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Social Science Indigenous Studies

Clearing the Plains NEW EDITION

Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Indigenous Life

by (author) James Daschuk

foreword by Elizabeth A. Fenn

Publisher
University of Regina Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2019
Category
Indigenous Studies, Native American, General
  • 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.

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Elizabeth A. Fenn's profile page

Awards

  • Winner, Sir John A. Macdonald Prize
  • Winner, Governor General's History Award
  • Winner, Aboriginal History Award