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A collection of essays that bring together a diverse range of voices that speak to the issues of home, gender & identity. It includes information on the ideologies of the human body in the West, the challenges women face in securing the material needs to create healthy homes & bodies, & environments where feminist practices have made a difference.

A collection of letters that reveal much about the immigrant experience and detail how these pioneers fared in the early years of Alberta's history. It pictures the pioneer experience in detail, from the lonely homestead on the bald prairie to a well-developed rural community with railroads and towns, churches and schools.

Investigates the complex relationship between the role of policing, the political sphere, & social progress. This title attempts to analyse the effects on provincial police in Alberta and Saskatchewan of various social phenomena ranging from political radicals and vagrants, to prohibition bootleggers & black market profiteers.

The plea was advertised in the British Medical Journal in February 1929: seeking "strong energetic Medical Women with post-graduate experience in Midwifery" for "country work" in western Canada. A young Dr. Mary Percy was intrigued. After graduating with

Brings together contributions from established and merging scholars in a number of different disciplines who each examine the concept of culture as it is understood and deployed within their respective fields.

Outlining the stages in party evolution, such as the recruitment of activists into the party and the search for a national profile, this book presents the history of Reform Party development. It offers the glimpse of a political party attempting to bridge the participatory demands of its members and the strategic plans of its leaders.

Examines how Albertans have interpreted themselves and their world through history and social studies curricula and texts from 1905 to 1980. This title shows that these courses, more than others, addressed issues of identity by creating the country & region's past.

The frontier reality of confronting new conditions, adapting cultural inclinations, & dealing with a volatile environment in an effort to establish & nurture new communities is central to the western Canadian experience. This title presents a multidisciplinary study using critical essays, creative writing to explore the conceptions of the 'West'.

Representing the constituency of Vegreville, Alberta, for the Social Credit Party, Anthony Hlynka was a high-profile Member of Parliament who garnered much attention from the English-language press. This title presents the story of the only sitting member of parliament of Ukrainian origin from 1940 to 1945.

Starting with his middle-class Ottawa upbringing, Forsey's philosophical pilgrimage was the product of a deep allegiance to a Christian social gospel, exposure to the radical politics of the labour movement & the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, & a profound reverence for British Tory constitutionalism. This is a biography of Forsey.

Offers an historical analysis of the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary within the context of the broader evolution of academic nursing in Canada. This title addresses how the faculty has responded to important social trends and changes in health care policy and helps the reader to understand contemporary nursing issues.

Articulates the philosophical and epistemological foundations of Blackfoot ways of knowing. This title examines the interdependent, interconnecting and reciprocal relationships of identity, knowledge, & research among the Blackfoot-speaking peoples.

Sheds light on the nature of the mid-nineteenth century Catholic mission to the New World & includes observations of Native communities on the Lake Superior frontier, including hunting techniques, tools, & cultural features of these tribes.

There is growing evidence that the experience of racial discrimination can have a pervasive & devastating impact on the health and well-being of Black women. This title includes essays that demonstrates the gender, religious, cultural and class background that influence how we experience illness & how we are treated within the health care system.

The son of a CCF member of the House of Commons, the author entered political life at a young age. He was an early organiser for the Manitoba Federation of Agriculture, & later an executive in the Grandview Pool Elevator Association. The author describes his time in the world of farm politics.

Includes stories that illustrates the steadfast determination & courage of people in the face of misfortune & extreme distress. From the lesser-known weed outbreaks & tornadoes to the world-wide influenza outbreak in 1918 that devastated many Calgary families, this title focuses on the human side of these disasters.

Edith Fowke was a renowned Canadian folklorist, folk song collector, researcher, writer, & teacher who during her long career recorded nearly 2000 songs. The songs, mostly of Irish origin, were popular among settlers to the Ottawa valley. This title includes a detailed musical analysis that outlines the meter, scale, & range of each song.

What baggage do explorers bring to their experiences? This book summarises the various factors that influence the writing & interpretation of exploration narratives, demonstrating the limitations of the assumption that there is a direct relationship between what the explorer saw & what the text describes.

Chronicles Unifarm, one of the most enduring agricultural organisations of its kind, from its development in the 1970s to its reorganisation as Wild Rose Agricultural Producers in 1995. This book provides discussions of co-operative philosophy, marketing boards, and the importance of education and training for members of the rural community.

Explores the causes, course and consequences of the Mexican Revolution in Coahuila. This book examines the movements led by Coahuila's native sons, Madero & Carranza that helped to define the Mexican Revolution. It includes a detailed history of the north-eastern state of Coahuila from the late Porfirian era to approximately 1920.

Offers a glimpse of life during Alberta's early settlement & development & play out against a backdrop of sometimes dramatic family & political affairs back in Belgium.

The Crowsnest Pass is famous for many coal-mining tragedies that afflicted the region in the early twentieth century. This title portrays the psychological and sociological features of both the individual and collective responses to death and danger, providing a picture of mining communities.

Considers the dialectics of humanism and post-humanism, the pervasiveness of advanced technology, and the complications of gender identity inherent in the "Star Trek" series franchise. This title sheds light on how the "Star Trek" narratives influence and are influenced by shifting cultural values in the United States.

The decision in 1978 by the Canadian government to allow cruise missile testing in the high arctic by their US allies was a controversial one. This title considers each aspect of this decades-long struggle, from the military & the political, to the protesters & the public.

Attempts to point the way towards a sustainable future for museums by examining institutions that have found creative ways to attain a socially responsive model for cultural resource management. This title features articles which act as the starting points for any discussion on what museums have been and what they should strive to be.

Visual artists Aganetha Dyck and Mary Pratt, and writers Sharon Butala and Mary Meigs came into prominence in middle age, doing their most significant work in their mature years. This title explores the evolving perceptions of "self" in the work of these four Canadian women.

Between 1882 and 1920, settlers from Ontario established social and economic structures at Abernethy, Saskatchewan. By virtue of hard work, perseverance, and the critical advantage of having arrived first, they transformed the Pheasant Plains into a prosperous farming community. This book traces the area's political and economic development.

Covering topics that range from teaching history, to the concept of property rights and the discipline of history in the television age, this collection of essays alter the notion of how we 'make history'. It shows that we are never fully able to bend history to our will, and that as we attempt to do so, we are often shocked at the turns it takes.

Presents an account of Canada's military at a crucial time in history. This book focuses on the personalities, politics and pressures that define Canada's involvement in WW2.

Includes essays that provide readings of how the social structures of Canada and of the respective countries of origin - including their ethnicity, ancestry, and lineage - interact to shape the identities, expectations, and aspirations of African Canadians.