Between 1946 and 1948, Guatemalan prostitutes were hired by American medical researchers to engage in sexual intercourse with prisoners and soldiers. These women were among the non-consenting and often overlooked subject-groups ...

This dissertation examines the Cold War fear of infiltration and the ‘enemy within.’ While several Cold War histories examine the culture of anxiety, few consider how the larger fears of nuclear weaponry and radiation ...

On December 10, 1935, in the midst of the Great Depression, the Canadian National-owned Bessborough Hotel opened in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This Chateau castle-style hotel was immediately lauded as a symbol of Saskatoon’s ...

This study is about the place of French and French speakers in the Saskatchewan political community. Beginning with the political foundations of western Canada in 1870, it argues that exclusion of the French language and ...

The history of cattle ranching on the Great Plains combines climate, grasslands, water, people and animals. Unfortunately, it also includes environmental missteps and catastrophes which has led to numerous negative histories ...

Inequitable land ownership has been, and continues to be, an enormous problem confronting Guatemala. Since it was first perceived to impede ideals and conceptions of progress, the ways in which land concentration has been ...

Between 1987 and 1990, Guatemalan state policy in the Peten turned from felling trees in the name of progress to guarding them from progress in the name of biodiversity. What was at stake in this transformation was not ...

In past decades historians have become increasingly focussed on Native political activism in Canada. This has brought greater understanding to Native political issues and a degree of legitimization to Native political ...

This thesis presents an analysis of Edmund Burke's place in intellectual history by examining his commentary on the French Revolution as well as his role in the Enlightenment itself. In doing so, it brings to bear the ...

Ecological thought shows remarkable continuity since 1800. Personal connections provide the groundwork for this cohesion. The emergence of ecological thought involved individuals exchanging ideas through letters, publishing ...