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Paperback. The letters of Lance-Corporal George Timmins, who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the Western Front, offer a rare glimpse into the life and relationships, at home and abroad, of an ordinary Canadian soldier. Editor(s): Bennett, Y. A. Num Pages: 224 pages, 24 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJF; BJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816090
ISBN
9780774816090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.86

Hardback. By exposing the details of the Dundas Square area in Toronto, this book shows how city planners can be overwhelmed by the machinations of money and power, and why the planning field is ill-equipped to find creative solutions for post-industrial problems. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 photos, 8 maps, 6 illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774816144
ISBN
9780774816144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.94

Paperback. By exposing the details of the Dundas Square area in Toronto, this book shows how city planners can be overwhelmed by the machinations of money and power, and why the planning field is ill-equipped to find creative solutions for post-industrial problems. Num Pages: 336 pages, 22 b&w photos, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 4217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774816151
ISBN
9780774816151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 39.93

Paperback. This book showcases the work of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal scholars who uphold environmental justice as the path to a more just, equitable, and sustainable Canada. Editor(s): Agyeman, Julian; Cole, Peter; Haluza-Delay, Randolph; O'Riley, Pat. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFF; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774816199
ISBN
9780774816199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.91

Hardback. This book explores how antimodern nostalgia and modern sensibilities about the landscape, child rearing, and identity shaped the history of summer camps. Series: Nature, History, Society. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSP1; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774816397
ISBN
9780774816397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.75

Hardback. This highly original, seminal study of Canadian theorists of technology and morality shows that Canadian thinkers were not only original and intellectually au courant but also engaging and insightful. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFCX; TBX. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816502
ISBN
9780774816502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.94

Paperback. This highly original, seminal study of Canadian theorists of technology and morality shows that Canadian thinkers were not only original and intellectually au courant but also engaging and insightful. Num Pages: 340 pages, 22 b&w photos, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; JFCX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816519
ISBN
9780774816519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.90

Hardback. British Columbia is Canada's most ethnically diverse province. This book offers portraits of local religious groups, including Hindus and Sikhs from South Asia; Buddhist organizations from Southeast Asia; and, Tibetan, Japanese, and Chinese religions from East and Central Asia. It examines Asian religions in British Columbia. Editor(s): DeVries, Larry; Baker, Don; Overmyer, Dan. Series: Asian Religions and Society. Num Pages: 332 pages, 11 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HRAC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774816625
ISBN
9780774816625
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.10

Paperback. Canada s Voice is the first comprehensive biography of a diplomat and scholar who shaped foreign policy during Canada s golden age as a middle power. Num Pages: 384 pages, 15 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774816724
ISBN
9780774816724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.17

Paperback. Contested Constitutionalism is a critique of Canadian democracy, judicial power, and the place of Quebec and Aboriginal peoples within the federation, all of which have been altered by the Charter s introduction in 1982. Editor(s): Kelly, James B.; Manfredi, Christopher P. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JPHC; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816755
ISBN
9780774816755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.12

Hardback. Fire and the Full Moon reassesses Canada's postwar foreign policy objectives and national image through the gulf between rhetoric and reality in Canada's response to decolonization in Indonesia and the Global South. Num Pages: 297 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 1KBC; HBTR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774816830
ISBN
9780774816830
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.94

Paperback. Fire and the Full Moon reassesses Canada's postwar foreign policy objectives and national image through the gulf between rhetoric and reality in Canada's response to decolonization in Indonesia and the Global South. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 1KBC; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816847
ISBN
9780774816847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.90

Hardback. Bow takes a close look at four major bilateral disputes between Canada and the United States to show that contrary to some reports the US has not made coercive linkages between issues to get its own way. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816953
ISBN
9780774816953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.10

Hardback. This vivid account of the creation of three public monuments in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside offers unique insights into the links between power, public space, and social memory and asks us to reconsider the nature and role of civic art. Num Pages: 192 pages, 19 b&w images, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSG; JHB; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774816984
ISBN
9780774816984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.94

Hardback. Nuclear Waste Management in Canada encourages critical thought and discussion about energy generation and waste management by exploring not only the technical but also the social and ethical aspects of the problem. Editor(s): Durant, Darrin; Johnson, Genevieve Fuji. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; RNH; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774817080
ISBN
9780774817080
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.34

Hardback. Drawing on case files and newspapers accounts of women's confrontations with the law in the Toronto Women's Police Court, Feminized Justice offers a multifaceted portrait of women, crime, and courts in early twentieth-century Toronto. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 3JJF; 3JJG; JFSJ1; LAZ; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774817110
ISBN
9780774817110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.10

Hardback. This timely, evocative book showcases Bertha Wilson's contributions to the Canadian legal landscape and explores the issues that this controversial personality grappled with in her life and career. Editor(s): Brooks, Kim. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; LAT; LNAA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6147 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774817325
ISBN
9780774817325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.94

Hardback. This unique exploration of commemoration and memory traces Jacque Cartier's evolving image over five centuries to show how changing notions of the past have shaped identity formation and nationalism in English- and French-speaking Canada. Num Pages: 222 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JB; HBAH; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774817417
ISBN
9780774817417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.94

Hardback. By examining one of the largest natural resource management failures of the twentieth century - the collapse of the Newfoundland cod fishery - this book seeks to understand the history of, and possible alternatives to, managerial responses to environmental issues. Series: Nature | History | Society. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCF; KNAF; RNC; RNF; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774817479
ISBN
9780774817479
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.88

Hardback. This insightful book offers an explanation for Canada's uncertain response to US ballistic missile defence initiatives from the 1950s to the present. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 268 pages, 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774817509
ISBN
9780774817509
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.94

Hardback. This volume and its predecessor condense the vast amount of literature on the nonpasserines of Ontario into a compact reference manual that will be essential to biologists, environmental planners, and serious birders. Illustrator(s): James, Ross. Num Pages: 400 pages, 88 maps, 84 drawings of birds. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; PSVW6; RNK; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 5487. Weight in Grams: 1100.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774817622
ISBN
9780774817622
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.94

Hardback. This book examines the under-representation of Quebec women in Quebec's National Assembly and in Canada's House of Commons and Senate from 1791 to the present. Translator(s): Roth, Kathe. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; JFSJ1; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774817684
ISBN
9780774817684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.34

Paperback. This book examines the under-representation of Quebec women in Quebec's National Assembly and in Canada's House of Commons and Senate from 1791 to the present. Translator(s): Roth, Kathe. Num Pages: 272 pages, tables and charts. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774817691
ISBN
9780774817691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.12

Hardback. Media Divides offers the first comprehensive, up-to-date account of the democratic deficits in Canada's communications law and policy. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GTC; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774817745
ISBN
9780774817745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.34

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