American Review of Canadian Studies articles from September 2005

American Review of Canadian Studies archives from September 2005

Leadership matters: international treaty ratification in Canada and the United States.
September 22, 2005... The ratification process for international treaties has become increasingly politicized in many democratic states. While scholars have devoted attention to the negotiation of international agreements, few have studied ratification struggles...

Canada-U.S. free trade and price convergence in North America (1).
September 22, 2005... 1. Introduction The debate over the 1989 Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (CUSTA) and the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) included much discussion of the possible positive and negative effects of convergence in North...

Situating Canada: the shifting perspective of the postcolonial other in Margaret Atwood's The Robber Bride.
September 22, 2005... Margaret Atwood published her eighth novel, The Robber Bride, in 1993; it marks a moment when the postmodernism and the post-colonialism that have always been discernible in Atwood's work came to the fore in critical dialog. (1) The Robber...

From trusted ally to suspicious neighbor: Canada-U.S. relations in a changing global environment.
September 22, 2005... The Canada-U.S. relationship stands at a crossroads. While in many ways the two countries remain on good terms--for example, they continue to enjoy the world's largest bilateral trade relationship (1)--there have been several disputes in the...

Quill and canon: writing the Great War in Canada.
September 22, 2005... "History never repeats itself, but historians always repeat each other." (1) That uncharitable view of profession may be true in cases, but scholarship by a new generation of historians is searching deep into the archives of the nation to find...

A "Democratic Audit" addresses the state of Canada's parties, elections, and citizens.(Political Parties)(Elections)(Citizens)(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... William Cross, Political Parties. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2004. X + 206 pp. $65.00 cloth, $22.95 paper. John Courtney, Elections. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2004. xvii + 201 pp. $65.00 cloth, $22.95 paper. Elisabeth Gidengil, Andre Blais,...

The Rebordering of North America: Integration and Exclusion in a New Security Context.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Peter Andreas and Thomas J. Biersteker, eds. The Rebordering of North America: Integration and Exclusion in a New Security Context. New York: Routledge, 2003. 179 pp. $85.00 cloth, $22.95 paper. Balancing trade and security is the central...

The Canadian Distinctiveness into the XXIst Century/La distinction canadienne au tournant du XXIe siecle.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Chad Gaffield and Karen L. Gould, eds. The Canadian Distinctiveness into the XXIst Century/La distinction canadienne au tournant du XXIe siecle. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2003. vii + 335 pp. $45.00 cloth. This bilingual...

The Paradox of American Unionism: Why Americans Like Unions More Than Canadians Do But Join Much Less.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Seymour Martin Lipset and Noah M. Meltz, with Rafael Gomez and Ivan Katchanovski. The Paradox of American Unionism: Why Americans Like Unions More Than Canadians Do But Join Much Less. Ithaca, NY: ILR Press of Cornell University Press, 2004....

From Love Canal to Environmental Justice: The Politics of Hazardous Waste on the Canadian-U.S. Border.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Thomas H. Fletcher. From Love Canal to Environmental Justice: The Politics of Hazardous Waste on the Canadian-U.S. Border. Broadview Press, 2003. 239 pp. One might characterize From Love Canal to Environmental Justice as simply a book that...

Negotiated Memory: Doukhobor Autobiographical Discourse.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Julie Rak. Negotiated Memory: Doukhobor Autobiographical Discourse. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2004. xvi + 192 pp. $85.00 cloth, $29.95 paper. In her methodologically ground-breaking book, Negotiated Memory, Julie Rak uses autobiographical...

Settler Feminism and Race Making in Canada.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Jennifer Henderson, Settler Feminism and Race Making in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003. 288 pp. $60.00 cloth. Jennifer Henderson's Settler Feminism and Race Making in Canada is a serious and profoundly thoughtful...

A War of Patrols: Canadian Army Operations in Korea.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... William Johnston, A War of Patrols: Canadian Army Operations in Korea. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2003. xx + 426 pp. $45.00 cloth. William Johnston, a historian at the Directorate of History (D-Hist) in Ottawa since 1983, is well qualified to...

Histoire sociale des idees au Quebec (1896-1929).(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Yvan Lamonde, Histoire sociale des idees au Quebec (1896-1929). Montreal: Editions Fides, 2004. 336 pp. $29.95 paper. In this second volume of his ambitious three-part survey of the "social history of ideas in Quebec," Yvan Lamonde tackles...

Icelanders in North America: The First Settlers.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Thor, Jonas. Icelanders in North America: The First Settlers. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2002. 306 pp. $24.95 paper. The study of immigration to and through North America continues to hold a pivotal place in American...

Frontier Diplomats: Alexander Culbertson and Natoyist-Siksina' among the Blackfeet.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Lesley Wischmann. Frontier Diplomats: Alexander Culbertson and Natoyist-Siksina' among the Blackfeet. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2004. 400 pp. $24.95 paper. Originally published four years ago as Frontier Diplomats: The Life and...

Pink Snow: Homotextual Possibilities in Canadian Fiction.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Terry Goldie. Pink Snow: Homotextual Possibilities in Canadian Fiction. Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press, 2003. 264 pp. $22.99 paper. Or one night, reading, some passage might ring suddenly like a bell: the portrait of some...

Literary Culture and Female Authorship in Canada 1760-2000.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Faye Hammill. Literary Culture and Female Authorship in Canada 1760-2000. Cross-Cultures Series 63. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2003. viii + 245pp. $38.00 cloth. Faye Hammill's study of six Canadian women authors is wide in its historical sweep but...

Marian Engel: Life in Letters.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Christl Verduyn and Kathleen Garay, ed. Marian Engel: Life in Letters. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. xxxi + 295 pp. $ 40.00 cloth. This important volume comes from the hands of Kathleen Garay, Marian Engel archivist in...

The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Hugh A. Dempsey. The Vengeful Wife and Other Blackfoot Stories. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003. xiii + 282 pp. $34.95 cloth. Hugh Dempsey's latest book of Blackfoot stories combines history, anthropology, oral tradition, and...

The Dakota of the Canadian Northwest: Lessons for Survival.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Peter Douglas Elias. The Dakota of the Canadian Northwest: Lessons for Survival. Regina: Canadian Research Center, University of Regina, 2002. xvii + 262 pp. $29.95 paper. This is a fascinating and reliable narrative history that traces...

The White Man's Gonna Getcha: The Colonial Challenge to the Crees in Quebec.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Toby Morantz. The White Man's Gonna Getcha: The Colonial Challenge to the Crees in Quebec. McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. xvi + 370 pp. $70.00 cloth, $27.95 paper. As Toby Morantz...

The Once and Future Canadian Democracy: An Essay in Political Thought.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Janet Ajzenstat. The Once and Future Canadian Democracy: An Essay in Political Thought. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003. x + 192 pp. $24.95 paper. In a variety of writings that span from the thought of Lord Durham to...

A Law Unto Itself: How the Ontario Municipal Board Has Developed and Applied Land Use Planning Policy.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... John G. Chipman. A Law Unto Itself: How the Ontario Municipal Board Has Developed and Applied Land Use Planning Policy. The Institute of Public Administration of Canada Series in Public Management and Governance. Toronto: University of Toronto...

Steps Toward Making Every Vote Count: Electoral System Reform in Canada and its Provinces.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Henry Milner, ed. Steps Toward Making Every Vote Count: Electoral System Reform in Canada and its Provinces. Peterborough, ON.: Broadview Press, 2004. 319 pp. $19.95 paper.* In 1998 this reviewer published an article in the British-based...

Books received.
September 22, 2005... CULTURE Resnick, Philip. The European Roots of Canadian Identity. Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press, 2005. 125 pp. $18.95 paper. DEFENSE Horn, Bernd J., Paul de B. Taillon, and David Last, eds. Forces of Choice: Perspectives on...