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First nations gaming in Canada.

Ed. by Yale D. Belanger.

978-0-88755-723-1

Intended to provide a comprehensive look at the current state of Indian Gaming in Canada today, this collection of articles from a multidisciplinary group of Canadian academics examines the impact of the gambling infrastructure on a variety of areas of aboriginal society and life. The work is divided into four sections covering the historical and legal issues in the development of Indian gaming, socio-economic considerations and gambling research in the community, the impacts of gambling on health, and contemporary challenges to First Nations gaming. Individual chapters address such topics as virtual sovereignty and online gaming, frameworks for assessing the socio-economic impacts of gambling, gambling behaviors among aboriginal peoples and labor unions and First Nations casinos. Belanger is a professor of Native American studies at the University of Lethbridge. Distributed in the US by Michigan State University Press. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Keep true; a life in politics.

Pawley, Howard.

978-0-88755-724-8

Social democrat Howard Pawley was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in 1969; his election was the NPD's first victory in the province. His tenure as premier from 1981 to 1988 coincided with the period when Manitoba was torn by conflict over constitutional reform, language rights, and Quebec separatism. In this political memoir, Pawley offers an insider's perspective on Canada's national political scene during the '70s and '80s, and reveals the keys to his party's success in winning seven of the past eleven elections held in Manitoba. He describes his involvement in legislation related to human rights and the Marital Property Act, and offers insight on economic and political issues of the period such as the CF-18 fiasco and the Meech Lake Accord. His government's activist management of the economy offers lessons for the current global recession. The book includes b&w photos from throughout his life and career. Pawley is now associate professor emeritus of political science at the University of Windsor. Distributed in the US by Michigan State U. Press. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Winnepeg Beach; leisure and courtship in a resort town, 1900-1967.

Barbour, Dale.

978-0-88755-722-4

Barbour, a Canadian native who grew up in the province of Manitoba, spent his family vacations at Winnepeg Beach. He revisits this famous destination from the perspective of "love on a beach" and how this turn-of-the-[last]century resort provided an opportunity for vacationers from all walks of life to meet, date, and ultimately influence the growth of, and later, the demise of, this lakeside community. The pictures of swimmers and beachgoers in the early 1900s fully-clothed to the scantily-clad patrons of the 1960s, mirror the stripping away of morals and conventions that caused a panic over sexual behavior. Distributed in the US by Michigan State U. Press. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)