Social & Cultural History

In this astonishing new history of wartime Britain, historian Stephen Bourne unearths the fascinating stories of the gay men who served in the arme...

Weaving connections between indigenous modes of oral storytelling, visual depiction, and contemporary American Indian literature, Deep Waters demon...

Juri Lotman (19221993), the Russian-Estonian literary scholar, cultural historian and semiotician, was one of the most original and important cultu...

The Battle of Marathon changed the course of history in ancient Greece. To many, the impossible seemed to have been achieved - the mighty Persian E...

The story of how one ethnic neighborhood came to signify a shared Korean American identity. At the turn of the twenty-first century, Los Angeles Co...

In 2004, Jean Chrétiens Liberals banned unions andcorporations from contributing financially to political parties. In2008, opposition leaders were ...

Media for diasporic communities have emerged in major cities, such as Vancouver and Los Angeles, and reflect a multicultural, multiethnic, and mult...

As Julia Harrisons first summer living in Ontario approached, she became aware of the culture of the cottage. While friends and family talked of no...

The rodeo cowboy is one of the most evocative images of the Wild West. The master of the frontier, he is renowned for his masculinity, toughness, a...

Across the British Empire and the world, the 1920s and 1930s were a time of unprecedented social and cultural change. Girls and young women were at...

While popular trends, cuisine, and long-standing political tension have made Korea familiar in some ways to a vast English-speaking world, its reco...

The electoral behaviour of racialized voters and politicians has captured little attention outside the United States. Identities and Interests offe...

Cultural pastime, profitable industry, or harmful influence on the nation? Liquor was a tricky issue for municipal, provincial, and federal governm...

In the early nineteenth century, governments developed kindergartens and infant schools to give children a head start in life. These programs hinge...

The story of how one ethnic neighborhood came to signify a shared Korean American identity. At the turn of the twenty-first century, Los Angeles Co...

A historical overview of Mexican Americans' social and economic experiences in Texas For hundreds of years, Mexican Americans in Texas have fought ...

Women's Activism in Latin America and the Caribbean brings together a group of interdisciplinary scholars who analyze and document the diversity, v...

When wielded by the white majority, ethnic humor can be used to ridicule and demean marginalized groups. In the hands of ethnic minorities themselv...

For decades, people living in adjacent communities along the CanadaUS border enjoyed close social and economic relationships with their neighbours ...

Media for diasporic communities have emerged in major cities, such as Vancouver and Los Angeles, and reflect a multicultural, multiethnic, and mult...

A gift from the Creator that is where it all began. The game of lacrosse has been a central element of many Indigenous cultures for centuries, but...

Polish Jewish Culture beyond the Capital: Centering the Periphery is a path-breaking exploration of the diversity and vitality of urban Jewish iden...

From the 1920s to the eve of the Pacific War in 1941, more than 50,000 young second-generation Japanese Americans (Nisei) embarked on transpacific ...

In the late 1870s, thousands of Chinese men left coastal British Columbia and the western United States and headed east. For these men, the Prairie...

From the 1920s to the eve of the Pacific War in 1941, more than 50,000 young second-generation Japanese Americans (Nisei) embarked on transpacific ...

The electoral behaviour of racialized voters and politicians has captured little attention outside the United States. Identities and Interests offe...

During the long sixties, baby boomers raised on democratic postwar ideals demanded a more egalitarian society for all. While a few became vocal lea...

Where are the women in Canadas international history? Breaking Barriers, Shaping Worlds answers this question in a comprehensive volume that explor...

Most Canadians know only a tiny part of the Ipperwash story the 1995 police shooting of Dudley George. In Our Long Struggle for Home, Georges sist...

Where are the women in Canadas international history? Breaking Barriers, Shaping Worlds answers this question in a comprehensive volume that explor...

During the First World War, Henri Bourassa fierce Canadian nationalist, politician, and journalist from Quebec took centre stage in the national ...

In many western countries, judicial decisions are based on black letter law text-based, well-established law. Within this tradition, testimony bas...

A GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, EVENING STANDARD AND COSMOPOLITAN BOOK OF THE YEAR'A jaw-dropping story, told deftly . . . a gripping, thought-provoking ...

Much attention has been paid to race in the Canadian metropolis, but how are the workings of whiteness manifested in the rural-urban? White Space a...

During the First World War, Henri Bourassa fierce Canadian nationalist, politician, and journalist from Quebec took centre stage in the national ...