American Review of Canadian Studies articles from December 2005

American Review of Canadian Studies archives from December 2005

Work "only a woman can do": the Women's Division of the Canadian Department of Immigration and Colonization, 1920-1937.
December 22, 2005... For many of Canada's women the year 1920 was a tremendous break from the past. With the federal franchise finally conferred upon them after a long crusade, they stood on the threshold of a new decade wishing to do nothing less than change the...

State sponsorship and community environmental groups: the Atlantic Coastal Action Program in Newfoundland.
December 22, 2005... Introduction When the Canadian federal government announced in November 2002 that it would assume part of the cost involved in building a primary sewage treatment plant in St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador, thereby halting the flow of...

Canadian editorial opinion and the 1963 nuclear weapon acquisition debate (1).
December 22, 2005... Introduction and Historical Context Canadians are currently engaged in a heated debate over the nature of their country's external policies, particularly related to continental defense arrangements with the United States. However, concer...

The ties that bind: transnational migrant networks at the Canadian-U.S. borderland.
December 22, 2005... Introduction Transnationalism... is not simply a theoretical perspective, hut a nexus of social and material relationships which blur the centrality of borders (Hyndman and Walton-Roberts, 2000, 24) Perhaps no moment in...

The debate on family reunification and Canada's Immigration Act of 1976 (1).
December 22, 2005... On April 10, 1978, a new Immigration Act came into force in Canada after a lengthy legislative reform process initiated in September 1973 aimed at clarifying and modernizing the immigration legislation. The Act's introductory clause spelled out...

Book review essay: Canada's constitutional cul de sac.(Constitutional Odyssey: Can Canadians Become a Sovereign People?, 3rd ed.)(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Russell, Peter H. Constitutional Odyssey: Can Canadians Become a Sovereign People7. 3rd ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. x + 364 pp. $27.95 paper, $60.00 cloth. Lucien Bouchard was sworn in as Premier of Quebec on January 29,...

Book review essay; In peace and war: 1699-2003.(The Rule of the Admirals: Law, Custom, and Naval Government in Newfoundland, 1699-1832)(The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy: Inquiry and Intrigue)(Canada's Army: Waging the War and Keeping the Peace)(Who Killed the Canadian Military?)(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Jerry Bannister. The Rule of the Admirals: Law, Custom, and Naval Government in Newfoundland, 1699-1832. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003. 423 pp. $34.95 cloth. John Griffith Armstrong. The Halifax Explosion and the Royal...

The Promise and Peril of International Trade.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Jeff Colgan. The Promise and Peril of International Trade. Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press, 2005. 247 pp. $24.95 paper. In The Promise and Peril of International Trade, Jeff Colgan sets for himself the task of illuminating the...

Canadian Energy Policy and the Struggle for Sustainable Development.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... G. Bruce Doern, ed. Canadian Energy Policy and the Struggle for Sustainable Development. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005. xi + 341 pp. $60.00 cloth. Just prior to Canada's ratification of the Kyoto Accord, a conference on...

Wildlife, Conservation, and Human Welfare: A United States and Canadian Perspective.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Richard D. Taber and Neil F. Payne. Wildlife, Conservation, and Human Welfare: A United States and Canadian Perspective. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company, 2003. xiii + 218 pp. In their Wildlife, Conservation, and Human Welfare,...

Formidable Heritage: Manitoba's North and the Cost of Development 1870 to 1930.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Jim Mochoruk. Formidable Heritage: Manitoba's North and the Cost of Development 1870 to 1930. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2004. xvi + 496 pp. Historians interested in the economic development of northern Manitoba now have an...

One West, Two Myths: A Comparative Reader.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Carol Higham and Robert Thacker, eds. One West, Two Myths: A Comparative Reader. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2004. xxi + 183 pp. $45.00 cloth. One West, Two Myths, explains C.L. Higham, is not meant to be a comprehensive analysis...

Histories of Canadian Children and Youth.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Nancy Janovicek and Joy Parr. Histories of Canadian Children and Youth. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2003. viii + 317 pp. $41.50 paper. Histories of Canadian Children and Youth is in many ways an updated sequel to Joy Parr's...

Borderland Religion: The Emergence of an English-Canadian Identity, 1792-1852.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... J.I. Little. Borderland Religion: The Emergence of an English-Canadian Identity, 1792-1852. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. xv + 386 pp. $32.95 paper. J.I. Little's monograph, Borderland Religion, is a micro-study of Protestant...

Governing Charities: Church and State in Toronto's Catholic Archdiocese, 1850-1950.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Paula Maurutto. Governing Charities: Church and State in Toronto's Catholic Archdiocese, 1850-1950. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003. xiv + 194 pp. $65.00 cloth. Maurutto has crafted a thorough and articulate account of how...

Hometown Horizons: Local Responses to Canada's Great War.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Robert Rutherdale, Hometown Horizons: Local Responses to Canada's Great War. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2004.xxvi, 331 pp. $85.00 cloth, $29.95 paper. For Canada as a whole, the First World War was a nation-defining episode. The victories of...

Contemporary Jewish Writing in Canada: An Anthology.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Michael Greenstein, ed. Contemporary Jewish Writing in Canada: An Anthology. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004. 233 pp. $60.00 cloth. The Jews of Canada comprise less than two percent of the Canadian population--a miniscule chip...

Mothers of Invention: Feminist Authors and Experimental Fiction in France and Quebec.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Milena Santoro. Mothers of Invention: Feminist Authors and Experimental Fiction in France and Quebec. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002. xvi + 348 pp. $24.95 cloth. Milena Santoro's exemplary study demonstrates the...

Reading Beyond Words: Contexts for Native History.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Jennifer S.H. Brown and Elizabeth Vibert, eds. Reading Beyond Words: Contexts for Native History, 2nd ed. Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press, 2003. xxxii + 504 pp. $28.95 paper. Historians of Native American or, in Canada, First Nations...

Arctic Migrants, Arctic Villagers: The Transformation of Inuit Settlement in the Central Arctic.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... David Damas. Arctic Migrants, Arctic Villagers: The Transformation of Inuit Settlement in the Central Arctic. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series, 2002. 269 pp. $29.95 paper. While the...

"Real" Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Bonita Lawrence. "Real" Indians and Others: Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004. 303 pp. $55.00 cloth; $29.95 paper. In the spring of 1996, Only Drunks and Children Tell...

Nunavik: Inuit-Controlled Education in Arctic Quebec.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Ann Vick-Westgate. Nunavik: Inuit-Controlled Education in Arctic Quebec. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2002. xx + 337 pages. $39.95 cloth. Prior to World War II, the Canadian government had a "hands-off' approach to the Inuit in...

Canada and the End of Empire.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Phillip Buckner ed., Canada and the End of Empire. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2005. vi + 328 pp. $85.00 cloth. Inevitably the issue of Canada and the end of Empire will he a slippery one. Canada, after all, has never formally left the Empire....

Strengthening Canadian Democracy.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Howe, Paul, Richard Johnston, and Andre Blais, eds. Strengthening Canadian Democracy. Montreal: Institute for Research on Public Policy, 2005. 361 pp. $29.95 paper. This book is a collection of papers written for the IRPP's Strengthening...

E-Government Reconsidered: Renewal of Governance for the Knowledge Age.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... E. Lynn Oliver and Larry Sanders, eds. E-Government Reconsidered: Renewal of Governance for the Knowledge Age. Saskatoon: Houghton Boston, 2004. xiv + 230 pp. $24.99 paper. This volume represents the collaborative work of a community of...

Race and Ethnicity: Finding Identities and Equalities, 2nd ed.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Leo Driedger. Race and Ethnicity: Finding Identities and Equalities, 2nd ed. Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 2003. 318 pp. $35.00 paper. Race and Ethnicity is a comprehensive analysis of racial and ethnic relations in Canada and is the...

Writing Off the Rural West: Globalization, Governments, and the Transformation of Rural Communities.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Roger Epp and Dave Whitson, eds. Writing Off the Rural West: Globalization, Governments, and the Transformation of Rural Communities. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2001. vii + 330 pages. $34.95 paper. Not long ago, Canada was sure...

Books received.
December 22, 2005... ART Pratt, Stephanie. American Indians in British Art, 1700-1840. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2005. 240 pp. $29.95 cloth. CANADIAN STUDIES Wright, Donald, ed. Canadian Studies: An Introductory Reader. Dubuque, IA:...