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The Canada 150 Collection

In honour of Canada's sesquicentennial, University of Toronto Press is proud to introduce the Canada 150 Collection, a special selection of outstanding books published over the years that bear witness to the depth and breadth of the nation's history and the diversity of its peoples. These books showcase remarkable achievements as well as uncomfortable truths in Canada's history, from pre-Confederation to the present. This carefully curated collection includes classic works of cultural, historical, legal, and literary scholarship that have informed and shaped Canada as a nation. A testament to University of Toronto Press's longstanding commitment to authoritative and boundary-pushing scholarship, the Canada 150 Collection presents works that are essential reading for students, scholars, and anyone with an interest in Canada's past and future.

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The Black Loyalists

The Black Loyalists

The Search for a Promised Land in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone, 1783-1870

by James W. St. G. Walker

Price: $45.95

ISBN: 9781487522421

Pub Date: May 2017

James Walker documents their experience in Canada, following them across the Atlantic as they became part of a unique colonial experiment in Sierra Leone.

Bad Attitude(s) on Trial

Bad Attitude(s) on Trial

Pornography, Feminism, and the Butler Decision

by Shannon Bell, Brenda Cossman, Lise Gotell and Becki L. Ross

Price: $35.95

ISBN: 9781487516635

Pub Date: May 2017

Mainstream, or straight, pornography still flourishes, while those centering on gay and lesbian sex and s/m sex, are the focus of censorship. A critical analysis of pornography after the Supreme Court’s Butler (1992) decision.

Canada’s Navy, 2nd Edition

Canada's Navy, 2nd Edition

The First Century

by Marc Milner

Price: $48.95

ISBN: 9781487522360

Pub Date: May 2017

A wide-ranging look at the history of the Canadian Navy, from its beginnings in 18th-century exploration and trade, to its astonishing expansion during the Second World War, through to its current roles in operations with United Nations and NATO forces.

None Is Too Many

None Is Too Many

Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933-1948

by Irving Abella and Harold Troper

Price: $40.95

ISBN: 9781487516529

Pub Date: May 2017

None Is Too Many will undoubtedly continue to serve as a potent reminder of the fragility of tolerance, even in a country where it is held as one of our highest values.
The Struggle for Canadian Sport

The Struggle for Canadian Sport

by Bruce Kidd

Price: $40.95

ISBN: 9781487522315

Pub Date: May 2017

The Struggle for Canadian Sport adds to our understanding of the material and social conditions under which people created and elaborated sports and the contested ideological terrain on which sports were played and interpreted.

Canada’s Founding Debates

Canada's Founding Debates

Edited by Janet Ajzenstat, Paul Romney, Ian Gentles and William D. Gairdner

Price: $51.00

ISBN: 9781487516536

Pub Date: May 2017

Canada's Founding Debates offers a fresh and often surprising perspective on Canada's origins, history, and political character.

Previous published by Stoddart Publishing, 1999.

Odysseys Home

Odysseys Home

Mapping African-Canadian Literature

by George Elliott Clarke

Price: $51.00

ISBN: 9781487516611

Pub Date: May 2017

Governor General's Award-winning author George Elliott Clarke identifies African-Canadian literature's distinguishing characteristics, argues its relevance to both African Diasporic and Canadian Studies and critiques several of its key creators and texts.

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador

A History

by Sean Cadigan

Price: $42.95

ISBN: 9781487516604

Pub Date: May 2017

Examining the region from prehistoric times to the present, Newfoundland and Labrador is not only a comprehensive history of the province, but an illuminating portrait of the Atlantic world and European colonisation of the Americas.

Northern Voices

Northern Voices

Inuit Writings in English

Edited by Penny Petrone

Price: $40.95

ISBN: 9781487522377

Pub Date: May 2017

A classic anthology that combines the rich oral tradition of Northern Canadian Inuit as well as their more recent English writing. Petrone links the cultural past of arctic peoples with its present day expression.

Just Words

Just Words

Constitutional Rights and Social Wrongs

by Joel Bakan

Price: $31.95

ISBN: 9781487516550

Pub Date: May 2017

Joel Bakan argues that the Canadian Charter of Rights (1982) has failed to promote social justice because it is administered by a conservative judiciary and because social and economic conditions constantly interfere with its principles.

Recovering Canada

Recovering Canada

The Resurgence of Indigenous Law

by John Borrows

Price: $40.95

ISBN: 9781487516758

Pub Date: June 2017

John Borrows suggests how First Nations laws could be applied by Canadian courts, and tempers this by pointing out the many difficulties that would occur if the courts attempted to follow such an approach.

Paddling Her Own Canoe

Paddling Her Own Canoe

The Times and Texts of E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake)

by Veronica Strong-Boag and Carole Gerson

Price: $40.95

ISBN: 9781487516956

Pub Date: June 2017

The only major scholarly study that examines E. Pauline Johnson’s diverse roles as a First Nations champion, New Woman, serious writer and performer, and Canadian nationalist.

The Persons Case

The Persons Case

The Origins and Legacy of the Fight for Legal Personhood

by Robert J. Sharpe and Patricia I. McMahon

Price: $37.95

ISBN: 9781487522391

Pub Date: May 2017

The Persons Case is a comprehensive study of this important event, examining the case itself, the ruling of the Privy Council, and the profound affect that it had on women's rights and the constitutional history of Canada.

The Canadian Senate in Bicameral Perspective

The Canadian Senate in Bicameral Perspective

by David E. Smith

Price: $35.95

ISBN: 9781487522407

Pub Date: May 2017

The Canadian Senate in Bicameral Perspective sets the Canadian Senate into this international milieu, contextualizing the debate and arguing for a renewed investigation into its future.

The Voyages of Jacques Cartier

The Voyages of Jacques Cartier

Edited by Ramsay Cook

Price: $31.95

ISBN: 9781487516628

Pub Date: May 2017

In addition to Cartier's Voyages, a slightly amended version of H.P. Biggar's 1924 text, the volume includes a series of letters relating to Cartier and the Sieur de Roberval, who was in command of cartier on the last voyage. Many of these letters appear for the first time in English.

The Empire of the St. Lawrence

The Empire of the St. Lawrence

A Study in Commerce and Politics

by Donald Creighton

Introduction by Christopher H. Moore

Price: $45.95

ISBN: 9781487516642

Pub Date: May 2017

Creighton examines the trading system that developed along the St. Lawrence River and argues that the exploitation of key staple products by colonial merchants along the St. Lawrence River system was key to Canada’s economic and national development.

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