Publishing Canadian History for 50 Years
The Audacity of His Enterprise Louis Riel and the Métis Nation That Canada NeverWas, 1840–1875 M. MAX HAMON Cloth $39.95 • February 2020
“The Audacity of His Enterprise is a sophisticated and humanizing biography of an iconic figure in Canadian history set within the context of his times.” –Jean Barman, University of British Columbia and author of Iroquois in the West
Whom Fortune Favours The Bank of Montreal and the Rise of North American Finance LAURENCE B. MUS S IO Two-Volume Set Cloth $85.00 • April 2020
Whom Fortune Favours examines the trajectory of this extraordinary organization across the span of two centuries. The historian Laurence Mussio applies an analytical lens to a financial institution whose strategies fundamentally shaped, and were shaped by, the evolution of a country and a continent.
They Shot, He Scored The Life and Music of Eldon Rathburn JAME S K. WRIGHT WITH AL LYSON ROGERS Cloth $39.95 • Available Now
“A superb work of scholarship. Anyone reading this book will discover something of the personality of an organization that provided a natural home for Eldon’s genius.” –Robert Verrall, NFB animator, director, and film producer
Brewed in the North A History of Labatt’s MATTHEW J. B E L LAMY Cloth $34.95 • Available Now
“Brewed in the North is probably the most comprehensive look at Labatt’s past … The author struck gold by landing on a treasure trove of previously unpublished corporate documents and a detail-rich history of Labatt that it had commissioned from historian Albert Tucker.”
– The Globe & Mail
Tear Gas Epiphanies Protest, Culture, Museums KIRSTY ROB ERTSON Paper $39.95 • Available Now
“Tear Gas Epiphanies is an excellent contribution to the field of critical museum studies in Canada and globally. Robertson highlights exhilarating moments of protest, while also offering critical analysis, paying attention to the demands of intersectionality in theory and practice.” –Shelley Ruth Butler, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada and co-editor of Curatorial Dreams: Critics Imagine Exhibitions