include Presumed Guilty: Brian Mulroney, the Airbus Affair and the Government of Canada, One More Border: The True Story of One Family’s Escape from War-Torn Europe, and Bad Judgment: The Case of Mr. Justice Leo A. Landreville.

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MEMOIR

Dal and Rice Wendy M. Davis An affectionate portrait of a childhood spent in India during the last days of the British Raj.

In 1914 Godfrey Davis arrived in India, a junior officer in the Indian Civil Service. By the time he reluctantly returned to England thirty years later he was a high court judge with a knighthood. Sir Godfrey fell in love with India. He sympathized with the independence movement and shared a great friendship and mutual admiration with Mahatma Gandhi. Wendy Davis inherited this affection for India and its people. In Dal and Rice she chronicles the memories of her childhood and offers a poignant and measured character study of her father. Her story is part social history, part travelogue, but mostly a very personal account of a relationship with an exotic, chaotic, and often mysterious country. A near century of colonial rule left an indelible mark on India. Avoiding political or ideological perspectives, Wendy Davis has written a fascinating memoir that captures an unusual childhood and a vanished way of life. “When India gained her independence and Pa retired … his Indian judges continued to write to him in England. The ending of one letter from Judge Desaar was tear stained and hardly legible, so saddened was he by the deterioration of the justice system. Pa’s dreams for India were also shattered. He believed, like Gandhi, that a country can never be divided on religious grounds and that partition was the greatest betrayal for which the British had ever been responsible.” –from Chapter 53, Following in Pa’s Footsteps “Davis is an uncontaminated primary witness to a time for which living witnesses are growing scarce. She has a tough and curious intelligence, and writes with charm and with humour.” –S.K. Johannesen, professor emeritus of history, University of Waterloo, and author of Sister Patsy Wendy M. Davis lives in Edmonton, Alberta, with a houseful of exotic birds, a passion inherited from her father.

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A G R I C U LT U R E • A R T H I S T O R Y

reannouncing

The Cultivated Landscape

By the late twentieth century, idyllic depictions of eighteenth-

An Exploration of Art and Agriculture

century manorial landscapes had become artistic expressions of

Craig Pearson and Judith Nasby This unique history of agriculture as illustrated in art since the Middle Ages illuminates the complex issues facing agriculture today.

dislocation. Western agricultural paradigms had shifted, as had the relationship between art and agriculture. The Cultivated Landscape uses over seventy illustrations to look at the development of Western agriculture from feudal times to the present. Craig Pearson and Judith Nasby discuss the evolution of how we think about agriculture, its use of the land and impact on landscape, and how landscape has been portrayed historically in art. They also offer a wider discussion on the role that science and economics have played in agricultural development and the parallels to changes in art form. The Cultivated Landscape ends with a discussion of the complex issues facing agriculture today, the need for greater connectivity between agriculture and our environment, and options for the future. “The impact of art in this book to visually enhance the documented history of agriculture is so vivid that I was able to imagine the sense of place that landscapes that no longer exist must have portrayed to those who lived and worked within them. While there are certainly many other books on the history of agriculture, no other that I have ever read has interwoven the topic with visual art in such an evocative manner. The Cultivated Landscape is utterly fascinating and on occasion evokes powerful parallels with Simon Schama’s brilliant Landscape and Memory or even Kenneth Clark’s Civilization.” –Richard Bawden, Systemic Development Institute, Sydney Australia Craig Pearson is presidential advisor on international programs and professor of agricultural policy, the University of Guelph. He has been dean, Ontario Agricultural College, chief scientist with the Bureau of Rural Sciences in the Australian government, and past president of the Canadian Faculties of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine. Judith Nasby is adjunct professor, fine art, University of Guelph, and the author of Irene Avaalaaqiaq: Myth and Reality and Rolph Scarlett: Painter, Designer, Jeweller. She is director and curator of the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre at the University of Guelph.

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F O O D • C U LT U R A L S T U D I E S

The Slow Food Story

The Slow Food movement was set up in Italy as a response to

Politics and Pleasure

the dominance of fast food chains, supermarkets, and large-scale

Geoff Andrews The first book detailing the rise of Slow Food – one of the most significant political movements of modern times.

agribusiness. Defending “the universal right to pleasure,” it promotes food production and consumption based on “good, clean, and fair” local products. In twenty years Slow Food has grown into an international organisation with more than 80,000 members in over 100 countries. With roots in the 1960s and 1970s counter-culture, Slow Food’s distinctive politics link gastronomic pleasure and environmental responsibility. The movement crosses the left-right divide to embrace both the conservative desire to preserve traditional rural communities and an alternative “virtuous” idea of globalisation. In the first in-depth study of the fascinating politics of Slow Food, Geoff Andrews shows that the alternative future it offers can be extended to all aspects of modern life. The Slow Food Story is an extensive critique of the fast-moving, work-obsessed contemporary capitalist culture. Geoff Andrews, the author of several books including Not a Normal Country: Italy After Berlusconi and Endgames and New Times: The Final Years of British Communism, writes for a range of newspapers and journals – including The Financial Times and Open Democracy – and is associate editor of Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture . He is currently staff tutor in politics, the Open University.

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L I T E R AT U R E

Anthology of Australian Aboriginal Literature Edited by Anita Heiss and Peter Minter Foreword by Mich Dodson Preface by Nicholas Jose A rich collection of writing – poetry, prose, and drama – from some of the greatest Australian Aboriginal authors.

In a political system that renders them largely voiceless, Australia’s Aboriginal people have used the written word as a powerful tool for over two hundred years. Anthology of Australian Aboriginal Literature presents a rich panorama of Aboriginal culture, history, and life through the writings of some of the great Australian Aboriginal authors. From Bennelong’s 1796 letter to contemporary writing, Anita Heiss and Peter Minter have selected works that represent the range and depth of Aboriginal writing in English. Journalism, petitions, and political letters from both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are brought together with major works of poetry, prose, and drama from the mid-twentieth century onward. These works voice not only the ongoing suffering of dispossession but the resilience of Australia’s Aboriginal people, their hope and joy. Presenting some of the best, most distinctive writing produced in Australia, this groundbreaking anthology will captivate anyone interested in Aboriginal writing and culture. Anita Heiss, a member of the Wiradjuri nation of central New South Wales, is a writer, poet, activist, social commentator, and academic. Her books include Dhuuluu-Yala: Publishing Aboriginal Literature, Not Meeting Mr Right, and Who Am I?: The Diary of Mary Talence, Sydney 1937. Peter Minter, an award-winning poet, editor, and scholar, lectures in Indigenous studies and poetics at the Koori Centre, University of Sydney. His poetry collections include Empty Texas and Rhythm in a Dorsal Fin.

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BIOGRAPHY • ECONOMICS

REFERENCE • DICTIONARY

The Life and Times of Raúl Prebisch, 1901–1986

Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago

Edgar J. Dosman

On Historical Principles Lise Winer

The first book-length biography of the Argentinian economist who transformed our thinking about First and Third World Relations.

The first comprehensive, historical, scholarly dictionary of the English and English Creole languages of Trinidad & Tobago.

Raúl Prebisch was a leader in economic development

The twin-island nation of Trinidad & Tobago has a complex

theory and international economic policy, an institution

history that has resulted in a unique English language,

builder, and an international diplomat. The Life and Times

shaped by all members of its multi-ethnic community: the

of Raúl Prebisch, 1901–1986 provides the first book-length

original Amerindian inhabitants, the European colonizers,

account of his life and work, a story cast against the back-

the Africans – enslaved, free, and indentured – as well as

drop of Latin America, the Cold War, the rise of the United

the peoples of India, Portugal, and China. Migration from

Nations, and the struggle for equity between First and

many Caribbean areas has created both similarities and

Third Worlds.

differences between the English/Creole of Trinidad &

A wunderkind, Prebisch occupied key positions at the Argentine Ministry of Finance in his twenties and was the

Tobago and the varieties spoken elsewhere. Using the historical principles of the Oxford English

general manager of the Argentine Central Bank before

Dictionary, Lise Winer presents the first scholarly dictionary

age forty. Exiled by Juan Perón after World War II, he be-

of this unique language. The dictionary comprises over

came arguably the most influential Latin American official

12,200 entries, including over 4,500 for flora and fauna

at the un, heading such international organizations as the

alone, with numerous cross-references. Entries include

Economic Commission for Latin America and the United

definitions, alternative spellings, pronunciations, etymolo-

Nations Conference on Trade and Development. He was

gies, grammatical information, and illustrative citations

the first to conceptualize the relationship between devel-

of usage. Winer draws from a wide range of sources –

oped countries and Latin America in terms of “center-

newspapers, literature, scientific reports, sound recordings

periphery” – a foundational concept in structuralist

of songs and interviews, spoken language – to provide

economics.

a wealth and depth of language, clearly situated within

Many of Prebisch’s ideas were originally rejected as un-

a historical, cultural, and social context.

orthodox but are now taken for granted. His life and work

An essential reference for all Trinbagonians, this dic-

remain an enduring symbol of leadership for Latin America

tionary will also prove a fascinating volume to all who are

and the global community.

interested in their language – linguists, literary scholars

Edgar J. Dosman, senior research fellow, Centre for Inter-

tists, and travelers.

and students, translators, researchers, historians, sciennational and Security Studies, York University, has written extensively on Latin America and was the founding direc-

Lise Winer is associate professor in the Faculty of Educa-

tor of focal (Canadian Foundation for the Americas).

tion, McGill University, the author of Badjohns, Bhaaji & Banknote Blue: Essays on the Social History of Language in Trinidad & Tobago, and editor of a series of early Trinidadian novels.

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LITERARY STU DI ES • WOMEN’S STU DI ES

FICTION

Divining Margaret Laurence

Psyche Phyllis Brett Young With a new introduction by Nathalie Cooke and Suzanne Morton Foreword by Valerie Argue

A Study of Her Complete Writings Nora Foster Stovel

The tense and dramatic story of a young girl’s search for identity.

The most complete consideration of all the major writings of Margaret Laurence.

Margaret Laurence is justly famous for her Manawaka

A child who is the very centre of her parents’ life is torn

cycle of Canadian novels, but her work extends from

away in the darkness and left to grow up in the hostile

Canada to Africa and includes poetry and prose, children’s

hills of the north country. Recognizing that the couple

and adult literature, memoir and travel-writing.

who raised her have nothing more to offer, she leaves

Whereas previous studies focus on certain aspects of her work, Divining Margaret Laurence addresses all her im-

with an artist who initiates her into adulthood. Psyche is the gripping story of a wealthy urban mother’s

portant writings, including a final, unfinished manuscript

anguish and powerlessness when her child is kidnapped

– “Dance on the Earth: A Memoir.” This comprehensive

and the abandoned child’s remarkable resilience as she

study of her writings, including archival material, allows

ultimately finds redemption through art, education, and

Nora Stovel to trace the development of Laurence’s Cana-

psychology.

dian identity, feminist sympathies, moral vision, and creative artistry. Twenty years after her death Margaret Laurence re-

This 1959 international bestseller by Canadian writer Phyllis Brett Young focuses on issues of character and environment in an unconventional coming of age story

mains one of Canada’s most esteemed and beloved writ-

that draws the reader into an exploration of the decidedly

ers. This new critical assessment of her work is not only a

modern themes of kidnapping, sexual assault, and the

testament to her literary achievement but also a valuable

sex trade industry.

contribution to Canadian, African, women’s, children’s, travel, and fiction writing.

Phyllis Brett Young (1914–1996) is the author of six works

“This is the first book that ranges across all of Laurence’s

Undine, and A Question of Judgement, have appeared in

work – and does so intelligently and accessibly. Divining

numerous editions and languages in Canada, the United

Margaret Laurence is sorely needed.” –Neil Besner, associ-

States, and Europe. Nathalie Cooke is associate dean

ate vice-president, International, University of Winnipeg

of Arts, McGill University. Suzanne Morton is professor,

of fiction. Her novels, including Psyche, The Torontonians,

history, McGill University. Nora Foster Stovel, professor of English and film studies at the University of Alberta, has published books and articles on Jane Austen, D.H. Lawrence, Margaret Drabble, and Margaret Laurence.

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SOCIOLOGY • CRIMINOLOGY

GEN DER STU DI ES • PSYCHOLOGY

Gangs and Girls

Don’t Tell

Understanding Juvenile Prostitution

The Sexual Abuse of Boys Second Edition

Michel Dorais with Patrice Corriveau Introductions by Cecilia Benoit and Jacques Moïse Translated by Peter Feldstein

Michel Dorais With a new introduction by Jean-Paul Roger Translated by Isabel Denholm Meyer

Understanding and preventing gangorganized juvenile prostitution.

“Wise words for everyone.” –The Globe and Mail

Gangs and Girls is the first major piece of qualitative re-

Nearly one male in six has been the victim of sexual abuse

search specifically aimed at understanding and analyzing

during childhood or adolescence, yet this abuse remains a

the involvement of street gangs in female juvenile prosti-

taboo subject, even among victims. In Don’t Tell, Michel

tution. Organized around a number of direct central ques-

Dorais gives the victims a voice, providing a sensitive

tions, Michel Dorais and Patrice Corriveau document how

analysis of their traumas and self-questioning, and offer-

street gangs control the lucrative trade in underage girls.

ing strategies for coping.

They discuss how young men are drawn to gang life,

Don’t Tell examines the effects of sexual abuse on the

how young girls become attracted and attached to the

emotional and sexual life of men, including their sense of

gang members who eventually sell them into prostitu-

self and their personal relationships. Using first-hand ac-

tion, and why it is so hard to infiltrate and dismantle the

counts, Dorais shows that certain reactions are specific to

distinct but interrelated worlds of the procurer, victim,

male victims as they attempt to preserve their physical in-

and client. Rooted firmly in first person testimony, this re-

tegrity and conceptions of masculinity. He provides inno-

search deepens our understanding of juvenile prostitution

vative strategies for both prevention and treatment that

by identifying and exploring the types of motivations and

will be of use to those who have suffered abuse as well as

circumstances that lead teenagers into prostitution rings.

to their families and all those who are trying to help them

The ultimate focus is on prevention: the authors provide essential tools for parents and those trying to help

– spouses, friends, social workers, and therapists. Jean-Paul Roger, author of L’inévitable, reflects on the

adolescents in peril, support and intervention strategies

importance of shared testimony in helping victims come

for practitioners, and the tools and information necessary

to terms with their abuse and on the ongoing struggle

for policy makers to reflect on and design innovative

this presents over the course of their lives.

social policy. Michel Dorais has spent many years working with victims of sexual abuse and juvenile prostitution as a clinical

ALSO BY THE AUTHOR

social worker and is now a professor of social work at

Dead Boys Can’t Dance Sexual Orientation, Masculinity, and Suicide 978-0-7735-2654-9 $19.95A paper 978-0-7735-2653-2 $65.00S cloth

Laval University in Quebec City. He is the author of ten books dealing with sexuality. Patrice Corriveau is assistant professor in the Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa, and the author of La répression juridique des homosexuels au Québec et en France.

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C U R R E N T A F FA I R S • P O L I T I C A L S C I E N C E

ECONOMICS • POLITICAL SCIENCE

n e w i n pa p e r

Satanic Purses

Patriots and Profiteers

Money, Myth, and Misinformation in the War on Terror R.T. Naylor

Economic Warfare, Embargo Busting, and State-Sponsored Crime, Second edition

“Satanic Purses provides a fascinating perspective on the war on terror.” –Maclean’s

R.T. Naylor Introduction by Peter Andreas, with a new afterword by the author “Patriots and Profiteers makes for compelling reading in the age of global trade. It's well researched and dizzyingly relentless in its detail.” –Paul Weinberg

In a savage critique, R.T. Naylor investigates the American

Almost everyone assumes that by enforcing trade sanc-

government’s understanding of and response to 9/11,

tions and arms embargoes, modern democracies make

exposing the official story – and the resulting global War

tin-pot dictators and rogue states mend their ways – that

on Islamic Terror – as based on myth and misinformation.

the application of economic pressure is easily the most

Satanic Purses examines how misguided notions about

effective way to curb aggression and encourage respect

the structure and financing of terrorist groups have

for human rights.

diverted attention from more useful measures, and per-

R.T. Naylor demonstrates that economic warfare fails

petuated the “War on Terror.” Naylor argues that bin La-den’s role in various terrorist

almost everywhere it is attempted, and that even when it

activities has been grossly exaggerated and that the idea of al-Qa-’idah as a well-financed, centrally directed move-

ed but also frequently the precise opposite of their adver-

ment is a fable akin to misconceptions about the Mafia.

awkward embrace of the Soviet Union. Everywhere that

Satanic Purses makes clear that the myths surrounding the

economic pressures have been used to either replace or

war on terror, especially the alleged existence of hordes of

augment military actions, the result has been confusion

Islamic terror dollars, have led Western countries, particu-

leading to criminality. From east to west, from before WWI

succeeds, it has consequences that are not only unintendtised result. For instance, embargoes drove Cuba into the

larly the US, to policies that create death and disorder

to the recent confrontations with Pakistan, Bosnia, and

abroad and the loss of due process and privacy at home.

Iraq, the legacy of economic warfare has been money

Naylor shows that the secret agendas behind, and the private interests that profit from, an illusory War on Terror

laundering, gun-running, drug smuggling, and evasion of the rule of law.

may be far more dangerous than the events that led to it.

Naylor’s approach is at once epic and anecdotal. His

With eloquence and precision, Naylor explains how and

survey is populated by a bizarre underworld of warriors

why a story so contrary to easily verifiable reality was

and smugglers, gangsters and spies, whose singular

concocted and accepted.

careers would be comic if they weren’t absolutely real.

“This book is terrific!” –The Globe and Mail

“Combines scholarship with immediacy and gripping good stories.” –Vancouver Sun

Historian, criminologist, and political economist, R.T. Naylor is professor of economics at McGill University where his main fields of research are black markets, smuggling, and international financial crime. He is the author of many books, including Hot Money and the Politics of Debt and Wages of Crime.

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CA N A D I A N H I STO RY

SOCIAL THEORY • PHILOSOPHY

York University

The Book of Absolutes

The Way Must Be Tried

A Critique of Relativism and a Defence of Universals

Michiel Horn

William D. Gairdner A lively and well-illustrated account of the growth of a major Canadian university.

“Strikingly original and important.” –Tom Flanagan, University of Calgary

In 1955 a group of Toronto professionals began discussions

Current dogma holds that all cultures and moral values

on expanding adult education in their city. The outcome

are conditional, nothing human is innate, and Einstein

was York University, which opened in 1960 with 76 stu-

proved that the whole universe is “relative.” Challenging

dents. Today, with over 50,000 students in eleven faculties

this position, William Gairdner argues that relativism

on two campuses, York is the third largest university in

is not only logically and morally self-defeating but that

Canada. Faculty and staff have grown from under 20 to

progress in scientific and intellectual disciplines has

nearly 8,000.

actually strengthened the case for absolutes, universals,

In York University: The Way Must Be Tried, Michiel Horn weaves archival research and interviews into a compelling

and constants of nature and human nature. Gairdner refutes the popular belief in cultural rela-

narrative, documenting the development of an institution

tivism by showing that there are hundreds of well-

committed to helping professors and studies reach across

established cross-cultural “human universals.” He then

disciplinary boundaries. He covers the challenges York has

discusses the many universals found in physics – as well

faced through the years – from the 1963 faculty “revolt,” to

as Einstein’s personal regret at how his work was misin-

the troubled search for a successor to founding president

terpreted by the public’s eagerness to promote relativism.

Murray Ross, to the budgetary problems that led to the

Gairdner also gives a lively account of the many universals

resignation of President David Slater, as well as its many

of human biology, including the controversial topic of uni-

innovations and triumphs – including bilingualism at

versal gender differences or “brain sex.” He then looks at

Glendon College, Osgoode Hall Law School’s Parkdale legal

universal concepts of both natural and international law,

clinic, and Canada’s first concurrent Bachelor of Education

and ends by discussing language theory.

program. The philosophies that guide the faculties of ad-

From ethics to Einstein, culture to biology, law to

ministrative studies, fine arts, and environmental studies,

language, The Book of Absolutes makes complex topics ac-

and the ground-breaking research done in science and en-

cessible to a broad audience and demonstrates that there

gineering are explored in detail.

are plenty of certainties, even in our postmodern world.

Archival and current photographs complement Horn’s narrative throughout. Prose and pictures chart the cre-

William Gairdner is a best-selling author, a businessman,

ation of an important Canadian institution whose com-

and independent scholar. His most recent books are Cana-

mitment to solving real-world problems has led to

da’s Founding Debates and The Trouble with Democracy.

important innovations in education and beyond. Michiel Horn is professor emeritus of history, York University, and the author and editor of numerous books, most recently Academic Freedom in Canada: A History. S P E C I F I C AT I O N S

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SOCIAL STU DI ES • GEOGRAPHY

U RBAN STU DI ES • POLITICAL SC I ENCE

The Geography of Aging

The Limits of Boundaries

Preparing Communities for the Surge in Seniors

Why City-regions Cannot be Self-governing

Gerald Hodge

Andrew Sancton

A penetrating look at the coming increase in Canada’s seniors, its effect on communities, and how to plan for it.

Why the growth and flux of city-regions impedes their prospects for increased political autonomy.

Canada’s baby boom generation is about to turn sixty-

With city-regions becoming increasingly important as

five. In barely a decade, the number of senior citizens in

sources of innovation and wealth in our society, does it

every city, town, and village will double – and most com-

follow that their institutions of government will become

munities are largely unprepared to deal with the conse-

increasingly autonomous, allowing them to become

quences for housing, transportation, and community

self-governing?

services. Gerald Hodge uses the latest statistics to map the cur-

Andrew Sancton combines his own broad knowledge of global changes with an outline and comparison of the

rent and future spatial distribution of Canada’s seniors

viewpoints of prominent social scientists to argue that

and their diversity. Drawing on tested aging-environmen-

city regions in western liberal democracies will not and

tal research and years of planning experience, he delin-

cannot be self-governing. Self-government requires a ter-

eates the everyday geography of seniors and proposes a

ritory delineated by official boundaries, but the multiple

comprehensive framework for all communities – large and

boundaries of city-regions, unlike the clear and undisput-

small, urban, suburban, and rural – that will allow them to

ed boundaries of provinces and states, continue to move

respond to the needs of a rapidly aging population while

outward due to the constant growth and expansion of

recognizing the importance of maintaining the independ-

urban populations and services.

ence of their seniors. The Geography of Aging provides an essential perspective for gerontologists, community planners, service

The Limits of Boundaries clearly shows that difficulties in reaching agreements on boundaries fatally limit the capacity of city-regions to be self-governing.

providers, and caregivers, as well as provincial and local policy-makers, to enable them to better respond to the

“An original, substantive, and significant contribution ...

needs of senior citizens now and in the future.

the politics and public finance of local governments are under-researched and this timely book will find a diverse

“Hodge makes a convincing case for recognizing the diver-

and large audience.” –Gilbert Stelter, University of Guelph

sity of community contexts within which seniors reside and provides a helpful roadmap for community officials

Andrew Sancton is professor of political science and direc-

to allow them to take seriously the work of enhancing

tor of the Local Government Program at the University of

seniors’ independence.” –Neil Hanlon, University of

Western Ontario.

Northern British Columbia Gerald Hodge, one of Canada’s foremost community and regional planners, is the author of Planning Canadian Communities, now in its fifth edition. S P E C I F I C AT I O N S

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G E O G RA P HY • CA N A D I A N H I STO RY

N AT I V E S T U D I E S • M E M O I R

available again

Doctor to the North

Terra Nostra, 1550–1950

Thirty Years Treating Heart Disease among the Inuit

The Stories Behind Canada’s Maps

John H. Burgess

Jeffrey S. Murray Foreword by Ian E. Wilson

The experiences of a university heart specialist and consultant to the Inuit of the eastern Canadian Arctic.

A celebration of four centuries of cartographic history.

Maps have been invaluable throughout Canada’s history.

Dr John Burgess was awarded the Order of Canada for

They promised fame and fortune to early merchant-

his services to the Inuit and his teaching and research at

adventurers and guided army commanders. They legit-

McGill University. In Doctor to the North he chronicles his

imized a politician’s dominion and allowed businessmen

remarkable career, from the early influence of his physi-

to stake new claims. And they helped ordinary citizens

cian father, to his medical training at McGill, in the US, and

build communities.

abroad, to eventual roles as a professor of medicine and

Terra Nostra celebrates the mapping of Canada, in part by telling the stories of the exceptional individuals who

director of Cardiology at Montreal General Hospital. For several weeks a year, over three decades, he worked

helped to create the maps. Drawn from the rich carto-

as a consulting cardiologist in the Canadian North, a first-

graphic holdings of Library and Archives Canada, it spans

hand witness to rapidly changing disease patterns among

four centuries – from the portolan charts of the early

the Inuit as a Western lifestyle became more prevalent.

explorers to recent aerial images of east coast ice floes.

Through the stories of some of his Inuit patients, Burgess

Canada’s maps provide evidence of our nation’s technical

presents a broad spectrum of heart diseases and discusses

accomplishments and offer insight into the development

how they can be prevented.

of our geographical knowledge. Terra Nostra provides a beautifully illustrated and timely celebration of the country’s cartographic history.

Doctor to the North provides a unique insight into the making of a heart specialist, researcher, and teacher. It also serves as a history of health care and heart disease in the Canadian Inuit and a cardiology treatise for present

Jeffrey S. Murray, senior archivist at Library and Archives

and future health care workers.

Canada in Ottawa, has helped acquire signficant records on Canada’s cartographic heritage for over twenty years.

“First-hand clinical experience by one of Canada’s leading,

His lifelong interest in Canadian history has resulted in

superbly trained physicians, and the only Canadian who

numerous specialized guides, public exhibitions, and mag-

had the opportunity to "sub specialize" in Arctic cardiology

azine articles.

– a fine biography.” –C. Stuart Houston, author of Steps on the Road to Medicare: Why Saskatchewan Led the Way John Burgess is an emeritus cardiologist at the McGill Health Centre, professor of medicine, McGill University, past-president of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and author of numerous research and review articles in medical journals.

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Les éditions du Septentrion

Footprints Series

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A RT H I STO RY • H I STO RY

ARCTIC STU DI ES

A Russian Paints America

How Peary Reached the Pole

The Travels of Pavel P. Svin’in, 1811–1813

The Personal Story of His Assistant Donald B. MacMillan

Pavel P. Svin’in Introductory material and editing by Marina Swoboda and William Benton Whisenhunt Translated by Marina Swoboda

Donald B. MacMillan Introduction by Genevieve M. LeMoine, Susan A. Kaplan, and Anne Witty A fascinating account of life on Robert E. Peary’s 1908–09 North Pole Expedition.

An intriguing travel narrative by a Russian diplomat in America.

Pavel Petrovich Svin’in (1787/88–1839) was a painter, diplo-

In 1934 Donald B. MacMillan, an accomplished explorer,

mat, and journalist who spent two years as part of the

wrote about his early career as a member of Robert E.

first Russian diplomatic mission to the United States.

Peary’s 1908–09 North Pole Expedition. Now available for

Soon after returning to Russia, Svin’in published a travel

the first time since its original publication, this expanded

narrative of his experiences. A Russian Paints America presents the first complete English translation of Svin’in’s fascinating memoir. Thirtyone original watercolours complement his provocative

edition of How Peary Reached the Pole features a biography of MacMillan and thirty-six images from his handtinted lantern slides. MacMillan used the journal he kept during the expedi-

views on topics such as slavery, religion, politics, and the

tion to provide an intimate view of day-to-day activities

fine arts. Introductory essays by Marina Swoboda and

and relationships with other members of the party, detail-

William Whisenhunt examine Russian-American relations,

ing how he learned to drive dog teams, camp in sub-zero

consider Svin’in’s life and particular role in Russian history,

temperatures, and travel safely across the ice-covered

and set his work in the context of the genre of picturesque

Polar Sea. MacMillan’s experiences and deep admiration

travel – Svin’in clearly did not set out to produce a scholar-

for Peary’s methods, leadership, and many accomplish-

ly account of the United States but a work of literature, at

ments make for fascinating reading.

a time when Russian literary language was in its earliest stages of development. Coinciding with the 200th anniversary of official Russian-American relations, A Russian Paints America is

How Peary Reached the Pole allows us to see Arctic landscapes and Inughuit culture as MacMillan experienced them, providing a perspective from which to consider the northern environmental and cultural issues that

a distinctive work of interdisciplinary and transnational

continue to concern individuals and nations today, one

scholarship that provides a compelling picture of the

hundred years after Peary’s historic expedition.

political and cultural environment in Russia and America in the early nineteenth century.

Susan A. Kaplan, associate professor of anthropology and director of the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic

Marina Swoboda, co-editor of Old Testament Apocrypha in

Studies Center, Bowdoin College, has written extensively

the Slavonic Tradition, is the author of numerous articles

on Alaskan Inuit ethnographic collections and Labrador

in the field of early Russian literature and cultural history.

Inuit prehistory. Genevieve M. LeMoine is curator of the

William Benton Whisenhunt, professor of history, College

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Cen-

of DuPage, is the author of In Search of Legality: Mikhail M.

ter, Bowdoin College, and author of numerous articles on

Speranskii and the Codification of Russian Law.

Canadian and Greenlandic Inuit prehistory. Anne E. Witty is assistant curator of the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center, Bowdoin College, and author of articles on maritime history.

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RELIGIOUS STU DI ES

RELIGIOUS STU DI ES

Is It Possible To Live This Way?

Common Ground A Priest and a Rabbi Read Scripture Together

An Unusual Approach to Christian Existence Volume 1: Faith Volume 2: Hope

Andrew M. Greeley and Jacob Neusner Foreword by Martin E. Marty What happens when two prolific religious scholars sit down and, together, read sacred texts of their different religions?

Luigi Giussani Edited by John Zucchi Translated by Gino Derard, D’Agata, Barbara Gagliotti, and Chris Vath Unusual yet reasonable approaches to living life as a Christian.

Judaism and Christianity meet in scripture, which they share and about which they contend. In Common Ground Father Andrew Greeley and Rabbi Jacob Neusner present

Is It Possible to Live this Way? is a translation of Luigi

their characteristically candid – and often provocative –

Giussani’s Si Può Vivere Così?. Volume 1 addresses the

interpretations of the history, context, and meaning

virtue of faith while Volume 2 addresses the virtue of

of scripture. Written in alternating chapters, Common

hope. A compilation of Giussani’s conversations with

Ground reveals how a rabbi understands Christ, Mary,

young people who have chosen the path of the consecrat-

and St Paul, and how a priest views creation, Abraham

ed life in the Church – that is, have chosen to live their

and Sarah, and the prophets. Neusner calls upon the

lives in the world according to the “evangelical counsels”

ancient Rabbinic approach to scripture – the conversa-

of poverty, chastity, and obedience – it proposes an un-

tional dialogue of “Midrash” – while Greeley creatively

usual yet reasonable approach to living as a Christian.

renews the narrative tradition of Christianity.

As in all his works, Giussani encourages young people to be serious about their own existence and loyal to their

Together they show that differences in responses to scripture enrich the possibilities of biblical renewal.

experience. The conversations reported here are fascinating and insightful, providing support for a way of life that

Andrew M. Greeley is a priest, distinguished sociologist,

today is frequently questioned, rejected, or censured.

journalist, and best-selling author. He is also professor of sociology at the University of Arizona and a research

Monsignor Luigi Giussani (1922–2005) was the founder

associate with the National Opinion Research Center

of the Catholic lay movement Communion and Liberation

(norc), University of Chicago. Jacob Neusner, distin-

in Italy. His works are available in fifteen languages and

guished research professor of religious studies at the

include the trilogy The Religious Sense, At the Origin of the

University of South Florida and professor of religion, Bard

Christian Claim, and Why the Church?.

College, is the author of numerous books, including A Rabbi Talks With Jesus and The Theology of the Oral Torah.

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N AT I V E S T U D I E S • P U B L I C P O L I C Y

First Nations? Second Thoughts

N AT I V E S T U D I E S • P O L I T I C A L S C I E N C E

Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry

Second Edition

The Deception Behind Indigenous Cultural Preservation

Tom Flanagan

Frances Widdowson and Albert Howard

“… an important and courageous work.” –National Post

“An excellent job of pointing out logical inconsistencies in the Aboriginal political movement – a matter of great practical as well as academic importance.” –Tom Flanagan, author of First Nations? Second Thoughts

w i n n e r of the 2000–2001 Donner Prize

Despite the billions of dollars devoted to aboriginal causes,

Native people in Canada continue to suffer all the sympOver the last thirty years Canadian policy on aboriginal

toms of a marginalized existence – high rates of sub-

issues has come to be dominated by an ideology that sees

stance abuse, violence, poverty. Disrobing the Aboriginal

aboriginal peoples as “nations” entitled to specific rights.

Industry argues that the policies proposed to address

Indians and Inuit now enjoy legal privileges that include

these problems – land claims and self government – are

the inherent right to self-government, collective property

in fact contributing to their entrenchment.

rights, immunity from taxation, hunting and fishing rights

By examining the root causes of aboriginal problems,

without legal limits, and free housing, education, and

Frances Widdowson and Albert Howard expose the indus-

medical care. Underpinning these privileges is what Tom

try that has grown up around land claim settlements,

Flanagan describes as “aboriginal orthodoxy” – the belief

showing that aboriginal policy development over the

that prior residence in North America is an entitlement

past thirty years has been manipulated by non-aboriginal

to special treatment.

lawyers and consultants. They analyse all the major aborig-

Flanagan shows that this orthodoxy enriches a small

inal policies, examine issues that have received little criti-

elite of activists, politicians, administrators, and well-

cal attention – child care, health care, education, traditional

connected entrepreneurs, while bringing further misery

knowledge – and propose the comprehensive government

to the very people it is supposed to help. Controversial

provision of health, education, and housing rather than

and thought-provoking, First Nations? Second Thoughts

deficient delivery through Native self-government.

dissects the prevailing ideology that determines public policy towards Canada’s aboriginal peoples. In this updated edition, Flanagan analyzes the develop-

Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry presents a convincing argument that the “Aboriginal Industry” has failed to address the fundamental economic and cultural basis of

ments of the last ten years, showing how a conflict of

native problems, leading instead to policies that offer a

visions has led to a stalemate in aboriginal policy-making.

financial benefit to the leadership while entrenching the

He concludes that aboriginal success will be achieved not

misery of most aboriginal people.

as the result of public policy changes in government but through the actions of the people themselves.

Frances Widdowson is a visiting assistant professor of political science, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Memorial

Tom Flanagan is professor of political science at the

University of Newfoundland. Albert Howard is an

University of Calgary and a member of the Royal Society

instructor and Director of Programs, Kennedy College

of Canada.

of Technology, Toronto.

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GEOGRAPHY • SOCIOLOGY

N AT I V E S T U D I E S • O R A L H I S TO R Y

n e w i n pa p e r

Tides of Change on Grand Manan Island

Uqalurait

Culture and Belonging in a Fishing Community

Compiled and edited by John Bennett and Susan Rowley Foreword by Peter Irniq and David Serkoak

An Oral History of Nunavut

Joan Marshall “Fascinating … the author knows Grand Manan well and has spent years gathering data that is rich and revealing.” –Gerald L. Pocius, Memorial University, Newfoundland

An authoritative and comprehensive compilation of the ancient knowledge of Inuit elders.

Grand Manan Island, a 200-year old fishing village in the

Uqalurait, pointed snowdrifts formed by Arctic blizzards,

Bay of Fundy, has been overwhelmed by globalization,

“would tell us which direction to go in,” says elder Mari-

technology, and changing government policies. Changes

ano Aupilarjuk. This oral history, guided by the traditional

on the island call into question the myth of the rural idyll

knowledge of Inuit elders from across Nunavut, also fol-

and point to an urgent need for reconsideration of urban-

lows the uqalurait.

rural divides. In less than a decade, the island community has faced

Thousands of quotes from over three hundred Inuit elders about their culture and customs cover all aspects of

the degradation of the wild fishery and rapid growth of

traditional life, from raising children to hunting, the land,

aquaculture, an increasing presence of multinational cor-

and architecture, to belief systems, cosmology, and the

porations, new federal initiatives with respect to aborigi-

Inuit’s remarkable ability to make do with what they had.

nal policies, and widespread social dysfunction. Joan

Given the recent creation of Nunavut and current atten-

Marshall uses over twelve years of intensive ethnographic

tion to the Arctic due to climate change, Uqalurait is a

research to chart the nature and pace of social and cultur-

timely source of insight from a people whose values of

al change on Grand Manan, showing how it relates to

sharing and respect for the environment have helped

globalization and environmental degradation, as well as

them to live for centuries at the northern limit of the

to a confluence of outside sources.

inhabitable world.

The personal stories of the Grand Manan people bring to life their local struggles and show how their communi-

“Recuperates and preserves the dwindling knowledge

ty, like other rural and fishing communities across Canada,

of how the Inuit lived prior to moving into permanent

is being inexorably changed by forces outside their control.

settlements … profound and remarkably humorous.” –The Walrus

“The breadth and depth of this study make it a special contribution … the author successfully addresses the

John Bennett is a researcher, writer, and editor specializing

challenges of change in an island community … a truly

in the North and a former editor of the Inuit cultural

groundbreaking piece of work.” –Maureen G. Reed,

magazine Inuktitut. Susan Rowley is associate professor

University of Saskatchewan

of anthropology and sociology and curator of public archaeology, Museum of Anthropology, at the University

Joan Marshall is faculty lecturer in the McGill University

of British Columbia.

School of Environment, and the author of A Solitary Pillar: Montreal’s Anglican Church and the Quiet Revolution.

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A F R I CA N H I STO RY • B R I TI S H H I STO RY

H I STO RY O F R E L I G I O N • WOM E N ’ S STU D I E S

n e w i n pa p e r

n e w i n pa p e r

Blood Ground

The Congrégation de Notre-Dame, Superiors, and the Paradox of Power, 1693–1796

Colonialism, Missions, and the Contest for Christianity in the Cape Colony and Britain, 1799–1853

Colleen Gray

Elizabeth Elbourne An imaginative exploration of power and the public and private lives of Congrégation superiors.

“Masterful, well-researched, and incredibly detailed … a truly thought-provoking read, accessible across a number of disciplines.” –H-SAfrica

w i n n e r Wallace K. Ferguson Prize, Canadian Historical Association

Nuns have often been portrayed as nascent feminists

wi n n e r Joel Gregory Prize, The Canadian Association of African

wielding an exceptional amount of power. In this forma-

Studies

tive study of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame – a religious community of uncloistered women established in

In Blood Ground, Elizabeth Elbourne looks at the complex

Montreal in 1657 – Colleen Gray presents a more nuanced

relationship between the Khoekhoe, the British empire,

view of the foundations and exercise of power within

and the London Missionary Society in the Cape Colony in

the convent.

southern Africa at a time of intense conflict during which

Gray focuses on the social, administrative, political, and

disparate groups competed to mobilize Christianity for

spiritual dimensions of the lives of three Congrégation

their own political ends. Focusing on the period between

superiors – Marie Barbier, Marie-Josèphe Maugue-Garreau,

the arrival of the first LMS missionaries and the conclu-

and Marie Raizenne. By exploring the implications of the

sion of the 1850-53 frontier war, Elbourne traces the tran-

hierarchies of power within the convent and providing

sition from religion to race as the basis for policing the

a thorough analysis of the convent’s relationship with

boundaries of the “white” community. Emphasizing Chris-

the social, religious, and governmental structures that

tianity’s status as a religion of world empire, she explores

surrounded it – taking into account both medieval and

how Christianity provided opportunities for locals but also

Catholic Reformation Europe and seventeenth- and

contributed to their subjugation through ideological

eighteenth-century Canada – Gray reveals the paradoxes

justification of imperial expansion.

inherent in the position of a female superior within the male-dominated sphere of both the church and the larger

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secular community. The Congrégation de Notre-Dame, Superiors, and the Paradox of Power, 1693–1796 not only reconstructs a vanished world but also provides great insight into the

“[the author’s] diligent research immensely enriches our

organization of institutional structures and the complex

understanding of missionary politics.” –American Historical

aspects of power within them.

Review Colleen Gray is adjunct professor, Canadian history, Elizabeth Elbourne is associate professor, history, McGill

Queen’s University.

University.

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CA N A D I A N H I STO RY

Sir Andrew Macphail

The Lansdowne Era

The Life and Legacy of a Canadian Man of Letters

Victoria College, 1946–1963 Edited by Edward Harvey

Ian Ross Robertson Exploring a dynamic period of change and development at the University of Victoria.

“Robertson's comprehensive approach establishes Macphail as a major intellectual force within Canada.” –M. Brook Taylor, Mount St Vincent University

Sir Andrew Macphail (1864–1938), a professor of the his-

Demographic, economic, and social change between 1946

tory of medicine at McGill University, was best-known as

and 1963 affected all of Canadian society and profoundly

an essayist of international renown and founding editor

shaped what was then Victoria College.

of The University Magazine and the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Macphail’s writing – characterized by clarity of expres-

Providing background and context, and bringing together a multiplicity of voices, Edward Harvey documents how one Canadian college responded to the important

sion and support for unpopular positions – allowed him

developments of the time – post-war prosperity, rapid ur-

to develop and document many of the important political,

banization, massive expansion in post-secondary educa-

social, and intellectual themes of his time. He argued for

tion, the “baby boom,” the emergence of a “youth culture.”

the reorganization of the British Empire to reflect the

Individual chapters by distinguished alumni reflect on the

growing importance of Canada and against such modern

legacy of Dean Emeritus Peter Lawson Smith, discuss the

trends and movements as utilitarian education, feminism,

buildings and architecture of the era, highlight initiatives

industrialization, and urbanization. A strong advocate for

to build the institution’s art collection, and look at teach-

the rejuvenation of rural life, he carried out agricultural

ing from the perspective of a young faculty member.

experiments on his native Prince Edward Island. When it became apparent that it was impossible to return to rural

The last years on the Lansdowne campus mark the end of the college era and the beginning of a new university

ideals, Macphail celebrated the world of his rural past in

phase of development. The Lansdowne Era celebrates a

his most memorable work – the posthumously published

rich and colourful period in the University of Victoria’s

The Master’s Wife.

distinguished history.

In this first book-length study Ian Ross Robertson celebrates Macphail’s legacy as a cultural leader in English-

Edward B. Harvey teaches demographic change at the

speaking Montreal who became an iconic figure in articu-

University of Toronto and is president of a Toronto-based

lating a unique identity for Prince Edward Island as an

consulting firm. He is the author of numerous books

embodiment of a traditional way of life.

and articles.

Ian Ross Robertson is professor emeritus of history, University of Toronto at Scarborough, and the awardwinning author of The Tenant League of Prince Edward Island, 1864–1867: Leasehold Tenure in the New World.

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PHILOSOPHY • SELF-HELP

ART OF LIVING SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT

PHILOSOPHY • PETS

Series Editor: Mark Vernon

Philosophy is the great untapped resource of our generation – from Plato to Bertrand Russell, philosophers have provided insights about the matters that concern us all, but today their ideas are often ignored in favour of those provided by self-help works. The Art of Living Series aims to bring philosophical insights to a wider audience. Taking its lead from the concerns of the ancient Greek philosophers, the series asks the question “How should we live?” Authors draw on their personal reflections as well as their philosophical training to write books that enrich, stimulate, and challenge readers’ ideas about how to live their lives.

Illness

Pets

Havi Carel

Erica Fudge

What is illness? Is it a physiological malfunction or a social

Why do we live with pets? What are these beings who are

label? Is it simply the absence of health? How do our

kin but not kind? Erica Fudge looks at the answers offered

physical, social, and emotional worlds change when we

by modern thinkers. Moving from an analysis of the philo-

become ill? Havi Carel addresses these questions by inter-

sophical importance of the Lassie myth to philosophers’

weaving a personal account of her own serious illness

surprisingly similar musings about their cats, she chal-

with a more abstract, philosophical account of illness in

lenges many of our easy assumptions about who, what

general. She argues that illness should be seen not simply

and why pets are. Meditating on our obsession with do-

as a localized biological dysfunction but as a transforma-

mestic animals reveals many of the paradoxes, contradic-

tion of our social, psychological, and physical worlds and

tions, and ambiguities of life and shows that pets are a

our temporal existence. By focusing on illness as a lived

vital resource for contemporary philosophy. True border-

experience, she reveals illness as a life-changing event

creatures – the anthropologist Edmund Leach called them

rather than a limited physiological problem, showing that

man-animals – pets both exemplify and challenge the

the body is not a lifeless container for the self but the core

construction of self and other that is so important in

of human subjectivity and embodied existence.

modern thought. Without pets we might not be the humans we think we are.

“Havi Carel’s theoretical notions on the meaning of life and death were turned upside down when she was diag-

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P H I LO S O P H Y • FA S H I O N

PHILOSOPHY

Clothes

Deception

John Harvey

Ziyad Marar

Choosing our clothes is a sensitive matter and far from

Deception begins at home – the most convincing liars

superficial. John Harvey considers the overlapping values

convince themselves first. Sellers and buyers, parents and

that clothes have for us. They both cover and advertise the

children, friends and lovers conceal from each other that

bodies within them, helping to define us as the men and

they don’t believe or want the same things. Ziyad Marar

women we are. They enroll us in groups, from our own

throws a revealing light on the many ways deception is

circle to our generation worldwide, and pick us out as indi-

woven into the texture of human life: our biological

viduals. Clothes, like their wearers, may compete in claim-

wiring leaves us easy prey to persuasive illusions, while

ing power or the spotlight. They show how we think we

our contradictory desires (for sex and honesty, money

matter – and they can matter themselves in ways that

and kindness, cake and weight loss) force us to create self-

may be both intimate and crucial. Contemporary opinion

serving stories. We manage flattering impressions with

is still divided on whether clothes are the most frivolous

effortless skill, while pretending our sins and self-indul-

of consumer disposables or can take their place as art.

gences are beyond our control. Drawing on insights from

Though we wear and see them every day, the value that

philosophy, psychology, and literature, Marar explores the

they have for us is multiple and fugitive. Harvey attempts

implications of Kant’s humbling thought that “out of the

to sort out the many-coloured wardrobe that distinguish-

crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever

es humans from other creatures.

made.”

John Harvey is reader in literature and visual culture at

Ziyad Marar is the author of The Happiness Paradox and

the University of Cambridge.

deputy managing director and publishing director at Sage Publications.

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PH I LOSOPHY • SPORT

P H I LO S O P HY • S EXUA L I T Y

Sport

Sex

Colin McGinn

Seiriol Morgan

This book is about the human love of sport. Sport is a lived

A source of intense life-affirming pleasure when it is pres-

experience of the integration of mind and body: anyone

ent and going well or frustration and misery when it is

who has hit a winning serve, a perfect drive, a home run

absent or unsatisfying, sex is one of the central mecha-

knows that mind and body are completely interwoven at

nisms through which individuals can bring happiness or

that moment. If a happy life is one that fully expresses our

hurt to the lives of others, as well as their own. It also has

natural faculties, then sports must play an essential role in

a peculiar power to tempt us to act against our own best

that life. Philosopher and athlete Colin McGinn describes

interests and judgments. Seiriol Morgan explores the phi-

the athletic experience from the inside, capturing what is

losophy of sex, offering an accessible analysis of the place

uniquely valuable about sport as an activity. Mind-body

of sex in human life and a discussion of the kinds of sexu-

unity, practical knowledge, peak experiences, success and

al lives that might be compatible with living well. She be-

failure, the ethics of competition, fitness and death – all

gins with a discussion of the nature of sexual desire, using

these are woven into the story of an athletic life. McGinn

examples from anecdote and literature to bring out its

is able to put our passion for sport into conceptual per-

complexities and focusing particularly on the ways in

spective, showing that sport is a complex and revealing

which bodily and psychological elements interact to con-

human activity.

struct the many and various sexual desires and quirks we experience. Special attention is paid to the darker aspects

Colin McGinn is professor of philosophy at the University

of eroticism and the dangers these can pose. Later chap-

of Miami.

ters discuss such issues as fidelity, promiscuity, and seduction, as well as more broadly social concerns such as pornography and the importance of the family. Seiriol Morgan is senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Bristol.

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PHILOSOPHY • SOCIOLOGY

PHILOSOPHY

Work

Hunger

Lars Svendsen

Raymond Tallis

Work is one of the most universal features of human life.

Understanding hunger is the key to understanding our-

Often associated with tedium and boredom, it conflicts

selves. While our hungers seem the most obvious things

with the things we would otherwise love to do. Thinking

about us, they are also deeply mysterious, arising out of,

of work primarily as a burden – an activity we would

and casting light on, the unique character of human con-

rather be without – goes back at least as far as ancient

sciousness. In humans, physiological need is transformed

Greece, whose philosophers generally regarded work as a

into a multitude of demands that are remote from organ-

terrible curse. Yet research shows that it prolongs life and

ic necessity. Even first-level biological hunger is experi-

is generally good for people’s physical and mental health.

enced differently in humans, and little in human feeding

Our attitudes toward work have changed significantly

behaviour has any parallel in the animal kingdom. Ray-

in the last decades and increased recognition of it as a

mond Tallis takes us through the different levels of our

crucial source of meaning and social identity has led to

hunger, showing that our primary appetites give rise to

increased demands for opportunities to find meaning and

a myriad of pleasures and tastes that are elaborated in

self-realization in the workplace. Lars Svendsen argues

second-level hedonistic hungers, creating new values.

that we need to complete this reorientation of our feel-

The evolution of appetite into desire opens the way to

ings about work and collapse the differences between

social hungers such as the hunger for acknowledgement.

leisure and work. We must think of work not only as

Awareness of death awakens a further level of hunger

productive but as recreative – in other words, much more

for something that lies beyond the pell-mell of successive

like leisure.

experiences leading towards extinction. The art of living is the art of managing our hungers.

Lars Svendsen is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Bergen, Norway. His previous books include

Raymond Tallis was professor of geriatric medicine at

A Philosophy of Boredom and Fashion: A Philosophy.

the University of Manchester until he left to become a full-time writer in 2006.

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P H I L O S O P H Y • C U LT U R A L S T U D I E S

PHILOSOPHY • SELF-HELP

Fame

Wellbeing

Mark Rowlands

Mark Vernon

One of the most distinctive cultural phenomena of recent

The politics of wellbeing and the new science of happiness

years has been the increasing fame of fame. Mark Rowlands

have become increasingly popular since Martin Seligman

argues that our obsession with fame has transformed it:

coined the phrase “positive psychology” and connected it

no longer associated with excellence or achievement in

to the idea of the good life. So why, ten years later, does

a field of endeavour, it is now unconnected to any dis-

much of the discussion – “work less,”“earn enough,”“keep

cernible distinction, allowing a person to be famous sim-

fit,”“find meaning,”“enjoy freedoms” – sound uninspired?

ply for being famous. To understand this new form of

Mark Vernon argues that it is because the central question

fame, simultaneously fascinating and worthless, Row-

– just what is wellbeing? – is not properly addressed. He

lands shows that we have to understand a dispute that

shows, surprisingly, that wellbeing is not found in a focus

began in ancient Greece between Plato and Protagoras

on pleasure, or even the pursuit of happiness itself. Rather,

and was continued in a remarkable philosophical experi-

it is a question of meaning and responding to the great

ment in eighteenth-century France. Somewhat like

challenge of our day: the search for transcendence. At root,

contestants on a reality TV show, we find ourselves, unwit-

the life that is going well is based on love: it is love that

tingly, playing out the consequences of this experiment.

draws us out of ourselves toward friends, hopes, and, ultimately, the contemplation of mystery.

Mark Rowlands is professor of philosophy at the University of Miami. His books include The Philosopher at the End

Mark Vernon is a freelance writer and journalist. He is an

of the Universe and Everything I Know I Learned From TV.

honorary research fellow of Birkbeck College, London.

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POLITICAL SCIENCE • PHILOSOPHY

PHILOSOPHY

The Absolute Violation

The Philosophy of Agamben

Why Torture Must Be Prohibited

Catherine Mills

Richard S. Matthews A critical introduction to the work o f Giorgio Agamben – a leading figure in Italian philosophy and radical political theory.

An unprecedented, empirically rich philosophical challenge to the use of torture in state-sponsored interrogation.

State torture has found an increasing number of defend-

Giorgio Agamben has gained widespread popularity in

ers in law, philosophy, and public policy. Their defences

recent years for his rethinking of radical politics and his

often ignore the empirical literature on torture and thus

approach to meta-physics and language. However, the ex-

misunderstand its nature and the damage it does, as well

traordinary breadth of historical, legal, and philosophical

as accepting the illusory benefits it promises.

sources that contribute to the complexity and depth of

Richard Matthews challenges the increasing accept-

Agamben’s thinking can also make his work intimidating.

ability of state-sponsored torture interrogation, repudiat-

Catherine Mill’s critical introduction covers the full

ing any possible justifications. He confronts its various

range of Agamben’s work, presenting his key concerns –

supporters – ticking time bomb and tragic choice theo-

metaphysics, language and potentiality, aesthetics and

rists, utilitarians, legal scholars – and draws from philoso-

poetics, sovereignty, law and biopolitics, ethics and testi-

phy, medicine, psychiatry, survivor and torturer narratives,

mony – as well as his powerful vision of post-historical

history, feminism, the experience of working intelligence

humanity.

officials, anthropology, and game theory to illustrate that no moral justification for torture can be supported. The Absolute Violation is essential reading for philosophers, lawyers, judges, human rights activists, military,

“Mills has written an important, original book that will transform the received understanding of Agamben’s work in the humanities and social sciences. Her unapologetical-

police and intelligence officers, medical professionals, and

ly philosophical interpretation is required reading for

anyone who is interested in forcefully countering the

those who wish to assess the true impact and significance

recent trend towards moral justification of torture.

of Agamben’s interventions in politics, aesthetics, and culture.” –Paul Fletcher, Lancaster University

Richard Matthews is assistant professor of philosophy, Mount Allison University.

Catherine Mills is lecturer in philosophy, University of New South Wales, Sydney.

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PHILOSOPHY

PHILOSOPHY

Theodor Adorno

Merleau-Ponty

Key Concepts

Key Concepts

Edited by Deborah Cook

Edited by Rosalyn Diprose and Jack Reynolds

An introduction to the writings of Theodor Adorno.

“This is a truly impressive volume. All of the essays are clear and rigorous and the themed sections very helpful for readers.” –Leonard Lawlor, University of Memphis

The issues Theodor Adorno explored in his work are as

Initially overshadowed by Sartre and Heidegger, Merleau-

pressing today as in the past and his arguments continue

Ponty’s work is arguably now more widely influential than

to affect disciplines as diverse as philosophy, sociology,

that of either of his two contemporaries. Merleau-Ponty:

psychology, cultural studies, musicology, and literary theo-

Key Concepts presents an accessible guide to his core

ry. Even as Adorno contests many of the premises of the

ideas, his influences, and his importance for a wide range

philosophical tradition, he reinvigorates that tradition

of disciplines. The first section shows how Merleau-

with his concerted attempt to stem catastrophic tenden-

Ponty’s thinking was influenced by the major debates of

cies in the West. Expert contributors make Adorno accessi-

his time, particularly existentialism, phenomenology, the

ble to a new generation of readers without simplifying his

history of philosophy, and the philosophy of history and

thought, providing readers with the key concepts needed

society. The second section outlines his major contribu-

to decipher Adorno’s often daunting books and essays and

tions and conceptual innovations. The final section focus-

showing the way through the labyrinth of his work.

es on how his work has been taken up in fields outside philosophy, notably sociology, cognitive science, health

Contribuors include Deborah Cook, Ståle Finke, Fabian Freyenhagen,

studies, and feminism.

Espen Hammer, Pauline Johnson, Brian O’Connor, Alison Stone, Marianne Tettlebaum, Ross Wilson, and Robert W. Witkin.

Contributors include Harry Adams, Thomas Busch, Taylor Carman,

Deborah Cook is professor of philosophy at the University

Crossley, Fred Evans, Shaun Gallagher, Sonia Kruks, David Morris, Ann

of Windsor.

Murphy, Philipa Rothfield, Michael Sanders, Hugh Silverman, Beata

Suzanne Cataldi, David Cerbone, Scott Churchill, Diana Coole, Nick

Stawarska, Ted Toadvine, and Gail Weiss.

Rosalyn Diprose is associate professor in philosophy at the University of New South Wales. Jack Reynolds is lecturer in philosophy at La Trobe University.

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PHILOSOPHY

Pierre Bourdieu

Albert Camus

Key Concepts

From the Absurd to Revolt

Edited by Michael Grenfell

John Foley

An introduction to the writings of Pierre Bourdieu.

“A masterful job of research and analysis, beautifully incorporating the full range of Camus’ writings.” –David Sprintzen, Long Island University, and author of Camus: A Critical Examination

The French social philosopher Pierre Bourdieu (1930–2002)

Adopting an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses

is now recognised as one of the major thinkers of the

philosophy, literature, politics, and history, John Foley

twentieth century. In a career of over fifty years, Bourdieu

examines the full breadth of Camus’ ideas to provide a

studied a wide range of topics: education, culture, art,

rigorous guide to his political and philosophical thought,

politics, economics, literature, law, and philosophy. He

making a significant contribution to current debates in

developed a highly specialised series of concepts that he

Camus research. Foley argues that Camus’ thought can

referred to as his “thinking tools,” and used them to un-

best be understood through analysis of the concepts of

cover the workings of contemporary society. Pierre Bour-

“the absurd” and “revolt” and the relationship between

dieu: Key Concepts looks at some of his most important

them. The book includes a detailed discussion of Camus’

concepts, examining them in detail. Each chapter deals

writings for the newspaper Combat, a systematic analysis

with an individual concept and is written for both the

of the discussion of the moral legitimacy of political

student with little or no previous knowledge of Bourdieu

violence and terrorism, a reassessment of the prevailing

and the more experienced reader.

postcolonial critique of Camus’ humanism, and a sustained analysis of Camus’ most commonly neglected

Contributors include Nicolas Crossley, Cecile Deer, Steve Fuller,

work, L’Homme révolté (The Rebel). Written with sufficient

Michael Grenfell, Cheryl Hardy, Karl Maton, Robert Moore,

detail and clarity to satisfy both academic and student

Derek Robbins, Dan Schubert, and Patricia Thomson.

audiences, Albert Camus: From the Absurd to Revolt is an important discussion and defence of Camus’ philosophical

“The book manages that extraordinary feat of offering

thought.

both accessible introductions to Bourdieu’s concepts that are ‘good to think with’ whilst also offering a depth of

“Among the vast array of existing Camus scholarship

analysis that will engage scholars already familiar with

I have never read a more thorough presentation or judi-

Bourdieu’s work. Whether a chapter says something new

cious defense of Camus’ work than this.” –David Carroll,

about familiar concepts like habitus, field, or capital, or it

University of California, Irvine and author of Albert Camus

introduces less discussed concepts like conatus, the writ-

the Algerian

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PHILOSOPHY

PHILOSOPHY

Robert Brandom

The Ethical Canary

Jeremy Wanderer

Science, Society, and the Human Spirit

A complete introduction to the work of Robert Brandom.

Margaret Somerville “The Ethical Canary … throws welcome light on a debate that we can’t avoid.” –MacLean’s

Jeremy Wanderer offers students a clear introduction to

Shortlisted for the 2000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for

the philosophy of Robert Brandom, in particular his monu-

political writing and the Science in Society Book Award

mental work Making It Explicit, one of the most significant and daunting philosophical works of recent years. The

Every day we hear news about medical or scientific break-

book provides a clear sense of Brandom’s project, moti-

throughs and the complex ethical issues they raise. Feats

vates a close reading of the core text, and offers a context

that were never before possible, including cloning, geneti-

for an initial assessment and critique of Brandom’s think-

cally modifying food, mapping human chromosomes, and

ing. It highlights some of the philosophical problems that

using animal organs for human transplants, have opened

Brandom seeks to solve and explores the wider implica-

up a Pandora’s box of ethical questions. Technology is

tions of his account. The first book to place Brandom’s

advancing at such rate that the issue is not so much what

work squarely within contemporary Anglo-American phi-

we can do but rather whether we will do it. Margaret

losophy and the broader history of philosophy, it will be a

Somerville, a leading international authority on medicine,

valuable resource for advanced students and philosophers

ethics, and the law, demonstrates that society must set

tackling this challenging body of work.

ethically acceptable limits on scientific advances. In this controversial, and timely book Somerville sheds light on

Jeremy Wanderer is lecturer in philosophy at the University

the urgent ethical and legal questions that vie for our

of Cape Town.

attention. Along the way, she calls upon us to recognize the mysteries that lie at the heart of our lives and the metaphysical reality that gives meaning to life. The Ethical Canary is a major contribution to the

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Margaret Somerville, who was recently chosen as the unesco, is the founding director of the McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law, and holds professorships in both the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University.

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C O N F L I C T S T U D I E S • M I L I TA R Y S T U D I E S

C U LT U R A L S T U D I E S • P O L I T I C A L S C I E N C E

Critique of Security

Cultures of the War on Terror

Mark Neocleous

Empire, Ideology, and the Remaking of 9/11

“This is an adventurous and radical book. It is seeking to create new trends in security studies.” –Barry Buzan, London School of Economics

David Holloway Making sense of crisis through culture – an interdisciplinary historical analysis of 9/11 and the “war on terror.”

The contemporary political imagination and social land-

In an interdisciplinary study of representations of 9/11

scape have been almost overwhelmed by worries about

and the “war on terror” during the Bush era, David

security. These concerns have led to the emergence of a

Holloway shows that culture often functioned as a

minor industry generating ideas about how to define

vital resource for citizens attempting to make sense of

security, how to defend and improve it, how to civilise

momentous historical events that seemed well beyond

and democratise it. In Critique of Security Mark Neocleous

their influence or control.

takes an entirely different approach.

Holloway discusses representations of 9/11 and the

Challenging the common assumption that security is

war on terror in Hollywood film, novels, mass media, visu-

an unquestionable good, Neocleous explores the ways in

al art and photography, political discourse, and revisionist

which security has been used in the service of a vision of

historical accounts of the American “empire” created

social order in which state power and liberal subjectivity

between the 11 September attacks and the Congressional

become an integral part of human experience. Treating

midterm elections in 2006. He suggests that the culture

security as a political technology for liberal order-building

of the period not only prompted international crises in

and engaging with a wide range of thinkers and subject

security, governance, and law but also points to a “crisis”

areas – security studies and international political econo-

unfolding in the institutions and processes of US republi-

my; history, law, and political theory; international rela-

can democracy.

tions and historical sociology – Neocleous explores the

Cultures of the War on Terror offers a cultural and ideo-

ways in which individuals, classes, and the state have been

logical history of the period, showing how culture was

shaped and ordered according to a logic of security. In so

used to debate, legitimize, qualify, contest, or repress dis-

doing, he uncovers the violence that underlies the politics

cussion about the broader meanings of 9/11 and the war

of security, the ideological links between security and

on terror.

emergency powers, and the fetish for security that is dominating modern politics.

“An excellent cultural history of our epoch, full of original

Mark Neocleous is professor of the Critique of Political

Media Spectacle and the Crisis of Democracy

insight and interpretation.” –Douglas Kellner, author of Economy at Brunel University, and a member of the editorial collective of Radical Philosophy. His previous books

David Holloway, senior lecturer in American studies,

include The Monstrous and the Dead, Imagining the State,

University of Derby, is author of The Late Modernism

The Fabrication of the Social Order, Fascism, and Adminis-

of Cormac McCarthy, and co-editor of American Visual

tering Civil Society.

Cultures.

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CA N A D I A N H I STO RY

H I STO RY • CA N A D I A N H I STO RY

A Silent Revolution?

Lady Landlords of Prince Edward Island

Gender and Wealth in English Canada, 1860–1930

Imperial Dreams and the Defence of Property

Peter Baskerville

Rusty Bittermann and Margaret McCallum The increasing involvement of women in business and finance in turn-of-thecentury urban Canada.

A lively look at estate management and resistance to land reform in nineteenthcentury Prince Edward Island through the life stories of four elite British women landowners.

A Silent Revolution? explores how urban women managed

The 1767 decision to divide Prince Edward Island among

wealth at a time when they were thought to have little

elite British grantees shaped Island history for more than

independence – including economic – and shows that

a century. Lady Landlords of Prince Edward Island examines

women were in fact important players in the world of

this history through the lives of four women who, due to

capital.

the vagaries of family formation and inheritance, became

Peter Baskerville situates women in their immediate

Island landlords.

gendered and familial environments as well as within

As absentee owners of large estates, each of the four

broader legal, financial, spatial, temporal, and historio-

women faced challenges from those who wanted land re-

graphical contexts. He analyses women’s probates, wills,

distributed in freehold lots to actual settlers. Their individ-

land ownership, holdings of real and chattel mortgages,

ual management strategies were determined in part by

investment in stocks and bonds, and self employment,

class standing and marital status, as well as individual ec-

revealing that women controlled wealth to an extent

centricities and prejudices. Drawing on family and official

similar to that of most men and invested and managed

papers, Rusty Bittermann and Margaret McCallum provide

wealth in increasingly similar, and in some cases more

engaging portraits of these women – orphaned heiress,

aggressive, ways.

prudent wife and property manager, countess estranged

Traditional historiography has highlighted women’s

from her husband, independent spinster – as they negoti-

fight to acquire cultural and political rights during this

ated relations of power and privilege in a domain domi-

period, but it is less well known that women acquired and

nated by men.

exercised many economic rights as well. In doing so they

Lady Landlords of Prince Edward Island is a compelling

put pressure on men to reconceptualize the notion of

narrative that provides a unique perspective on landed

middle class and women’s proper place.

society in England in the age of industrialization and reform, making an important contribution to trans-Atlantic,

“Potentially, one of the most important books in the last

British social, legal, and women’s histories.

two decades in Canadian social history.” –David Burley, history, University of Winnipeg

Rusty Bittermann is a professor of history, St Thomas University, and author of Rural Protest on Prince Edward

One of Canada’s leading business social scientists, Peter

Island: From British Colonization to the Escheat Movement.

Baskerville is professor of history, University of Victoria,

Margaret McCallum teaches in the Faculty of Law at the

in-coming chair of Modern Western Canadian History,

University of New Brunswick.

University of Alberta, and the author of several books.

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CA N A D I A N H I STO RY • Q U E B E C H I STO RY

CANADIAN POLITICS • POLITICAL SCIENCE

A Short History of Quebec

Secession and Self

Fourth Edition

Gregory Millard

Quebec in Canadian Thought

John A. Dickinson and Brian Young “A deliciously creative synthesis of current schools of liberal thought … the argument, engaging, informative, and accessible, may be the apogee of several decades of thought on this matter.” –Katherine Fierlbeck, Dalhousie University

“The best book currently available in English on the history of Quebec.” –The Ottawa Citizen

Written by two of Quebec’s most respected historians,

The possibility of Quebec’s departure has long haunted

A Short History of Quebec offers a concise yet comprehen-

Canadian politics, and English-speaking Canadians have

sive overview of the province from the pre-contact native

resisted such a break. But why, and how, does Quebec’s

period to the present-day. John Dickinson and Brian Young bring a refreshing per-

membership in the existing constitutional order matter to Canadians outside Quebec?

spective to the history of Quebec, focusing on the social

Secession and Self goes beyond debates over the eco-

and economic development of the region as well as the

nomic and institutional effects of Quebec separation to

identity issues of its diverse peoples. This revised fourth

look at the normative dimensions of resistance to seces-

edition covers Quebec’s recent political history and in-

sion. Drawing from Charles Taylor, James Tully, and many

cludes an updated bibliography and chronology and new

others, Gregory Millard explores the central role Quebec

illustrations. A Canadian classic, A Short History of Quebec

plays in ideas of what makes Canada worthwhile. He

now takes into account such issues as the 1995 referendum,

argues that a break with Quebec would impair Canada’s

recent ideological shifts and societal changes, considers

ability to realize ideals such as liberalism, fraternity, and

Quebec’s place in North America in the light of nafta,

developmental accounts of citizenship and would under-

and offers reflections on the Gérard Bouchard-Charles

cut attempts to locate Canadian identity in narratives of

Taylor Commission on Accommodation and Cultural

history and place. In lieu of a single argument against the

Differences in 2008. Engagingly written, this expanded and updated fourth edition is an ideal place to learn about the dynamic history of Quebec.

departure of Quebec, Millard considers the variety and richness of the affirmations involved in Quebec-in-Canada as a particular kind of multinational state. Taking into account the many efforts to grapple with one of the deepest challenges in Canadian history,

John A. Dickinson teaches Quebec history at the Université

Secession and Self provides an insightful account of the

de Montréal. Brian Young teaches Quebec history at

variegated ties between Canada, Quebec, and visions

McGill University.

of the good. “This is an important subject and Millard's execution and enterprise are solid.” –Stephen Brooks, University of Windsor Gregory Millard teaches Canadian politics and political thought at Kwantlen University College, Surrey, British Columbia.

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CA N A D I A N H I STO RY

CA N A D I A N H I STO RY

Tenants in Time

Uniting in Measures of Common Good

Family Strategies, Land, and Liberalism in Upper Canada, 1799–1871

The Construction of Liberal Identities in Central Canada

Catharine Anne Wilson

Darren Ferry

Life as a tenant farmer in a society where ownership was revered but tenancy was of vital importance.

Examining the critical role of nineteenth-century voluntary associations in disseminating liberal values throughout central Canadian society.

The freeholding pioneer is a powerful image in settlement

In a compelling and comprehensive treatment of the

history – Tenants in Time tells a different story. Tenancy,

nineteenth-century voluntary association movement,

though relegated to the periphery by the liberal idealiza-

Darren Ferry situates these organizations within the much

tion of ownership, was a common and vital part of the

larger framework of the construction of collective liberal

economy and society. Against a background of interna-

identities. He shows that by attempting to transcend the

tional land agitation and using an inter-disciplinary ap-

political, religious, class, and ethnic divisions of their con-

proach, Catharine Wilson looks at life as a tenant farmer,

stituencies, voluntary societies acted as cultural mediators

providing new insights into family strategies, land mar-

in the reproduction, transmission, and contestation of

kets, and the growth of liberalism.

liberal values throughout central Canadian society.

Using evidence from across Upper Canada she shows

Ferry examines a wide selection of voluntary societies –

how tenancy transformed the landscape and tied old and

mechanics’ institutes, mutual benefit organizations, agri-

new settlers together in a continuum of mutual depend-

cultural associations, temperance societies, and literary

ence that was essential to settlement, capital creation,

and scientific associations. He reinterprets the history

and social mobility. Her analysis of customary rights re-

of these organizations in terms of their own internal

veals a landlord-tenant relationship – and a concept of

tensions over liberal doctrines and the effect of social,

ownership – more complex and flexible than previously

cultural, and economic change and compares the effects

understood. Landlords, from ordinary farmers to absentee

of liberalism on rural and urban associations and on

aristocrats, are also part of the story and the much-

societies in both English and French Canada.

criticized clergy reserves take a positive role. An intimate exploration of Cramahe Township follows tenants over

Anchored with an array of archival documentation – minute books, lectures, associational periodicals, personal

the generations as they supported their families and

papers, pamphlets, and tracts – Uniting in Measures of

combined liberal ideas with household-centered ways.

Common Good illuminates the experience of ordinary

From aggregate statistics to individual human dramas,

Canadians within the voluntary association movement

Tenants in Time unravels the life of the tenant farmer in

as well as the relations of the movement with the larger

a wonderfully documented, engaging, and compelling

liberal society.

argument. Darren Ferry teaches history at McMaster University. Catharine Anne Wilson is professor of history, University of Guelph, and the author of the award-winning works A New Lease on Life and Reciprocal Work Bees and the Meaning of Neighbourhood.

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POLITICAL SCIENCE • FOREIGN POLICY

CA N A D I A N H I STO RY

Branding Canada

British Businessmen and Canadian Confederation

Projecting Canada’s Soft Power through Public Diplomacy

Constitution Making in an Era of Anglo-Globalization

Evan H. Potter

Andrew Smith Looking at Canada’s public diplomacy abroad through culture, international education, and international broadcasting.

The role played by British financiers in Canadian Confederation.

The communications revolution and increased democrati-

Without pressure from a small but influential group of

zation and globalization have made every country more

London financiers, Confederation would not have occurred

aware of its image and reputation – its “national brand.”

in 1867, if at all. These financiers supported the unification

Whether a country needs to build international coalitions

of the British North American colonies because they be-

against terrorism, encourage cooperation to protect the

lieved it would rescue their under-performing investments

environment, or attract investment and skilled labour, in-

and keep British North America within the British Empire.

fluencing foreign public opinion is now as crucial to national success as negotiating with foreign governments. Evan Potter analyses how the federal government has used the instruments of public diplomacy – cultural pro-

Andrew Smith discusses the role of British investors in Canadian Confederation, covering the period from the construction of the Grand Trunk Railroad in the 1850s to Canada’s purchase of Rupert’s Land in 1869–70. He de-

grams, international education, international broadcast-

scribes how some investors lobbied the British govern-

ing, trade, and investment promotion – to exercise

ment for the policies that made Confederation possible,

Canada’s soft power internationally. He argues that pro-

working closely with the Fathers of Confederation, many

tecting and nurturing a distinct national identity are es-

of whom were participants in the same trans-Atlantic

sential to Canada’s sovereignty and prosperity, and

crony-capitalist system. British factory owners with classi-

suggests ways to achieve this through the strategic exer-

cal liberal beliefs, however, disliked Confederation because

cise of public diplomacy, at home and abroad. In offering the first comprehensive overview of the origins, development, and implementation of the country’s public diplomacy, Branding Canada offers policy advice on

they believed it would delay the political independence of the North American colonies, something they saw as beneficial. British Businessmen and Canadian Confederation

Canada’s approach and advances the thinking on public

reminds Canadians that most contemporaries of Confed-

diplomacy in general.

eration saw it as a way to preserve the colonists’ bonds with Britain rather than to expand their political autono-

Evan H. Potter is assistant professor in the Department of

my. It should interest a wide audience – from students

Communication, University of Ottawa. He is the founding

of Canadian political history to historians interested in

editor of the Canadian Foreign Policy journal and a former

Victorian globalization.

Fulbright Visiting Chair in Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern

Andrew Smith is assistant professor of Canadian history,

California. He is the author of Cyberdiplomacy: Foreign

Laurentian University.

Policy in the 21st Century.

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P U B L I C P O L I C Y • I N T E R N AT I O N A L R E L AT I O N S

Canadian Water Politics

Canada Among Nations, 2008

Conflicts and Institutions

100 Years of Canadian Foreign Policy

Edited by Mark Sproule-Jones, Carolyn Johns, and B. Timothy Heinmiller

Edited by Robert Bothwell and Jean Daudelin A look back at a century of Canada’s engagement with the world.

“An excellent study - with sound scholarship and impressively-clear writing – and a key contribution to evolving policy debates.” –Robert Boardman, Dalhousie University

Water, an increasingly valuable multiple-use resource, is

This year’s edition of Canada Among Nations offers a

the source of continuing conflict in Canada and abroad. Its

critical overview of a number of landmarks in the last

use and control presents significant challenges to govern-

hundred years of Canadian foreign policy. The editors take

ments, stakeholders, and citizens. Canadian Water Politics

a critical look at the now almost mainstream “declinist”

explores the nature of water use conflicts and the need

thesis and at the continued relevance of Canada’s rela-

for institutional designs and reforms to meet the gover-

tionships with its principal allies – the United Kingdom,

nance challenges now and in the future. The editors pres-

France, and the United States. Contributors discuss a

ent an overview of the properties of water, the nature of

broad range of themes, including the weight of a chang-

water uses, and the institutions that underpin water poli-

ing identity in the evolution of the country’s foreign policy,

tics. Contributors highlight specific water policy concerns

the fate of Canadian diplomacy as a profession, the often

and conflicts in various parts of Canada and cover a wide

complicated relationship between foreign and trade poli-

range of issues. Canada – with its Great Lakes, three oceans, and border

cies, the impact of immigration and refugee procedures on foreign policy, and the evolving understanding of

with the US – provides an ideal reference point for study-

development and defence as components of Canada’s

ing water use rivalries, conflicts, and governance globally.

foreign policy.

Canadian Water Politics is an essential source for citizens, officials, academics and students, and contributes to our

Contributors include Robert Bothwell (University of Toronto), Duane

understanding of natural resource management and envi-

Bratt (Mount Royal College), Daryl Copeland (DFAIT), Jean Daudelin

ronmental policy.

(Carleton University), Greg Donaghy (DFAIT), Fred Edwards (Toronto Star), Julie Gilmour (University of Toronto), David Haglund (Queen’s

Mark Sproule-Jones is professor in the Department of

University), Justin Massie (Queen’s University), John Meehan (Univer-

Political Science and the Victor K. Copps Chair of Urban

sity of Toronto), Kathleen Rasmussen (US State Dept.), Roger Sarty

Studies, McMaster University. Carolyn Johns is associate

(Wilfrid Laurier University), William Schabas (William National Uni-

professor in the Department of Politics and Public Admin-

versity of Ireland), Ian Smillie (Partnership Africa Canada), and Cara

istration, Ryerson University. B. Timothy Heinmiller is as-

Spittal (University of Toronto).

sistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Brock University.

Robert Bothwell is professor of history and director of the International Relations Program at the University of Toronto. Jean Daudelin is assistant professor at The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University.

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BIOGRAPHY

How Ottawa Spends 2008–2009

Robert Stanfield’s Canada

A More Orderly Federalism?

Perspectives of the Best Prime Minister We Never Had

Edited by Allan M. Maslove

Richard Clippingdale

Analyzing the Harper government’s agenda in the context of changing federal-provincial relations.

The political legacy of an extraordinary Canadian.

The twenty-ninth edition of How Ottawa Spends focuses

A successful Conservative with a track record as a winner,

on the policies of the Harper government and the course

Robert L. Stanfield (1914–2003) brought Diefenbaker’s frag-

of federal-provincial relations. Leading scholars of Canadi-

mented Tories to high ratings in the polls and came within

an public policy explore several key policy areas, including

two seats of defeating Trudeau in the 1972 federal election.

fiscal balance in the federation, tax policy, regulatory

In Robert Stanfield’s Canada, Richard Clippingdale re-

capacity, the federal funding of territorial and northern

flects on the kind of Progressive Conservative Stanfield

Aboriginal governments, child care policy, higher educa-

was, not only during his years of active national political

tion policy, telecommunications policy, and the rapid

leadership but also through two decades of extraordinarily

appearance and disappearance of the federal social econ-

active retirement. Drawing from Stanfield’s speeches and

omy initiative – i.e., “how Ottawa doesn’t spend.”

notes, and with the benefit of interviews with several of his closest friends and associates, Clippingdale explores

Contributors include Frances Abele (Carleton & IRPP), Cheryl N. Collier

the measured, realistic, and honourable priorities Stanfield

(Carleton), Geoffrey Hale (University of Lethbridge), Walter Hettich

championed – foreign, social, economic, and constitutional.

(emeritus, California State), Edward T. Jackson (Carleton), Rianne

Robert Stanfield’s Canada captures both the character

Mahon (Carleton), Allan M. Maslove (Carleton), Clara Morgan

and legacy of a political moderate with a conscience, a Red

(Carleton), Michael J. Prince (University of Victoria), Richard Schultz

Tory whose ideas remain at the core of a uniquely Canadian

(McGill), Robert Slater (Carleton), Barry Stemshorn (University of

conservative tradition.

Ottawa), and Stanley L. Winer (Carleton).

Richard Clippingdale, former director of Canadian Studies, Allan M. Maslove is a professor in the School of Public Poli-

Carleton University, and biographer of Sir Wilfrid Laurier,

cy and Administration, Carleton University, and the former

served as chief of staff to Rt Hon. Joe Clark and as director

dean of Carleton’s Faculty of Public Affairs.

of the Government of Canada’s Advanced Management Program.

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Queen’s Policy Studies – School of Policy Studies

August 2008

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POLICY STU DI ES

PU BLIC POLICY • RELIGIOUS STU DI ES

Immigration and Integration in Canada in the Twenty-first Century

Bridging the Divide

Edited by John Biles, Meyer Burstein, and James Frideres

Edited by Thomas S. Axworthy

Religious Dialogue and Universal Ethics

Looking at successful integration in Canada.

The “two-way street” of successful integration requires

Responding to the contemporary situation of escalating

commitment from both government institutions and

violence, often driven by religious and ideological differ-

individuals. Immigration and Integration in Canada in the

ences, the InterAction Council of former world leaders

Twenty-first Century looks at the social, cultural, economic,

engages scholars and religious leaders of all world faiths

and political integration of newcomers and minorities and

in one of the most important debates of our time.

establishes measures for assessing the success of integra-

Bridging the Divide poses fundamental questions: Can

tion practices. Authors review the current literature on the

religion help build bridges between civilizations in con-

topic, using it to develop practical indicators that can be

flict? Is a global ethic possible? Believing that religious

used to measure each group’s relative success in integra-

misunderstanding has led to world conflict, the Council,

tion. They address the context of various forms of integra-

led by Helmut Schmidt, former chancellor of the federal

tion, providing detailed information on Canada’s

republic of Germany, has developed a research agenda to

integration efforts.

ask the following questions: Can the virtue of tolerance be taught? Do world religions share a core ethic? What

Contributors include Christopher G. Anderson (McGill), Chedly

can be done to thwart those who exploit and abuse faith

Belkhodja (Moncton), Jerome H. Black (McGill), Hélène Destrempes

for their own ends?

(Moncton), John Foote (Department of Canadian Heritage), M. Sharon Jeannotte (University of Ottawa), Jack Jedwab (Association

Contributors include Hans Küng, Tu Weiming, Koshin Ohtani, Rabbi

for Canadian Studies), Minelle Mahtani (Toronto), Patricia Rimok

Jonathan Magonet, Acharya Shrivatsa Goswami, Mettanando

(gouvernement du Québec), Ralph Rouzier (gouvernement du

Bhikkhu, Abodolkarim Soroush, Kamal Aboulmagd, Osamu Yoshida,

Québec), Marjorie Stone (Dalhousie), Arthur Sweetman (Queen’s),

Stephan Schlensog, Archbishop Damianos Hegumen, Helmut

and Casey Warman (Queen’s).

Schmidt, Oscar Arias, Seiken Sugiura, and Malcolm Fraser.

John Biles is director of the Metropolis Project, Citizenship

Thomas S. Axworthy is chair of the Centre for the Study

and Immigration Canada. Meyer Burstein is an interna-

of Democracy, Queen’s University, and an associate

tional consultant working primarily in the field of migra-

member of the InterAction Council.

tion, integration, and social policy. James Frideres is a professor in sociology and currently holds the chair of ethnic studies at the University of Calgary.

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Queen’s Policy Studies – Centre for the Study of Democracy

June 2008

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POLICY STU DI ES • RETI REMENT ISSU ES

E D U C AT I O N

Retirement Policy Issues in Canada

Who Goes? Who Stays? What Matters?

Edited by Michael G. Abbott, Charles M. Beach, Robin W. Boadway, and James G. MacKinnon

Accessing and Persisting in Post-Secondary Education in Canada Edited by Ross Finnie, Richard E. Mueller, Arthur Sweetman, and Alex Usher

Examining the future of retirement in Canada, given recent economic expansion and an impending tidal wave of baby-boomer retirees.

Examining choice, opportunity, and barriers related to post-secondary attendance and persistence.

After fifteen years of economic expansion, Canada is now

Evaluating access to post-secondary education in Canada

experiencing shortages of skilled workers in a number of

continues to be controversial and the importance of fac-

areas – a mere hint of what’s to come, given the eight-

tors such as student financial aid, family background, and

million plus baby boomers who will be retiring from the

personal aspirations remain insufficiently understood.

Canadian labour force over the next fifteen years or so. In

Persistence towards graduation is even less understood.

Retirement Policy Issues in Canada, contributors look at

Beginning with three broad overview chapters and and

Canada’s changing retirement landscape in broad terms.

continuing with in-depth analyses, Who Goes? Who Stays?

Chapters cover such topics as the direction of pension

What Matters? addresses choice, opportunity, and barriers

regulation in Canada, Canadian retirement patterns,

– including financial – related to post-secondary atten-

retirement income replacement rates, challenges and

dance and persistence.

policy options for an aging workforce, key design features of defined benefit and defined contribution pension

Contributors include Lesley Andres and Maria Adamuti-Trache

plans, recent legal and regulatory changes in pension

(University of British Columbia), Patrick Bussière (Human Resources

plan design in Canada, options for older workers follow-

and Social Development Canada), Lorne Carmichael (Queen’s),

ing job loss, management of longevity risks, sustainability

Louis Christofides, Michael Hoy, Zhi (Jane) Li, and Thanasis Stengos

of the Canada Pension Plan, and the retirement prospects

(University of Guelph), Kathleen Day (University of Ottawa), Ross

of immigrants.

Finnie (University of Ottawa), Marc Frenette (Statistics Canada), Jorgen Hansen (Concordia), David Johnson (Wilfrid Laurier), Felice

Contributors include Stephen Bonnar, John Burbidge, Robert Clark,

Martinello (Brock), Anne Motte (Canadian Millennium Scholarship

Katherine Cuff, Richard Disney, David Dodge, Peter Drake, Rick

Foundation), Richard E. Mueller (University of Lethbridge), Arthur

Egelton, Maxime Fougère, Barbara Glover, Raphael Gomez, Morley

Sweetman (Queen’s), Hanqing Theresa Qiu (MESA Project), Alex

Gunderson, Sterling Gunn, Cliff Halliwell, Malcolm Hamilton, Derek

Usher (Educational Policy Institute), and Yan Zhang (Statistics

Hum, Laurence Kotlikoff, Dave McLellan, Kevin Milligan, John Myles,

Canada).

Christine Neill, Garnett Picot, Graham Pugh, William Robson, Bill Scarth, Tammy Schirle, Wayne Simpson, Marcel Théroux, Michael

Ross Finnie is associate professor in the Graduate School

Veall, Casey Warman, and Chris Worswick.

of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa. Richard E. Mueller is associate professor in the

Michael G. Abbott, Charles M. Beach, Robin W. Boadway,

Department of Economics, University of Lethbridge.

and James G. MacKinnon are all professors of economics,

Arthur Sweetman is director of the School of Policy

Queen’s University. Charles M. Beach is director of the

Studies, Queen’s University. Alex Usher is vice-president

John Deutsch Institute, Queen’s University.

and director (Canada) of the Educational Policy Institute.

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Queen’s Policy Studies – John Deutsch Institute

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H I S T O R Y O F M E D I C I N E • H E A LT H C A R E

I N T E R N AT I O N A L S T U D I E S • E C O N O M I C S

Healing the World’s Children

Policing the Banks Accountability Mechanisms for the Financial Sector

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Child Health in the Twentieth Century

Maartje van Putten Foreword by James McNeill

Edited by Cynthia R. Comacchio, Janet Golden, and George Weisz

“Remarkable and pioneering – given the mounting public attention to the global problems of development finance, [this book] will attract a very broad audience.” –Peter H. Sand, University of Munich

“Essays that seek to include the voices of children are particularly admirable. Healing the World’s Children is an original and worthwhile contribution.” –Geoffrey Reaume, author of Lyndhurst

From 1999 to 2004 Maartje van Putten served as a member of the World Bank’s Inspection Panel. Using personal Drawing from many disciplines – history, anthropology,

experience and extensive interviews with principal deci-

demography, art history, disability studies, and sociology –

sion-makers and stakeholders in the Panel’s work, she

and across a broad geography, Healing the World’s Chil-

chronicles the history of accountability in the World Bank

dren sheds light on the medical, political, and cultural

and other major financial entities.

dimensions of the efforts to preserve and protect the lives

Describing how formerly secretive financial institu-

of our most vulnerable citizens. Essays range from histori-

tions have been slow to accept responsibility for the con-

cal overviews and historiographical surveys of children’s

sequences of their investments – especially the problems

health in various regions of the world, to disability and

that can result from projects in developing countries – she

affliction narratives – from polio in North American to

shows that financing institutions can cause significant

aids orphans in post-Apartheid South Africa – to interpre-

social and environmental damage and argues that new

tations of artistic renderings of sick children that tell us

accountability mechanisms are necessary to reduce or

much about medicine, family, and society at specific times

prevent such damage. Because such institutions operate

in history.

on a global scale, only semi-judicial accounting mechanisms can provide the necessary accountability. It is time

Contributors include Anne-Emanuelle Birn (University of Toronto),

for the private financial sector to follow multilateral fi-

Laurie Block (Straight Ahead Pictures & Disability Museum), Myra

nancial institutions in creating independent mechanisms,

Bluebond-Langner and Megan Norquest Schwallie (Rutgers), Jeffrey P.

mediation procedures, and access to decision makers for

Brosco (University of Miami School of Medicine), Didier Fassin (Univer-

people harmed or potentially harmed by projects financed

sity of Paris North & École des hautes études en sciences sociales),

by their institutions.

Mona Gleason (UBC), Vincent Lavoie (UQAM), Loren Lerner (Concor-

Policing the Banks is a passionate plea for global ac-

dia), Richard Meckel (Brown), Catherine Rollet (Université de Versailles

countability for all powerful financial players – including

Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines), and Neil Sutherland (emeritus, UBC).

the transnational private banks that are now entering the scramble for profits from development projects in

Cynthia R. Comacchio is professor of history, Wilfrid Lauri-

the third world.

er University. Janet Golden is professor of history, Rutgers University. George Weisz is Cotton-Hannah Professor of

Maartje van Putten was a member of the European Parlia-

the History of Medicine, McGill University.

ment (1989–99) and the World Bank Inspection Panel (1999–2004). Currently, she is a part of the Independent

S P E C I F I C AT I O N S

Review Mechanism of the African Development Bank.

McGill-Queen’s/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society

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B R I TI S H H I STO RY • I R I S H H I STO RY

J EW I S H STU D I E S • H I STO RY

The Fenian Problem

Jerusalem on the Amur

Insurgency and Terrorism in a Liberal State, 1858–1874

Birobidzhan and the Canadian Jewish Communist Movement, 1924–1951

Brian Jenkins

Henry Felix Srebrnik “Jenkins navigates the world of British high politics with confidence … this is an original piece of work written to a high scholarly standard.” –Peter Hart, Canada Research Chair in Irish Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland

The involvement of Canadian Jewish Communists in the development of an autonomous Jewish region in the Soviet Union.

Irish revolutionary nationalism, initially dedicated to

In 1928 the Soviet Union proposed the establishment of

insurgency, quickly descended into less conventional vio-

an autonomous socialist Jewish republic in the far eastern

lence. How successive British governments responded to

reaches of Russian territory. In Birobidzhan the eternal

this challenge and the extent of their respect for essential

search for a Jewish homeland would be realized and Jews

freedoms are the subject of The Fenian Problem.

would possess their own institutions, which would func-

Dramatic and tragic rescues of arrested Fenian leaders,

tion in Yiddish. A “new” Jew would be created, emancipat-

the formation of a Fenian squad to engage in assassina-

ed, and rejuvenated. Although the project was eventually

tions of suspected informers and policemen, the bombing

revealed to be a fraud, thousands of left-wing Jews in

of a London prison that brought death and destruction to

Canada and the United States passionately supported it

a neighbouring street, public executions of several Fenians,

and campaigned on its behalf – some even emigrated to

the quality of British justice, and the struggle to develop

Birobidzhan.

counter-terrorism policies and an effective system of intel-

The Canadian Jewish Communist movement, an influ-

ligence form the core of The Fenian Problem. Brian Jenkins

ential ideological voice within the Canadian left, played a

adds new information to the established narrative of the

major role in the politics of Jewish communities in cities

movement, arguing that it resorted to terrorism in its

such as Montreal, Toronto, and Winnipeg between the

pursuit of Irish independence. Jenkins discusses both the parallels between the gov-

1920s and the 1950s. Jerusalem on the Amur looks at the interlocking group of left-wing Jewish organizations that

ernment’s treatment of Fenian prisoners in the 1860s and

shared the political views of the Canadian Communist

their handling of the IRA in the 1970s and the similarities

Party and were vocal proponents of policies perceived as

between the challenges posed by Fenians and those pre-

beneficial to the Jewish working class. Focusing on the

sented by Islamic insurgents, showing that nineteenth-

Association for Jewish Colonization in Russia and the

century British and Irish history illuminate contemporary

Canadian Ambijan Committee, Henry Srebrnik uses

discussions of state security and liberal government

Yiddish-language books, newspapers, pamphlets, and

responses to terrorism.

other materials to trace the ideological and material

Brian Jenkins is emeritus professor of history, Bishop’s

movement to Birobidzhan.

support provided by the Canadian Jewish Communist University, and the author of numerous books, including Era of Emancipation and Irish Nationalism and the British

Henry Srebrnik is professor of political studies, University

State.

of Prince Edward Island and the author of London Jews and British Communism, 1935–1945.

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CLASSICS • WOMEN’S STU DI ES

LITERARY C RITICISM • WOMEN’S STU DI ES

Woman’s Songs in Ancient Greece

The Shapes of Silence

Anne M. Klinck

Writing by Women of Colour and the Politics of Testimony

“Most books on women in Greece concentrate on one feature: women poets, women's lives, women in tragedy. Klinck brings all these threads together.” –M. Eleanor Irwin, classics, University of Toronto

Proma Tagore “Informative, with solid scholarship and methodology … of obvious interest to scholars in a variety of disciplines but also to general readers who might find themselves outside the mainstream due to ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, gender, or class.” –Maureen Shea, Tulane University

By considering women’s voices in performance, Anne Klinck provides a new perspective on women’s “writing.” She shows that our understanding of femininity in an-

The Shapes of Silence examines fiction, memoir, and auto-

cient Greece can be expanded by going beyond poetry

biographical writing by marginalized women whose

composed by women poets like Sappho to explore girls’

stories give voice to the gendered dimensions of colonial

and women’s choral songs from the archaic period, songs

violence. Drawing from the insights of subaltern studies

for female choruses and characters in tragedy, and lyrical

and postcolonial feminisms, Proma Tagore brings together

representations of women’s rituals and cults.

the work of a diverse group of writers – Toni Morrison,

Through a balanced discussion of poetry as perform-

Shani Mootoo, Louise Erdrich, M.K. Indira, Rashsundari

ance, relevant kinds and genres of poetry, the definition

Debi, and Mahasweta Devi. She focuses on the visceral,

and scope of “woman’s song” as a mode, partheneia

affective nature of their narratives and explores the way

(maidens’ songs) and the girls’ chorus, lyric in the drama,

that personal and historical trauma, initially silenced, may

echoes and imitations of archaic woman’s song in Hel-

be recorded across generations, as well as across complex

lenistic poetry, and inferences about the differences be-

national, racial, gender, and sexual lines.

tween male and female authors, Klinck demonstrates that woman’s song is ultimately best understood as the

In emphasizing situations that cannot be summed up by clearly nameable, bounded moments of trauma, The

product of a male-dominated culture but that feminine

Shapes of Silence identifies important shifts in how testi-

stereotypes, while refined by skilful male poets, are inter-

monial literature is theorized, arguing for an understand-

rogated and shifted by female poets.

ing of writing and storytelling by women of colour as

The chapters contain three sections: an introduction to the author(s), poems or passages in the original Greek,

crucial counter-narratives to what official colonial historicizing has left out.

line-for-line translations in free verse, and notes elucidating the text, its provenance, allusions, and textual difficul-

Proma Tagore is a poet, activist, educator, and editor of In

ties. Beginning with Alcman, going on to Sappho, Corinna,

Our Own Voices: Learning and Teaching Toward Decolonisa-

Pindar, other lyric poets, lyric in the drama, and then the

tion. She lives in Vancouver, BC, Coast Salish territories.

Hellenistic poets Nossis, Theocritus, and Bion, Woman’s Songs in Ancient Greece traces the evolution of femalevoice lyric from 600 to 100 bce. Anne L. Klinck has recently retired from the University of New Brunswick, where she taught medieval literature and English language.

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