Books published by University of British Columbia Press

This volume re-examines 9/11's effect on North American security policy and international relations from a trilateral rather than a bilateral perspective.

This book offers a fresh account of the socio-economic experiences of Muslims in Canada, drawing on the newest data sources available.

An engaging history of the Ladies Benevolent Society and Hamilton Orphan Asylum and a broad consideration of the ability of women's charitable work to bridge the nineteenth-century boundaries of public and private spheres.

A timely assessment of a successful initiative to support Aboriginal cultural ways and worldviews in one Ontario high school.

The first environmental and socioeconomic history of the Jianghan plain in central China, focusing on the peasants' relationship with a volatile environment.

The First Nations of British Columbia is a concise and accessible introduction to histories, cultures, and issues of the First Peoples of BC.

This book examines how political scientists apply diverse comparative strategies to better understand Canadian political life.

This timely volume explores how Canadian political institutions, the media, and citizens are adapting to a fast-evolving media environment and the effects this is having on Canadian democracy.

A close study of the judges appointed in early 20th-century Manitoba, revealing Canada's highly political judicial appointment process.

A study of the television dramas about government corruption that became hugely popular in the mid-1990s and their reflection of China's post-Socialist anxieties.

This is the story of a man and an institution. A world-renowned psychiatrist and first director-general of the World Health Organization, Brock Chisholm was one of the most influential Canadians of the twentieth century, yet is little-known today.

Mixed Race Amnesia explores how contemporary "progressive" attitudes toward multiraciality actually serve to obscure complex diasporic family histories while reinforcing colonialism.

The story of the Franklin Motor Expedition that collected First Nations artifacts on the Prairies in 1929 as well as a larger study of the relationships between museums and the indigenous peoples whose heritage items they house.

The first of its kind, this book approaches the "democratic deficit" by assessing the performance of Parliament and the media in light of Canadians' perceptions and expectations of their democracy.

This book describes how a long generation of founding French Canadians shaped the Pacific Northwest.

A landmark account of the background, motivations, and experiences of African Canadian volunteers in America's Civil War.

A compelling, highly readable study of American migration to the West Kootenays and of the counterculture values that created a vibrant society in the Canadian wilderness.

Rebel Youth draws important connections between the stories of young workers and the youth movement in Canada, claiming a central place for labour and class in the legacy of the 1960s.

Drawing on a collaborative research project, this book provides an alternative model for how oral and public histories should be recorded and curated.

A detailed account of the complex and contested process that resulted in the establishment of the Great Bear Rainforest in coastal British Columbia.

An engaging study of the rapid urbanization of a former village subsumed by the expanding city of Hanoi.

A consideration of the impact of racism and questions of sovereignty on genetic research, which details the exploitative history of research on Taiwanese Aborigines.

An exploration of one little-known mineral, and the social, political, and economic forces that shaped both its history and the twentieth century.

Examines the limitations and dilemmas of government responses to religious diversity and how secular states deal (and should deal) with such pluralism.

A revealing look at the planning and building of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project -- a megaproject that had a profound impact on North American history.

A history of the convergence of Western and Chinese medical practices in modern China.