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History Wars Memory, Politics, and Dark Chapters in Our Past Emily M. Keeler on the literature of overwork PAGE 13 $6.50 Vol. 25, No. 7 October 2017 M MM R H History Wars Memory, politics, and dark chapters in our past PLUS A E The jihad economy G F The mytho- constitutional Quebec universe ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: + Dennis Duffy on a sociology of CanLit + Anne Kingston on doctors, patients, and cash Publications Mail Agreement #40032362 Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to + Donna Bailey Nurse on the vision of David Chariandy LRC, Circulation Dept. PO Box 8, Station K + Stephen Smith on P.K. Subban and hockey-dad memoirs Toronto, ON M4P 2G1 New from University of Toronto Press The Constitution in a Hall of Mirrors Canada at 150 by David E. Smith Canada’s Odyssey In this book, David E. Smith analyzes A Country Based on Incomplete the interconnectedness of Canada’s Conquests parliamentary institutions and argues by Peter H. Russell that Parliament is a unity comprised of three parts and any reforms made to one In Canada’s Odyssey, renowned scholar branch will, whether intended or not, Peter H. Russell provides an expansive, affect the other branches. accessible account of Canadian history from the pre-Confederation period to the present day. Something’s Got to Give Balancing Work, Childcare and Eldercare by Linda Duxbury and Christopher Making a Global City Higgins How One Toronto School Embraced Something’s Got to Give provides Diversity practical advice to managers and policy- by Robert Vipond makers about how to mitigate the effects of employee work-life conict, Making a Global City celebrates one of retain talent, and improve employee the world’s most multicultural cities and engagement and productivity. shows how education plays a vital role in shaping and integrating immigrants in liberal democracies. Homelands and Empires Indigenous Spaces, Imperial Fictions, and Competition for Territory in Northeastern An Exceptional Law North America, 1690–1763 Section 98 and the Emergency State, by Jeffers Lennox 1919-1936 This book highlights how Indigenous by Dennis G.Molinaro peoples, imperial forces, and settlers competed for space in northeastern This book highlights how the North America before the British emergency law used to repress labour conquest in 1763. activism during the First World War became normalized with the creation of Section 98 of the Criminal Code, following the Winnipeg General Strike. Also available as e-books at utorontopress.com Literary Review of Canada First Canadian Place 100 King Street West, Suite 2575 P.O. 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