Coming Soon from the U of C Press
© Paula E. Kirman
The University of Calgary Press celebrates 20 years of publishing in the year 2001. In anticipation of that exciting time for the Western Canadian publisher, Fall of 2000 looks to be full of releases that meets the U of C Press' mandate for academically-inclined non-fiction that are innovative and experimental, focussing heavily on international topics as well as what they term the "Heartland of the Continent," the geographic regions which span from the Canadian Northwest and American West.
Where the Mountains Meet the Prairies by historian Graham A. MacDonald definitely meets that last bit of criteria. A history of Waterton County, a national park in Western Canada, MacDonald supports his study of the park with extensive maps and photographs.
A work of border-crossing proportions, Understanding Stone Tool and Archaeological Sites by academic Brian P. Kooyman is a co-publication with the University of New Mexico Press. It is a study of artifacts of stone tools discovered at such historical sites as Alberta's Head-Smashed-In-Buffalo Jump and other western North American sites.
Anyone interested in learning even more about Canada's National Parks should take a look at Guardians of the Wild. This books is a history of the Warden Service of the Parks, and how its existence has been integral to the operation and maintenance of the Parks.
The turbulant history between Christian missionaries and Native Indians in North America is often a controversial topic leading to heated academic discussions -- and a reminder of old wounds on the parts of many Natives. Noble, Wretched, and Redeemable is a new look at this subject area, examining the relationship between stereotypes of Native peoples in North America and the Protestant missionary movement. Another co-publication with the University of New Mexico Press, Texas A&M University assistant professor of History Dr. Carol L. Higham demonstrates how perpretrating certain stereotypes about Natives was encouraged and rewarded by corporate missionary societies, governments and secular scholarly institutions between 1820-1900.
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