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The Flawed Genius of William Playfair
The Story of the Father of Statistical Graphics
Price:
$65.00
ISBN: 9781487545031
Pub Date: October 2023
This book shares the life story of William Playfair, the father of statistical graphics, who experienced extreme ups and downs in his various careers, including as a statistician, economist, and fraudster.
Food Mobilities
Making World Cuisines
Price:
$24.95
ISBN: 9781487526498
Pub Date: September 2023
Food Mobilities tells the fascinating story of how we cook, shop, and eat in today’s global food system.
Apostles of Inequality
Rural Poverty, Political Economy, and the Economist, 1760–1860
Price:
$75.00
ISBN: 9781487563530
Pub Date: June 2022
Apostles of Inequality explores how changes to land use and ideas about political economy in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth-century England drove cottagers from the land and impoverished rural workers.
Something within Me
A Personal and Political Memoir
Price:
$24.95
ISBN: 9781487544386
Pub Date: May 2022
Something within Me details the life of the late Honourable Michael Wilson, including his experiences as a Canadian politician and as a mental health advocate following the devastating loss of his son.
Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty
Canada’s Aerial War against Forest Pests, 1913–1930
Price:
$42.95
ISBN: 9781487526474
Pub Date: April 2022
Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty chronicles Canada’s remarkable program in the wake of the First World War to kill forest pests using poison dropped from aircraft.
Smelter Wars
A Rebellious Red Trade Union Fights for Its Life in Wartime Western Canada
Price:
$34.95
ISBN: 9781487541125
Pub Date: January 2022
Smelter Wars examines a radical BC trade union’s struggle to survive from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Nothing Less than Great
Reforming Canada’s Universities
Price:
$28.95
ISBN: 9781487509446
Pub Date: June 2021
Nothing Less than Great addresses the current challenges faced by Canada’s university system and offers solutions to help improve the academic experience of students.

The Flawed Genius of William Playfair
The Story of the Father of Statistical Graphics
$65.00
ISBN: 9781487545031
Pub Date: October 2023
This book shares the life story of William Playfair, the father of statistical graphics, who experienced extreme ups and downs in his various careers, including as a statistician, economist, and fraudster.
Food Mobilities
Making World Cuisines
$24.95
ISBN: 9781487526498
Pub Date: September 2023
Food Mobilities tells the fascinating story of how we cook, shop, and eat in today’s global food system.
Apostles of Inequality
Rural Poverty, Political Economy, and the Economist, 1760–1860
$75.00
ISBN: 9781487563530
Pub Date: June 2022
Apostles of Inequality explores how changes to land use and ideas about political economy in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth-century England drove cottagers from the land and impoverished rural workers.
Something within Me
A Personal and Political Memoir
$24.95
ISBN: 9781487544386
Pub Date: May 2022
Something within Me details the life of the late Honourable Michael Wilson, including his experiences as a Canadian politician and as a mental health advocate following the devastating loss of his son.
Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty
Canada’s Aerial War against Forest Pests, 1913–1930
$42.95
ISBN: 9781487526474
Pub Date: April 2022
Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty chronicles Canada’s remarkable program in the wake of the First World War to kill forest pests using poison dropped from aircraft.
Smelter Wars
A Rebellious Red Trade Union Fights for Its Life in Wartime Western Canada
$34.95
ISBN: 9781487541125
Pub Date: January 2022
Smelter Wars examines a radical BC trade union’s struggle to survive from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Nothing Less than Great
Reforming Canada’s Universities
$28.95
ISBN: 9781487509446
Pub Date: June 2021
Nothing Less than Great addresses the current challenges faced by Canada’s university system and offers solutions to help improve the academic experience of students.