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The Earliest Cartulary of the Counts of Champagne
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
The cartulary of 1211 is the oldest surviving register produced by the chancery of the counts of Champagne. This first edition of the cartulary contains 121 letters received from the barons and prelates of the county during the rule of …
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The Life of Sir Charles G.D. Roberts
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
A new era in Canadian poetry began in 1880 with the publication of Charles G.D. Roberts Orion and Other Poems. He was just twenty years old. Roberts was soon acknowledged as leader of the so-called Confederation PoetsBliss Carman, Duncan Campbell …
View book details for Essays in the History of Canadian Law
In Honour of R.C.B. Risk
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
This volume in the Osgoode Society's distinguished series on the history of Canadian law is a tribute to Professor R.C.B. Risk, one of the pioneers of Canadian legal history and for many years regarded as its foremost authority. The fifteen …
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A history of modern architecture in Britain
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
The history of British architecture since 1930 has been one of frequently heated controversy between the old idiom and the new and between various social and technological viewpoints. The battle is by no means over; indeed it is spreading to …
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
In this report Professor Hartle presents the findings of a series of investigations that have been carried out, partly under the auspices and partly with the co-operation, of the Canadian Department of Labour. The object of the investigations, the Employment …
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Commemoration, Identity, and Cultural Capital in Nova Scotia during Canada's 1967 Centennial Celebrations
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
In The Centennial Cure, the second volume in the Studies in Atlantic Canada History series, Meaghan Elizabeth Beaton critically examines the intersection of state policy, cultural development, and commemoration in Nova Scotia during Canadas centennial celebrations. Beatons engaging and insightful …
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
It is a medieval truism that the poet meddles with words, the lawyer with the world. But are the poets words and the lawyers world really so far apart? To what extent does the art of making poems share in …
View book details for Wages, Prices, Profits, and Economic Policy
Proceedings of a Conference held by the Centre for Industrial Relations, University of Toronto, 1967
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
The essays included in this book are the proceedings of a conference held by the Centre for Industrial Relations at the University of Toronto, 1967. They have been divided into five sections: "Wage-Price-Profit Relations in CanadaThe Problem in Perspective," "A …
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
A.W. Currie's Canadian Transportation Economics describes and analyses the economics of transport in Canada whether by rail, highway, inland and coastal waterways, the high seas, air or pipeline. It is written to be of interest to employees of railways, steamship …
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Job-Worker Matching and Its Implications for Education in Ontario
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
This study uses a simple model of information gathering to generate policy recommendations concerning education in Ontario, especially at the post-secondary level. The schools are viewed as helping students discover jobs matched to their abilities, and policy prescriptions are offered …
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The Prose of Vision
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Thomas De Quincey: The Prose of Vision is the first full-length critical study of De Quincey's imaginative writings. Considering these writings as a 'prose of vision' transcending their origins in magazine journalism, the author stresses their relationship to the Romantic …
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Patterns in W.B. Yeats's Aesthetic
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
In recent years Yeats has been receiving a great deal of critical attention from many aspects. Professor Engelberg here makes a distinctive contribution to the new studies by bringing under discussion the kind of aesthetic views developed by Yeats in …
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Land, People, Culture Volume II
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
This volume continues the story of the cultural and political history of the Croatian people who have long been noted for their significant contributions to the arts and the humanities. It examines the Croatian language, literature to 1835, the maritime …
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The Devolution of Canadas Public Employment Service, 1995-2015
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Every developed country has a public employment service that connects job seekers with employers through information, placement, and training support services. In Federalism in Action, Donna E. Wood assesses how Canadas public employment service is performing after responsibility was transferred …
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Individualism in French Poetry, 1686-1760
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
It has long been the custom to condemn eighteenth-century French poetry outright as generally unworthy of attention. However, in keeping with a recent change of attitude towards this vast and diverse body of literature, Professor Finch here undertakes to isolate …
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Ontario's Educative Society, Volume V
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
A variety of institutions and activities including the training of teachers, research and development, and educational television services are discussed in this volume. It describes in detail the creation and growth of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and …
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
While Paul Valery's lyric poetry, as well as his dialogues, dramatic work, and critical prose, have preoccupied his critics, his prose poems have been virtually ignored and his position in the tradition of the genre has remained unacknowledged. This study …
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
This book describes and analyses the provincial government's role in municipal and regional planning. The conversion of farmland to urban and other uses is discussed, as are the issues raised by the reports of the Ontario Planning Act Review Committee …
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A Multidisciplinary Approach
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
The judicial system occupies an important place in society, yet it has been one of the least studied of Canadian institutions. Traditionally, examination and criticism of the trial process have been left to lawyers and members of the legal profession. …
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A Diplomat's Reflections on the Soviet Union
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
"The world is large; Russia is great; death is inevitable." Almost forty years ago Robert A.D. Ford came across this sentence in a Russian school primer. It stays with him today as an example of the Russian psyche, a psyche …
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A History of the Ontario Veterinary College
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
In lively fashion Mr. Gattinger records the development of the Ontario Veterinary College, the oldest continuously operating veterinary school in this hemisphere. Viewing its history from the perspective of today, he sees the College and the profession it serves moving …
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
The possibility that the continents of the earth have undergone major changes in position during the earth's history has fascinated scholars for at least three hundred years. Recently, evidence from several scientific disciplines has shown that the possibility must be …
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Memoirs of a Life in International and Development Economics
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Toward a Better World describes the life, times and perspectives of Gerry Helleiner, a Canadian activist and university-based economist, who worked for roughly 40 years with developing countries and international organizations. In his memoir, Toward a Better World, Helleiner, recounts …
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The Tower of Babel in Anglo-Saxon Literature
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
The Tower of Babel narrative is one of the most memorable accounts of the Bible, and its interpretative potential has produced a vast array of literary adaptations. Undoing Babel is the first extensive examination of the development of the Babel …
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Hallsian Perspectives
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Civility in national and international politics is under siege. In this volume, twelve distinguished sociologists and historians from North America, Europe, and China reflect on the nature and preservation of civility in and between nation states and empires in a …
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