Social Science Indigenous Studies
Clearing the Plains NEW EDITION
Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Indigenous Life
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2019
- Category
- Indigenous Studies, General, Native American
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780889776241
- Publish Date
- Feb 2019
- List Price
- $22.95
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Description
This new edition of Clearing the Plains has a foreword by Pulitzer Prize–winning author, Elizabeth A. Fenn, and explanations of the book’s influence by leading Canadian historians. Called “one of the most important books of the twenty-first century” by the Literary Review of Canada, it was named a “Book of the Year” by The Globe and Mail, Quill & Quire, the Writers’ Trust, and won the Sir John A. Macdonald Prize, among many others
About the authors
James Daschuk has a Ph.D in History from the University of Manitoba. He is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies at the Univeristy of Regina and a researcher with the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Unit.
Awards
- Winner, Aboriginal History Award
- Winner, Sir John A. Macdonald Prize
- Winner, Governor General's History Award