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DisPossession and Alias Grace

McGill-Queen's University Press — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:45:38 -0800

The following excerpt from DisPossession by Marlene Goldman discusses the social constructs of hysteria and its portrayal in Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace. As noted in the introduction to this chapter, “hysteria” originates from the Greek word for uterus, and the...

The 49th Shelf

McGill-Queen's University Press — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:10:58 -0800

Canadian books are getting a well-deserved boost today. Canadian Bookshelf announced that Amazon.ca is its lead sponsor for 2012, and that the site will now offer expanded features and book listings under the new name The 49th Shelf. Since its...

David Thompson and the War of 1812

McGill-Queen's University Press — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:08:52 -0800

The following is excerpted from The Writings of David Thompson edited by William E. Moreau. Although Thompson’s involvement in the War of 1812–1814 was minor, he was to play a pivotal role in the settlement of the issues that had...

This week in publishing

McGill-Queen's University Press — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:09:31 -0800

What you may have missed this week at MQUP Bloomsbury's Rabbi New universities in Ontario? Barbaric Civilization: A Critical Sociology of Genocide Leave No Doubt and the 2nd anniversary of Canada's Olympic gold medal hockey win Mordecai Richler: Leaving St....

Leave No Doubt

McGill-Queen's University Press — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:37:08 -0800

Leave No Doubt A Credo for Chasing Your Dreams By Mike Babcock, with Rick Larsen APRIL 2012 "This is a story about a belief in what's possible, about seizing the moment we are all given and about what truly lives...

Barbaric Civilization

McGill-Queen's University Press — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:42:30 -0800

Barbaric Civilization: A Critical Sociology of Genocide by Christopher Powell is a provocative analysis of how genocides result from the expansion of Western civilization. Connecting historical developments with everyday life occurrences, and discussing examples ranging from thirteenth-century Languedoc to 1994...

New universities in Ontario?

McGill-Queen's University Press — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:48:18 -0800

The following is excerpted from the article New universities in Ontario – are they necessary? In its most recent Throne Speech, the Ontario government, echoing an election promise, pledged to create 60,000 additional postsecondary spaces and three new undergraduate campuses....

Bloomsbury's Rabbi

McGill-Queen's University Press — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:10:38 -0800

The following is excerpted from Bloomsbury's Rabbi by Matthew Ackerman: A translator stands between two languages and between the two worlds that the languages represent. If he does his job well, he may belong in neither place. Such was the...

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McGill-Queen's University Press — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:28:25 -0800

What you may have missed this week at MQUP Books selected for the AAUP Book, Jacket, and Journal Show Canada Prize short list highlights D.H. Lawrence and Samuel Koteliansky In honour of Charles Dickens’ 200th These Mysterious People What else?...

MQUP Books Selected for the AAUP Book, Jacket, and Journal Show

McGill-Queen's University Press — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:53:39 -0800

Judging for the 2012 AAUP Book, Jacket and Journal Show took place January 26-27 at the AAUP Central Office in New York City. Approximately 226 books, 300 jacket and cover design entries, and 4 journals were entered. 49 books, 1...

Canada Prizes short list highlights excellence in humanities and social sciences research

McGill-Queen's University Press — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:52:41 -0800

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - McGill-Queen's is very pleased to announce that we have four books shortlisted in three Canada Prize categories. Prizes will be presented at a special ceremony on Friday, March 30, 2012 at the Musée des beaux-arts in...

Fate and the Younger Generation

McGill-Queen's University Press — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:31:05 -0800

Galya Diment is today's guest blogger. She is the author of A Russian Jew of Bloomsbury: The Life and Times of Samuel Koteliansky. Samuel Koteliansky fled the pogroms of Russia in 1911 and established himself as a friend of many...

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McGill-Queen's University Press — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:47:29 -0800

What you may have missed this week at MQUP Interregional Migration and Public Policy in Canada by Day & Winer R.T. Naylor's Crass Struggle reviewed in Canadian Dimension Aping Mankind reviewed in WSJ Globe & Mail FOCUS excerpts Beyond the...

MQUP releases Interregional Migration and Public Policy in Canada

McGill-Queen's University Press — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:23:21 -0800

MQUP releases Interregional Migration and Public Policy in Canada by Kathleen M. Day and Stanley L. Winer, in the Carleton Library Series. Praise from experts in the field: "Kathleen Day and Stan Winer are to be congratulated on having produced...

Crass Struggle in Canadian Dimension

McGill-Queen's University Press — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:41:10 -0800

The following is excerpted from Veblen’s Theory of the Leisure Class Updated by Devin Penner. What, according to Naylor, has changed since 1899? Whereas early-20th-century tycoons like Andrew Carnegie earned their wealth in the world of material production, “today’s parasitocracy”...

Aping Mankind reviewed in WJS

McGill-Queen's University Press — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:06:10 -0800

The following is a excerpt from Gerald Russello's review of Aping Mankind in the Wall Street Journal. The full review is available here - In his vigorously argued "Aping Mankind," Raymond Tallis takes on what he calls "neuromania" (the belief...

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McGill-Queen's University Press — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:25:29 -0800

What you may have missed this week at MQUP The Year of the Dragon First Nations Get Broad Promises on Indian Act, Development Congo Solo: Misadventures Two Degrees North David Alexander: The Shape of Place Mike Babcock: Leave No Doubt...

Congo Solo: Misadventures Two Degrees North

McGill-Queen's University Press — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:54:07 -0800

The following is excerpted from the article Heart of Sharpness: Travel writer's long-lost work given new life by Kingston author by Hollie Pratt-Campbell. Seventy-eight years later, a long-lost travel narrative detailing American author and journalist Emily Hahn's adventures in Congo...

First Nations Get Broad Promises on Indian Act, Development

McGill-Queen's University Press — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:05:12 -0800

The following is excerpted from the CBC News article First Nations Get Broad Promises on Indian Act, Development by Laura Payton. The chiefs and the federal government disagreed Tuesday over what should be done with the Indian Act, the law...

The Year of the Dragon

McGill-Queen's University Press — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:19:17 -0800

Happy Chinese New Year! To mark the occasion, we're featuring some of our Chinese themed titles. In the Eye of the China Storm: A Life Between East and West By Paul T.K. Lin Paul T.K. Lin was a Chinese Canadian...

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McGill-Queen's University Press — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:04:28 -0800

What you may have missed this week at MQUP Excerpt from A Russian Jew of Bloomsbury The Digital Apocalypse Historian brings Thomas D’Arcy McGee to life What else? A newfangled online bookstore Some of my worst friends are books Has...

A Russian Jew of Bloomsbury

McGill-Queen's University Press — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:33:37 -0800

The following is an excerpt from A Russian Jew of Bloomsbury: The Life and Times of Samuel Koteliansky by Galya Diment. By the time Koteliansky arrived in England, there were around 250,000 Jews in the country, constituting 0.6 percent of...

Singing for an unsung Canadian political icon

McGill-Queen's University Press — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:12:52 -0800

The following is excerpted from the article Singing for an unsung Canadian political icon: Historian brings times of Thomas D’Arcy McGee to life by Sean Bettam: [David] Wilson’s fascination with McGee began in 1978 when he attended a Celtic Studies...

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McGill-Queen's University Press — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:21:39 -0800

What you may have missed this week at MQUP Uncertain future for serious reading? Behind Valkyrie wins CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Award Looking after our veterans Canadian war artist Leonard Brooks, 100, made Mexico his home "This is a medical...

Canadian war artist Leonard Brooks, 100, made Mexico his home

McGill-Queen's University Press — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:21:09 -0800

The following is excerpted from The Globe and Mail article, Canadian war artist Leonard Brooks, 100, made Mexico his home by Philip Fine. For all the ways in which Leonard Brooks was celebrated – as landscape painter, war artist, dean...

Looking after our veterans

McGill-Queen's University Press — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:14:28 -0800

The following is excerpted from The Chronicle Herald's Looking After Our Veterans Began a Century Ago by Henry Roper. On to Civvy Street is a comprehensive treatment of an important and timely subject. Twice in the last century Canada had...

Behind Valkyrie wins CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Award

McGill-Queen's University Press — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:52:13 -0800

Behind Valkyrie, edited by Peter Hoffman, has been awarded the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Award in the Social & Behavioral Sciences category. Behind Valkyrie collects documents, letters, and testimonies of Germans who fought Hitler from within, making many of them...

Uncertain future for serious reading?

McGill-Queen's University Press — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:15:05 -0800

The following is excerpted from the Globe and Mail article, Confronting the Cultural Crisis by André Alexis. Stan Persky is a subtle and tricky thinker. His work merits close attention, but at the same time, its tone is so relaxed...

Season's Greetings

McGill-Queen's University Press — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:56:40 -0800

To mark the holiday season, MQUP presents to you a poem by Mona Gould: Small Christmas Tree (For F. G.) Stand very straight, small Christmas tree! Put on your tallest dignity, Wear your tinsel bright and bravely, Carry your candles...

The Codex Canadensis, reviewed

McGill-Queen's University Press — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:30:15 -0800

Visual arts: Canadian history through 17th-century eyes from The Montreal Gazette What is something called the Codex Canadensis doing in a museum in Tulsa, Okla.? It doesn’t really matter, because this 17th-century illustrated natural history of eastern North America –...

Best Book in Canadian Military History

McGill-Queen's University Press — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:58:54 -0800

A Knight in Politics: A Biography of Sir Frederick Borden by Carman Miller has been awarded the 2010 C. P. Stacey Award for the Best Book in Canadian Military History. The jury states, "In chronicling the 69-year life of a...

This week in publishing

McGill-Queen's University Press — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:36:53 -0800

What you may have missed this week at the MQUP Stan Persky reads the mood of our millennium Newfoundland Modern Selected New Books on Higher Education Kerry Clare recommends Outside the Box What else? Take part in a word experiment...

Outside the Box

McGill-Queen's University Press — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:03:29 -0800

The following is excerpted from Kerry Clare's list of Favourite New Books of 2011 Outside the Box by Maria Meindl This is the book I can’t stop talking about, and I’m pleased that I’ve managed to win it at least...

Stan Persky reads the mood of our millennium

McGill-Queen's University Press — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:26:09 -0800

The following is excerpted from the Telegraph-Journal article, 21st Century Man: In a time like this, when reading is at an all-time low and criticism seems to be a dying art, Stan Persky's Reading the 21st Century was a comforting...

Newfoundland Modern

McGill-Queen's University Press — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:17:46 -0800

Excerpted from the Scope's article Newfoundland Modern When you think of Newfoundland architecture, what comes to mind? Chances are you are thinking of colored rowhouses and saltboxes. Well, this new book by Robert Mellin questions the popular notions of architecture...

Peopling the North American City: Book Launch

McGill-Queen's University Press — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:09:07 -0800

Join Sherry Olson and Patricia Thornton at their book launch at Concordia University on December 15th. Many North American cities trace their population booms to the nineteenth century when immigrants and migrants flooded emerging industrializing urban centres in search of...

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McGill-Queen's University Press — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:48:58 -0800

What you may have missed this week at the MQUP David Wilson on Thomas D'Arcy McGee The Globe & Mail features The Book of the Wind in their 2011 gift guide Le concept de liberté au Canada à l'époque des...

Life After Forty, Après quarante ans

McGill-Queen's University Press — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:40:37 -0800

McGill-Queen's University Press is pleased to announce the release of Life After Forty, Après quarante ans edited by Jack Jedwab and Rodrigue Landry. Life After Forty, Après quarante ans includes English and French essays from several of the country's leading...

How Ottawa Spends: The NWT housing crisis

McGill-Queen's University Press — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:56:00 -0800

Nick Falvo, a doctoral candidate at Ottawa's Carleton University, has undertaken a study of homelessness and affordable housing in the NWT in partnership with the Centre for Northern Families. "If the federal government does not announce new funding for housing...

Le concept de liberté au Canada à l'époque des Révolutions atlantiques

McGill-Queen's University Press — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:14:15 -0800

Winner of the Sir John A. Macdonald Prize (2011), Le concept de liberté au Canada à l'époque des Révolutions atlantiques (1776-1838) by Michel Ducharme, has been awarded the Prix Lionel-Groulx Fondation-Yves-Saint-Germain by the Institut d'histoire de l'Amérique française. "In this...

Spring 2012 Catalogue

McGill-Queen's University Press — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:50:24 -0800

McGill-Queen's University Press has released its Spring 2012 catalogue. Click here to view the virtual catalogue to browse MQUP's upcoming releases. Notable Upcoming Releases

David Wilson on Thomas D'Arcy McGee

McGill-Queen's University Press — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:23:07 -0800

David Wilson was recently in Montreal for a public lecture about his new book Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Volume 2. A brilliant writer, outstanding orator, and charismatic politician, Thomas D'Arcy McGee is best known for his prominent role in Irish-Canadian politics,...

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McGill-Queen's University Press — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:04:01 -0800

What you may have missed this week at the MQUP Phoenix: The Life of Norman Bethune makes The Globe & Mail's list of this year's best non-fiction Sir David Cannadine recommends Commissions High by Roy MacLaren Maria Meindl, author of...

Mr. 1 Per Cent meets his match

McGill-Queen's University Press — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:52:52 -0800

The following is excerpted from the Toronto Star article Mr. 1 Per Cent meets his match by Rick Salutin. [Tom Naylor's] new book, the one that chimes with the times, is called Crass Struggle. It’s based on “a quantum leap...

Peter van Wyck at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly

McGill-Queen's University Press — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:36:46 -0800

Join us for a launch of two innovative works of cultural history, both of which challenge conventional narratives about mid-twentieth century Canadian and American life. THE HIGHWAY OF THE ATOM weaves together crucial missing pieces about the beginning of the...

Rediscovering Reverence

McGill-Queen's University Press — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:11:38 -0800

The following is an excerpt from Rediscovering Reverence: The Meaning of Faith in a Secular World by Ralph Heintzman. Rediscovering Reverence offers a new look at the place of religion in the modern age. In the Eastern traditions, as you...

Outside the Box

McGill-Queen's University Press — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:09:35 -0800

Watch Maria Meindl speak at the Fanshawe College's Letters and Arts Society lecture series below. Maria Meindl is the author of Outside the Box: The Life and Legacy of Writer Mona Gould, the Grandmother I Thought I Knew. To learn...

The Globe 100: Non-fiction

McGill-Queen's University Press — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:08:53 -0800

Phoenix: The Life of Norman Bethune was selected by The Globe and Mail editors as one of the best reviewed non-fiction titles of the year. "This revisionist work makes the case that the celebrated doctor led a life of failure,...

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McGill-Queen's University Press — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:19:54 -0800

What you may have missed this week at the MQUP Revealed Kingston: author explores city's religious character and roots Maclean's reviews The Codex Canadensis Irish in Their Blood Watch David Wilson author of the Thomas D'Arcy McGee biographies on CTV...

Irish in Their Blood

McGill-Queen's University Press — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:48:01 -0800

Excerpted from The Hour's article Irish in Their Blood featuring Thomas D'Arcy McGee. Just as we do not know the name of those who actually killed Kennedy – Oswald was as he said he was, the patsy – we still...