Spring/Summer 2009 - University of Toronto Press Publishing

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Remembering and
Forgetting in Acadie
A Historian’s Journey through Public Memory
Ronald Rudin
Between 2004 and
2005, Acadians observed
two major anniversaries
in their history: the
400th anniversary of
the birth of Acadie and
the 250th anniversary
of their deportation at
the hands of the British.
Attending many of the
commemorative activities
that marked the
anniversaries, Ronald Rudin has documented these
events as an ‘embedded historian.’ Conducting
interviews and collecting the opinions of Acadians,
Anglophones, and First Nations, Remembering and
Forgetting in Acadie examines the variety of ways in
which the past is publicly presented and remembered.
A profound and accessible study of the oftenconflicting
purposes of public history, Rudin details
the contentious cultural, political, and historical
issues that were prompted by these anniversaries.
Offering an astounding collection of materials,
Remembering and Forgetting in Acadie is also accompanied
by a website (www.rememberingacadie.concordia.ca)
that provides access to films, audio clips,
and photographs assembled on Rudin’s journey
through public memory.
Framing Canadian
Federalism
Edited by Dimitry Anastakis and P.E. Bryden
Framing Canadian Federalism assembles an impressive
range of scholars to consider many important
issues that relate to federalism and the history
of Canada’s legal, political, and social evolution.
Covering themes that include the Supreme Court
of Canada, changing policies towards human rights,
First Nations, and the legendary battles between
Mitchell Hepburn and W.L. Mackenzie King, this
collection illustrates the central role that federalism
continues to play in the Canadian polity.
Editors Dimitry Anastakis and P.E. Bryden
and the volume’s contributors demonstrate the
pervasive effects that federalism has on Canadian
politics, economics, culture, and history, and provide
a detailed framework in which to understand
contemporary federalism. Written in honour of
John T. Saywell’s half-century of accomplished and
influential scholarly work and teaching, Framing
Canadian Federalism is a timely and fitting tribute
to one of the discipline’s foremost thinkers.
Dimitry Anastakis is an associate professor in the
Department of History at Trent University.
P.E. Bryden is an associate professor in the Department
of History at the University of Victoria.
Ronald Rudin is a professor in the Department of
History at Concordia University.
Approx. 384 pp / 6 x 9 / May 2009
26 photos
Cloth ISBN 978-0-8020-9950-1 £48.00 $75.00 E
Paper ISBN 978-0-8020-9657-9 £22.50 $35.00 C
Approx. 304 pp / 6 x 9 / April 2009
Cloth ISBN 978-0-8020-9193-2 £40.00 $60.00 E
Paper ISBN 978-0-8020-9436-0 £18.00 $27.95 C
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