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Just Published

Newly released titles from the University of Calgary Press and LCR Publishing Services

We Need to Do This

A History of the Women's Shelter Movement in Alberta and the Alberta Council of Women's Shelters

Borderblur Poetics

Intermedia and Avant-Gardism in Canada, 1963-1988

Eric Schmaltz

Indigenous Territorial Autonomy and Self-Government in the Diverse Americas

Blue Storm

The Rise and Fall of Jason Kenney

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Africa: Missing Voices

Issues and topics that have been overlooked in political, social, and historical discussions of Africa


The Tensions between Culture and Human Rights

Emancipatory Social Work and Afrocentricity in a Global World

Secession and Separatist Conflicts in Postcolonial Africa

Social Work in Africa

Exploring Culturally Relevant Education and Practice in Ghana

Reinventing African Chieftaincy in the Age of AIDS, Gender, Governance, and Developm

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Canadian History and Environment

Topical issues in Canadian history as seen through an environmental lens, presented in partnership with NiCHE Canada.

Traces of the Animal Past

Methodological Challenges in Animal History

Jennifer Bonnell, Sean Kheraj

The First Century of the International Joint Commission

Daniel Macfarlane, Murray Clamen

Environmental Activism on the Ground

Small Green and Indigenous Organizing

Jonathan Clapperton, Liza Piper

Animal Metropolis

Histories of Human-Animal Relations in Urban Canada

Joanna Dean, Darcy Ingram, Christabelle Sethna
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Energy Histories, Cultures, and Politics

Original work at the intersection of energy and society. These books contribute to international discussions on the history, culture, and politics of energy and speak to the energy humanities and social sciences.

Imperial Standard

Imperial Oil, Exxon, and the Canadian Oil Industry from 1880

Graham D. Taylor

Energy in the Americas

Critical Reflections on Energy and History

Amelia M. Kiddle

Energy, Ecology, and Environment

International discussions about energy, natural resources, and ecological and environmental concerns.

Wilderness and Waterpower

How Banff National Park Became a Hydroelectric Storage Reservoir

Christopher Armstrong, H.V. Wells

Parks, Peace, and Partnership

Global Initiatives in Transboundary Conservation

Michael S. Quinn, Len Broberg, Wayne Freimund

L'Alberta Autophage

Identités, mythes et discours du pétrole dans l'Ouest canadien

Dominique Perron

Vulnerability and Adaptation to Drought

The Canadian Prairies and South America

Harry Diaz, Margot Hurlbert, Jim Warren