Faculty Books

Members of our department have written and edited books on a wide variety of historical subjects. To celebrate the publishing record of those currently associated with the Department of History (full-time, adjunct, retired, and sessional) you will find below a list of these works organized by the year of their first publication (although many have been reprinted due to their popularity). Further information for many of the books can be found by clicking on the title below the cover image.

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 Framing the Holocaust: Photographs of a Mass Shooting in Latvia, 1941
(2023)
Valerie Hebert (ed)
North of America: Canadians and the American Century, 1945-1960
(2023)
Asa McKercher and Michael D. Stevenson (eds)

Guerre d’Espagne et socialisme international: dernière chance pour l’ordre démocratique d’entre-deux-guerres 

(2020)

Nicolas Lépine

 Thunder Bay and the First World War, 1914-1919

(2018)

Michel S. Beaulieu, David K. Ratz, Thorold J. Tronrud, and Jenna L. Kirker

Winner of the 2019 M. Elizabeth Arthur Award for best scholarly book on the history of Northwestern Ontario

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Hard Work Conquers All: Building the Finnish Community in Canada

(2018)

Michel S. Beaulieu, David K. Ratz, and Ronald N. Harpelle (eds)

A. J. Appasamy and his Reading of Ramanuja: A Comparative Study in Divine Embodiment

(2017)

Brian Dunn


 
Canada-Finland, Celebrating 2017: "A brave. hospitable, and altogether admirable people."

(2017)

Marrku Henriksson, Michel S. Beaulieu, Carmen Pekkarinen, and Mari-Anna Suurmunne (eds)

Thrashing Seasons: Sporting Culture in Manitoba and the Genesis of Prairie Wrestling 

(2016)

C. Nathan Hatton

Association for Manitoba Archives’ Manitoba 2017 Day Award

 
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Fodor Ferenc Önéletírásai
[The Autobiographical Works of Ferenc Fodor]

(2016)

Róbert Győri and Steven Jobbitt (eds)

The Little Third Reich on Lake Superior: A History of Canadian Internment Camp R

(2015)

Ernest Robert Zimmermann, Michel S. Beaulieu ,and David Ratz

  •  Winner of the 2017 M. Elizabeth Arthur Award for best scholarly book on the history of Northwestern Ontario
  • Honorable Mention, 2016 Floyd S. Chalmers Award for best book on Ontario History
  • Winner of the Editors' Association of Canada's 2015 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence
  • Shortlisted for the 2016 Lois Hole Award for Editorial Excellence

Colonialism, Development, and the Environment: Railways and Deforestation in British India 

(2015)

Pallavi V. Das

Language and Power: A Linguistic Regime for North America

(2013)

Stephan Sberro and Ronald N. Harpelle (eds)

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Rugged Game: Community, Culture, and Wrestling at the Lakehead

(2013)

C. Nathan Hatton

Pulp Friction: Communities and the Forest Industry in a Global Perspective

(2012)

Ronald N. Harpelle and Michel S. Beaulieu (eds)

Celluloid Dreams: An Illustrated History of Early Film at the Lakehead, 1900-31

(2012)

Michel S. Beaulieu

  • Winner of the 2015 Gertrude H. Dyke Award for best popular book on the history of Northwestern Ontario

Labour at the Lakehead: Ethnicity, Socialism, and Politics, 1900-35

(2011)

Michel S. Beaulieu

  • Winner, 2015 Elizabeth Arthur Award for best scholarly book on the history of Northwestern Ontario
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Labouring Finns: Transnational Politics in Finland, Canada, and the United States

(2011)

Michel S. Beaulieu, Ronald N. Harpelle, and Jaimi Penney (eds)

CRDI: 40 ans d'ides, d'innovations et d'impacts
(2011)

Bruce Muirhead and
Ronald N. Harpelle

Long-Term Solutions for a Short-Term World: Canada and Research Development

(2011)

Ronald N. Harpelle and Bruce Muirhead (eds)

North of Superior: An Illustrated History of Northwestern Ontario

(2010)

Michel S. Beaulieu and Chris Southcott

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Imagining New Worlds in the New World: Entertainment, Agency, and Power in Upper Canada

(2010)

Michel S. Beaulieu and James W. Paxton (eds)
special issue of Ontario History

IDRC: 40 Years of Innovation and Impact

(2010)

Bruce Muirhead and
Ronald N. Harpelle

Developments, Definitions, and Directions in Finnish Language, Literature, and Culture

(2010)

Ronald N. Harpelle and Michel S. Beaulieu (eds)
special issue of The Journal of Finnish Studies

Hitler's Generals on Trial: The Last War Crimes Tribunal at Nuremberg

(2010)

Valerie Genevive Hebert

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From Thunder Bay Through Ypres with the Fighting 52nd
by W.C. Millar

(2010)

Thorold J. Tronrud and David Ratz (eds)

Final Fantasy and Philosophy: The Ultimate Walkthrough

(2009)

Jason P. Blahuta and Michel S. Beaulieu (eds)

Responding to Unmet Needs: 125 Years of Care in the Community

(2009)

Peter Raffo

Essays in Northwestern Ontario Working Class History: Thunder Bay and its Environs

(2008)

Michel S. Beaulieu (ed)

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The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell, Volume 21: How to Keep the Peace: The Pacifist Dilemma, 1935-38

(2008)
 

Andrew Bone and Michael Stevenson (ed)

Documents on Canadian External Relations, 1959

(2006)

Janice Cavell, Michael D. Stevenson, and Kevin Spooner (eds)

The Lady Lumberjack: An Annotated Collection of Dorothea Mitchell's Writings

(2005)

Michel S. Beaulieu
and
Ronald N. Harpelle (eds)

Lakehead Psychiatric Hospital 1934-2004, From Institution to Community -- A Transformation of Psychiatric Services

(2005)

Peter Raffo

  • Winner of the 2007 Gertrude H. Dyke Award for best popular book on the history of Northwestern Ontario
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Karelian Exodus: Finnish Communities in North America and Soviet Karelia during the Depression Era

(2004)

Ronald N. Harpelle, Varpu Lindstrm, and Alexis Pogorelskin

Nordic People in Canada: A Study in Demography, 1861-2001

(2004)

A. Ernest Epp

Documents on Canadian External Relations, 1957-58, part II

(2004)

Michael D. Stevenson (ed)

Mythistory in Sino-Western Contacts: Jesuit Missionaries and the Pillars of Chinese Catholic Religions

(2003)
Min-Sun Chen

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Banana Histories / Histoires de Bananes

(2003)
Ronald N. Harpelle (ed)

Documents on Canadian External Relations, 1957-58, part I

(2003)

Michael D. Stevenson (ed)

The West Indians of Costa Rica: Race, Class, and the Integration of an Ethnic Minority

(2001)

Ronald N. Harpelle

Canada's Greatest Wartime Muddle: National Selective Service and the Mobilization of Huma Resources during World War II

(2001) 

Michael D. Stevenson

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Paper & People: An Illustrated History of Great Lakes Papers and Its Successors, 1919-1999

(1999)

Roy Piovesana, Beth Boegh, and Thorold J. Tronrud

Thunder Bay: From Rivalry to Unity

(1995; 2008)

A.Ernest Epp and Thorold J. Tronrud (eds)

  • Winner of the 1995 Ontario Heritage Book Award

East Asia Perspectives. Selected Articles from the Annual Conferences of the Canadian Asian Studies Association 1991-1992

(1995)

Min-Sun Chen, Claude Comtois and Larry N. Shyu (eds)

Guardians of Progress: Boosters and Boosterism in Thunder Bay, 1870-1914

(1993)

Thorold J. Tronrud

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East Asia Inquiry: Selected Articles from the Annual Conferences of the Canadian Asian Studies Association 1988-1990

(1991)

Larry N. Shyu, Min-Sun Chen, Claude-Yves Charron, Matsuo Soga (eds)

East Asia Insight: Selected Papers from the CASA Annual Conferences, 1985-1987

(1988)

Larry N. Shyu and Min-Sun Chen(eds)

China Insight: Selected Papers from the Canadian Asian Studies Association Annual Conference Proceedings, 1982-1984

(1985)

Larry N. Shyu and Min-Sun Chen(eds)

A Vast and Magnificent Land: An Illustrated History of Northern Ontario

(1984)

A. Ernest Epp and Matt Bray (eds)

  • Winner of the 1984 Editor's Association of Canada's Tom Fairley Award