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Hardback. The first and only book about the Canadian pacifists who refused to fight in the Great War. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJF; HBWN; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774815932
ISBN
9780774815932
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

Hardback. This collaborative study explores moments in the history of globalization and autonomy to provide insights into changes overtaking the contemporary world. Editor(s): Streeter, Stephen M.; Weaver, John C.; Coleman, William D. Series: Globalization and Autonomy. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774815994
ISBN
9780774815994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

Paperback. This collaborative study explores moments in the history of globalization and autonomy to provide insights into changes overtaking the contemporary world. Editor(s): Streeter, Stephen M.; Weaver, John C.; Coleman, William D. Series: Globalization and Autonomy Series. Num Pages: 394 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JFFS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 4217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816007
ISBN
9780774816007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.19

Hardback. 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. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816083
ISBN
9780774816083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

Hardback. This book explores the lives of Indigenous peoples and settlers and compares the emergence of racial boundaries in two Pacific Rim cities - Victoria, British Columbia, and Melbourne, Australia. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 1MBF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816212
ISBN
9780774816212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.37

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

€ 113.72

Paperback. This sweeping exploration of history writing in British Columbia shows how historians helped to construct Canada's settler society. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 4039 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774816458
ISBN
9780774816458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

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

€ 122.94

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
€ 36.59

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

€ 114.01

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
€ 34.36

Hardback. These narratives about state-driven megaprojects and technological and regulatory changes reveal how humans make sense of their world in the face of rapid environmental change. Series: Nature | History | Society. Num Pages: 222 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; RN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774817233
ISBN
9780774817233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

Paperback. Eating Bitterness reveals what the Great Leap Forward meant for ordinary men and women in Maoist China. Editor(s): Manning, Kimberley Ens; Wemheuer, Felix. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPQB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774817271
ISBN
9780774817271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

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

€ 114.01

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

€ 114.01

Paperback. Militia Myths traces the cultural history of the citizen soldier from 1896 to 1921, an ideal that lay at the foundation of how Canadians experienced and remember the First World War. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: HBWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774817660
ISBN
9780774817660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Hardback. Challenges received notions about women's political involvement and engagement with the state in Meiji Japan by exploring the activism of members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Series: Asian Religions and Society Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW; HRC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774818162
ISBN
9780774818162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

Paperback. Taking Medicine challenges traditional understandings of colonial medicine by bringing to light the healing work of Aboriginal and settler women in southern Alberta. Series: Women and Indigenous Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774818292
ISBN
9780774818292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

Hardback. Illuminates the challenges faced by Canada's war-blinded veterans and outlines the history of the Sir Arthur Pearson Association of War Blinded, an advocacy group for all Canadian veterans and blind citizens. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, 54 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774818551
ISBN
9780774818551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.66

Hardback. Through the study of hundreds of criminal cases, Westward Bound explores how encounters between the courts and ordinary people on the Canadian Prairies contributed to the construction of race, class, and gender hierarchies in a settler society. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774818582
ISBN
9780774818582
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.66

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