University of Calgary Press.

University of Calgary Press 

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Three excellent new explorations will earn places in specialty collections or collections focusing on Canadian history and culture. Graham Livesey's Passages: Explorations Of The Contemporary City (1552381412, $22.95) provides a gathering of essays exploring eight topics on the modern urban domain. Both geographic and literary topics are revealed, from narrative to metaphor, to survey the post-modern city in all its historical and intellectual mystery. A recommended pick for college-level collections. Brian Kooyman and Jane Kelley's Archaeology On The Edge: New Perspectives From Th Northern Plains (1552381382, $39.95) is dedicated to the memory of Alberta archaeologist Richard G. Forbis, gathering papers by his students and colleagues as a tribute to the man who was instrumental in establishing the field of cultural resource management. His impact on Canadian archaeology and resources encouraged all to push the limits of modern methodology and interpretation, and the papers chosen here focus on these new directions in nor-thern plains archaeological research. Simon Evans' The Bar U: Candian Ranching History (155238134X) is another Canadian specialty item; this covering the Bar U, one of the most famous ranches in Canada. For over a hundred years it covered over 150,000 acres in Alberta and played a key role in the emergence of the Canadian cattle business. The Bar U's business structure, various ownerships and strategies, and major influencers and impacts draws on a host of source materials, from local and oral histories to papers, to reveal the evolution of the bar U's ranching methods.