The names on Svalbard are a reminder of how many different nationalities that have visited and lived on the archipelago during the centuries. These...

"Natives and Settlers provides a beginning to what should be (and should have been) a continuing, respectful discussion." -Blanca Schorcht, Associa...

A look at how Pamela Colman Smith's theatrical knowledge and experience came into play when she drew the iconic cards of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck...

Insightful, opinionated, but always thoughtful, Niddrie of the North-West reveals the lively social dynamics of Canada's formative years.

The manuscript Kiel, University Library S.H. 8 A. 8o, which contains the earliest copy of the so-called "Roskilde Chronicle" as well as the complet...

A fascinating collection of concise stories about twenty-one courageous, independent, and diverse women who shaped the history of Vancouver Island....

The University of Otago has always taken pride in its status as New Zealand’s first university. Starting a university in 1869 was a bold move: othe...

This collection of essays derives from the 1989 Princeton Conference on 'The Social and Economic History of the Greeks in the Ottoman Empire: The G...

First published in English in 2000, Paul Tapsell’s awardwinning work brilliantly captured the life and transformations of Pūkaki — the Ngāti Whakau...

Moving through five historic periods, this book weaves the colourful story of New Mexico's book artists and their dedication to a timeless craft. P...

When the urbane, learned and widely liked David Derham accepted the invitation to establish the second university law school in Victoria, he wrote ...

Pleasure in the form of food, drink or drugs, is the subject of this book, which looks at how their consumption has played a key role in social int...

This book looks at the lives of New Zealanders during the greatest armed struggle the world has ever seen: the Second World War. It is not a politi...

This factual story about how Christopher Evans and John Sontag came to be the most wanted men in California in 1893 is also the story of life in th...

This updated, fully indexed edition contains a new chapter that captures the developments in the B.C. treaty process since the original publication...

An Illustrated History of Protest and Activism in Aotearoa New Zealand. For a small, peaceful democracy in the South Pacific, New Zealand has had i...

"A really interesting and provocative take on 1968. This book addresses the truly global dimensions—and the unexpected, often long-term consequence...

"A really interesting and provocative take on 1968. This book addresses the truly global dimensions—and the unexpected, often long-term consequence...

This book documents the life story of a small community on the Island of Hawai'i. For nearly a millennium the startling beauty of the coastline and...

Highly regarded by Native Americans as well as Anglo and Hispanic historians, Sando's book covers the origins and development of Pueblo civilizatio...

For Marcia Keegan, recording the traditional ways of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico has been a life-long commitment. Keegan is the only photograp...

In this new book, Sando weaves a tapestry of individual lives against a backdrop of history, telling the stories of more than thirty political lead...

Since its founding in 1881, Canadian Pacific has made an indelible mark on the lives of Canadians. Most commonly associated with its iconic rail-wa...

Ranching with Lords & Commons, originally published in 1903, tells the fascinating story of Alberta's famous Oxley Ranch from the perspective o...

Braham Dabscheck muses upon some of baseball's silent yet magnificently important treasures. He examines several topics, including the business of ...

The decades of the 1950s and ’60s continue to exert a powerful fascination, as seen in the lasting popularity of Mad Men, Crown Lynn collectibles a...

In her study Chaoluan Kao offers a comprehensive investigation of popular piety at the time of the European Reformations through the study of sixte...

Unlike people who choose to migrate in search of new opportunities, refugees are compelled to leave their homeland. Typically, they are escaping wa...

At the end of the Second World War in 1945, the countries of Western Europe found themselves at a crossroads. How should they react to the challeng...

The gripping story of the 1997 race from Dyea, Alaska to Dawson City, that re-enacted the Gold Rush. John Firth went in search of the experience th...

Despite success in its epic struggle to conquer tyranny during the Second World War, Great Britain emerged from the conflict at the brink of financ...

On 1 October 1917, prohibition came into effect in the province of British Columbia. Washington and Oregon had gone dry the previous year. The ban ...

Santa Fe is a timeless and transcendental place that has drawn people for centuries, and about which countless fantasies have been woven. In "Santa...

Each August, one hundred thousand people attend Indian Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the nation's largest and most anticipated Native arts event....

Who were the new social groups situated between the top and bottom of society, between capitalists and workers, between the bourgeoisie and the com...

From the days of the fur trade, one constant thread weaves its way through the tumultuous history of frontier British Columbia, Washington and Oreg...

This book, written by Charles Herman Senn (1864-1934) and originally published in 1915, brings the old recipes and techniques of cooking from durin...

" Seven Myths of Native American History will provide undergraduates and general readers with a very useful introduction to Native America past and...

"Gordon's survey of the topic makes it clear that slavery in the Americas can be understood much better if we put it in this larger context, in ter...

"Gordon's survey of the topic makes it clear that slavery in the Americas can be understood much better if we put it in this larger context, in ter...

Originally published in England in 1910, this story of a shepherd, Caleb Bawcombe, describes life in the south-central English county of Wiltshire ...

In August 2015, Robert Miller and Bruce Gendelman toured sites of the Holocaust's atrocities. Led by the former Special Envoy to Combat and Monitor...

The vision experiences of one man -- a Dakota chief and healer -- would profoundly affect the lives of four generations of the Deloria family. That...

Most Australians live on the narrow coastal strip that fringes our island continent. For Aboriginal people a place comes into being each time it is...