Books published by University of British Columbia Press

The first comprehensive account in decades of major party system change in Canada.

This groundbreaking collection explores relational theory and how it can be brought to bear on practical areas of concern in health law and policy.

An exploration of the canoe and its role in Canadian culture, nature, and colonial past.

By exposing Catholicism's long-term influence in Japan, this volume disrupts conventional assumptions about tradition, modernity, and Christianity in the East and the West.

Focusing on the 1990s, when debates over voice and representation were particularly explosive, McCall investigates a wide range of "told-to" narratives that have shaped the struggle for Aboriginal rights in Canada, and asks what is at stake in crafting a politics and ethics of collaboration.

A comprehensive review of the first four decades of the Canadian Election Studies, showing how this series of surveys is important in the study not only of Canadian politics but also of comparative electoral behavior.

Leading theorists debate the strengths and limitations of deliberative democracy in theory and practice.

Representing the work of distinguished Japanese scholars, this is the first comprehensive English-language overview of forestry, forest management, and the forest products industry in Japan.

An examination of the gender differences in media coverage of politicians in Canada, and the barriers this poses to gender equality in political representation.

An exploration of the personal, social, and cultural meanings of the iconic Canadian cottage.

Leading political scientists, sociologists, and economists explain how and why Canadian public policy has been falling behind in the race to contain surging income inequality.

In this eye-opening account of military law in the Great War, courts martials emerge not as brutal, merciless dispensers of frontline justice but as courts capable of mercy.

A study of the Samsui women who migrated from China to Singapore, where they have been commemorated as nation-builders.

A searing look at the socioeconomic, technological, and political forces that have transformed our food into edible commodities.

Drawing on the narratives of men who have served lengthy prison sentences, this book illuminates the tumultuous journey from life in a penitentiary to success in the community.

This book analyzes the representation of women in elected and appointed office in Canada to explain why gender parity remains elusive.

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

This provocative book provides a new interpretation of the Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Saskatchewan, arguing that it should not be portrayed merely as an irrational outburst of intolerance but as a slightly more extreme version of mainstream opinion that wanted to keep Canada British.

Placing Canada in an international context, this book explores the intersections of gender, modernity, and consumerism from 1919 to 1945.

This book explores the complexity of urban Indigeneity in Canada and internationally and positions urban areas as places of Indigenous resilience and cultural innovation.

This book shows how, in the post-9/11 era, Arab Canadians have become "targeted transnationals" through racialized immigration and security policies as well as negative media representations that legitimize their homogenization and racialization.

An in-depth examination of how the Chinese imperial state impacted the social order of southwestern China's minority peoples and redefined their histories and culture.

A revealing look at the origins of modern wildlife conservation in Quebec.

This volume challenges conventional approaches to the study of nationalism in the context of its violent resurgence.

Canadian historians and educators discuss current debates about history education and historical knowledge to develop an innovative agenda for research and practice in the new millennium.

A new generation of critical criminologists examines the future of criminology and criminal justice in Canada.

This detailed but highly readable ethnohistory shows how a pluralistic medical system evolved among Canada's most populous Aboriginal population.

The story of a transformative visit by members of the Haida Nation to British museums housing their cultural artifacts.

A diverse and comprehensive dialogue between sex workers, advocates, and researchers that looks at sex work in a new way.