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This book offers, for the first time, a balanced and probing textual analysis of John Money's writing, to assess the profound impact of this pioneering sexologist's work on the debates and research on sexuality and gender that dominated the last half of the twentieth century.

David Boyd shows that recognition of the right to a healthy environment is not only growing, it is having a profound influence on public policy and environmental protection.

Introduces readers to the avian skeleton, then moves beyond anatomy to discuss the relationships between birds and dinosaurs and other early ancestors. This book examines the challenges which the scientists face in understanding avian evolution. Using examples from fossils of birds and near-birds, it describes an avian history.

Against the backdrop of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage examines past and emerging issues in the recognition of Indigenous inherent human rights and knowledge within a Canadian legal context.

The Lights on the Tipple Are Going Out documents the tumultuous struggle of one coal-mining region to stave off economic ruin in the face of changing times and technologies.

The Debt of a Nation reveals not only the intimate relationship between public debt financing and colonization but also its continuing implications for contemporary Canadian politics.

A Cold Colonialism reframes exploration as a modern enterprise - one through which southern Canadians and Americans sought to exert control over northern peoples and their lands.

The Civil Sphere in Canada shows why a socially just, inclusive society hinges on a robust and dynamic civil sphere.

Uniquely focused on Canada's 1921 federal election, Times of Transformation recounts the many firsts that made this a watershed event and situates these within the global zeitgeist of post-Great War disillusionment and hope.

Ballots and Brawls, the first book dedicated solely to Canada's inaugural election in 1867, is an engaging look at the main players, regional concerns, and nationalistic ideals that characterized the country's beginnings.