Political books and mags
Recent Release: The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977 by Gershom Gorenberg. Times Books, 454 pages, $40. Blurb from the back cover: “The Accidental Empire is an extraordinary book. It offers insight and understanding into a period that has never been well understood. After the 1967 war, few in Israel recognized […]
Recently Released Books
* Sorry, I Don’t Speak French: Confronting the Canadian Crisis That Won’t Go Away by Graham Fraser. McClelland & Stewart, 340 pages, $34.99. Blurb from the inside cover: “This hard-hitting book shows why Canadians can no longer afford to see the language issue as old news. … To write Sorry, I Don’t Speak French, Fraser […]
The Chrétien Legacy: Politics and Public Policy out in July
RECENTLY RELEASED The Colour of Justice: Policing Race in Canada, by David M. Tanovich, Irwin Law, 280 pages, $35. Blurb from the back jacket: “This is an exceptional book, beautifully written and readable. It will leave a large and important mark.”–David Paciocco, professor of law and author of Getting Away With Murder. “…a fine book. […]
Recently Released Books
Marginal Man: The Dark Vision of Harold Innis, by Alexander John Watson. University of Toronto Press: 521 pages, $65. Blurb from the back: “Marginal Man is the most detailed and comprehensive biography of Harold Innis ever produced. Watson, drawing on a rich and varied assortment of sources, provides a painstakingly researched account of Innis’s thought […]
Suggested Reading From the Library of Parliament
1. Faire la paix: concepts et pratiques de la consolidation de la paix by Yvan Conoir. Quebec: Les Presses de l’Université Laval, 2005. 789 pages. 2. The Development of Political Thought in Canada: An Anthology, edited by Katherine Fierlbeck. Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview Press, 2005. 324 pages. 3. Hidden in Plain Sight: Contributions of Aboriginal Peoples […]
Recently released Book
Jailed for Possession: Illegal Drug Use, Regulation, and Power in Canada, 1920-1961 by Catherine Carstairs. University of Toronto Press, 241 pages, $15. Blurb from the back cover: “With Jailed for Possession, Catherine Carstairs provides a unique perspective on the development of policies on drug use in Canada–an essential historical view of how our current attitudes […]
Recently Released Books
* Auto Pact: Creating a Borderless North American Auto Industry, 1960-1971, by Dimitry Anastakis. University of Toronto Press, 285 pages, $29.95. Blurb from the back cover: “At a time when Canada’s most important industry faces unprecedented challenges stemming from unregulated global trade, the arrival of Dimitry Anastakis’s Auto Pact could not be more timely. A […]
Recently Released Books
* American Backlash: The Untold Story of Social Change In The United States, by Michael Adams, Viking Canada, 230 pages, $35. Blurb from the back cover: “American Backlash is about that trajectory. It documents a surprising and radical change in the mental posture of the American people since the 1970s. Conventional wisdom depicts a political […]
Recently released…The Pilgrimage of Stephen Harper, Confessions of an Innocent Man and more
Access to Care, Access to Justice: The Legal Debate Over Private Health Insurance in Canada, edited by Colleen M. Flood, Kent Roach and Lorne Sossin. University of Toronto Press, 611 pages, $35. From the preface: “In its best light, the Supreme Court’s majority decision of June 9, 2005, in Chaoulli v. Quebec (Attorney General), should […]
Will the Liberal Party reign over us forever?
It was Stephen Clarkson and his late wife Christina McCall, who gave us the memorable political phrase, “He haunts us still” in their prize-winning biography of Pierre Trudeau. It is still part of our political lexicon. Mr. Clarkson was in Ottawa last week, promoting his latest book, The Big Red Machine, a not-so-academic examination of […]
