Wild Children – Domesticated Dreams: Civilization and the Birth of Education by Layla AbdelRahim. An anthropological analysis of education, this book is the first to examine the root cause of contemporary pedagogical systems from a…
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Wild Children – Domesticated Dreams: Civilization and the Birth of Education
To Live and Die in America: Class, Power, Health and Health Care
To Live and Die in America: Class, Power, Health and Health Care by Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson. This book details how the United States has among the worst indicators of health in the industrialized…
Revitalizing the Classics: What Past Social Theorists Can Teach Us Today
Revitalizing the Classics: What Past Social Theorists Can Teach Us Today by Tony Simmons. Revitalizing the Classics is a lively introductory text that relates classical social theories to contemporary social events. This updated definition of…
Place and Replace: Essays on Western Canada
Place and Replace: Essays on Western Canada, edited by Adele Perry, Esyllt W. Jones, and Leah Morton. This is a collection of recent interdisciplinary research into Western Canada that calls attention to the multiple political,…
Manitoba Butterflies: A Field Guide
Manitoba Butterflies: A Field Guide by Simone Hébert Allard. Manitoba Butterflies sets a new standard for butterfly field guides, featuring 101 different species of Manitoba’s butterflies and over 1,100 photographs. For the first time in…
The Lucky Ones
The Lucky Ones by Anne Mahon. War, genocide, rape, looting, violence – the makings of nightmares is a daily reality for millions in contemporary Africa. To survive often means abandoning everything in a quick escape….
Demonstrations
Demonstrations by Olivier Fillieule and Danielle Tartakowsky. In this book, which includes updated information from the original French version, the authors offer a sociological and historical analysis of this political mode of action, with its…
Continental Crucible
Continental Crucible by Edur Velasco Arregui and Richard Roman. The crucible of North American neo-liberal transformation is heating up, but its outcome is far from clear. Continental Crucible examines the clash between the corporate offensive…
Aboriginal Rights Art Not Human Rights: In Defence of Indigenous Struggles
Aboriginal Rights Are Not Human Rights: In Defence of Indigenous Struggles by Peter Kulchyski. Aboriginal rights do not belong to the broader category of universal human rights because they are grounded in the particular practices…
300 Years of Beer: An Illustrated History of Brewing in Manitoba
300 Years of Beer: An Illustrated History of Brewing in Manitoba by Bill Wright & Dave Craig. For over 300 years, prairie-dwellers have been brewing, selling and sipping their beers. This book is a look…