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Political StudiesThe Question of Separatism: Quebec and the Struggle over SovereigntyJane Jacobs • Baraka BooksUsing her renowned ability to observe the real world, Jane Jacobs discusses the timeless issues that affect—or afflict—debate on separatism in the world. These include emotion, national size and the paradox ofsizes, duality and federation. She also delves into the specifics of Quebec-Canada relations and casts herexperienced and penetrating gaze on two great cities, Montreal and Toronto. Jacobs’ study of how Norwaybecame independent from Sweden peacefully and how both countries prospered remains acutely relevant.She suggests Canada can learn from their example and find win-win solutions. And in an exclusive 2005interview she revisits all these questions.ISBN-13: 9781926824062paperback / 160 pp5.5 x 8.5 / $19.95April 2011Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and lived in New York and Toronto. Shewrote six other books that have sold millions of copies, including the groundbreaking The Death and Lifeof Great American Cities (1961).Key words: Canadian national identity, Federalism, Regional identity – Quebec, Separatism,Urban studiesTrudeau’s Darkest Hour: War Measures in Time of Peace, October 1970Guy Bouthillier • Baraka BooksForty years ago in the middle of the night the government of Pierre Elliott Trudeau proclaimed the WarMeasures Act following two political kidnappings by the FLQ. It thereby suspended the Constitution andall civil liberties, deployed 12,500 troops in Quebec—7,500 in Montreal alone— arrested 465 peoplewithout charges and detained them incommunicado without bail and without the right to legal assistance.It also entered and searched more than 10,000 homes without warrant.In this rigourously researched and brilliantly presented anthology, Canadian political leaders,thinkers, journalists, and writers explain how the government of Pierre Elliott Trudeau deceived thepeople of Canada and denied justice when it proclaimed war measures in peacetime for the first timein history.ISBN-13: 9781926824048paperback / 160 pp6 x 9 / $19.95October 2010Guy Bouthillier holds a law degree from McGill University and a PhD from the Sorbonne (Paris). Heis honorary professor of political science at the University of Montreal, where he taught for thirty years.Key words: Trudeau, Quebecois history, War Measures Act, October 1970Related Interest – Visual ArtArt Inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains andSelkirk Mountains 1809–2012Nancy Townshend • Bayeaux ArtsISBN-13: 9781897411377paperback / 160 pp10 x 10 / $25.95November 201246This book is about the plethora of artistic responses to the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains, andSelkirk Mountains from 1809 to 2012, by mostly Canadian artists who were drawn to the region for avariety of reasons. What did two centuries of artistic exploration in this area yield? Which works of artinspired by this uniquely Western landscape were created and how did they serve to create a distinctWestern Canadian identity? It is almost as if these mountains, standing resolute—and all along coextensivewith the traditional Modern and contemporary responses to them and valuing their cultural memoriesassociated with these artworks—seem to be saying: “Come and explore us. We offer infinite artisticinspirations and, above all, freedom. We will never let you down.”A curator of Western art since 1974, Nancy Townshend is also the author of A History of Art in Alberta(Bayeux Arts) and Maxwell Bates: Canada’s Premier Expressionist of the 20th Century. Resident of Calgary,she received her MA in art history from the University of Toronto, and is a Alberta Centennial Medalist.Key words: Regional identity – Western Canada, Rocky Mountains, Visual art & traditions,David Thompson, Jan KabatoffLiterary Press Group / Congress 2013