Politics & Current Affairs

In the Blood: Battles to Succeed in Canada’s Family Businesses

Tolstoy’s chestnut about families – that all happy ones resemble each other, while each unhappy one is unique – is arguably even more accurate when applied to the bloody fights that can afflict family businesses. ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

God and the Market: Steps Towards a Moral Economy

By Ted Reeve,ed.

Ever think that were it not for the widespread idolatry of this machine called the market, the world would be a better, safer place for all of us? This is what editor Ted Reeve purports ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

In Her Own Time: A Class Reunion Inspires a Cultural History of Women

By Maggie Siggins

It’s nice to have fun at a reunion of old pals, but definitely an extra blessing to come away with a fine idea for a book. Maggie Siggins, whose credits include A Canadian Tragedy: The ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Stalking the Elephant: My Discovery of America

By James Laxer

Early on in Stalking the Elephant – a Canadian’s-eye-view of American politics and society – James Laxer’s antipathy for his subject becomes apparent. The book’s introduction, paranoid and petulant in tone, denounces what the author ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

★ Elizabeth Rex

By Timothy Findley

During the first Stratford Festival in 1953, a young Timothy Findley received impromptu acting lessons from Alec Guinness. He later worked with Thornton Wilder, who urged him to write a play of his own. Findley’s ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Prerogatives: Contemporary Plays by Women

By Marie Clements, Vivienne Laxdal, Kelley Jo Burke, Kate Miles

Blood, semen, urine, and bruised bodies feature prominently in this collection of plays written between 1992 and 1995 by five women playwrights actively involved in the Canadian theatre scene. Although there is no mention of ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Slumming It at the Rodeo: The Cultural Roots of Canada’s Right-Wing Revolution

By Gordon Laird

Anyone who’s been left shocked, angry, or surprised by the rise of Canada’s neo-conservatives over the last decade or so will find much to cheer in Slumming It at the Rodeo: The Cultural Roots of ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Beauty Queens: A Playful History

By Candace Savage

Candace Savage’s Beauty Queens: A Playful History follows up on her earlier successes of chronicling the politics of female culture. She has written on similar topics in Bird Brains and Cowgirls. Beauty Queens is book ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Angelique

By Lorena Gale

Angelique is presumably based on a historical incident in Montreal in 1734 when a young, black female slave from the Portuguese island of Madiere was publicly humiliated, hanged, and burned at the stake on suspicion ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Muted Voice: Religion and the Media

By Michael W. Higgins

What is the difference between religion and spirituality? How does the media distinguish between the two? Or does it at all? In The Muted Voice: Religion and the Media, Michael W. Higgins takes an anecdotal ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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In the Blood: Battles to Succeed in Canada’s Family Businesses

God and the Market: Steps Towards a Moral Economy

In Her Own Time: A Class Reunion Inspires a Cultural History of Women

Stalking the Elephant: My Discovery of America

★ Elizabeth Rex

Prerogatives: Contemporary Plays by Women

Slumming It at the Rodeo: The Cultural Roots of Canada’s Right-Wing Revolution

Beauty Queens: A Playful History

Angelique

The Muted Voice: Religion and the Media

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