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John C. Weaver FRSC is a Canadian historian, and Distinguished University Professor at McMaster University.[1]

Early life and education

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Weaver's undergraduate studies were at Queen's University at Kingston. [2] His PhD was at Duke University and was funded by a James B. Duke Commonwealth Fellowship.[2]

Career

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Except for a two year period teaching at Queen's, his career has been entirely at McMaster University, with visiting Professorships at Australian National University and Griffith University in Brisbane.

The Great Land Rush and the Making of the Modern World (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003) was awarded the François-Xavier Garneau Medal, Best Book in History during the previous five years by a Canadian, the North American Conference on British Studies Award for Best Book 2005, and the Wallace K. Ferguson Award, best book in a non-Canadian field by the Canadian Historical Association.

Books

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  • Adam Smith’s Islands: New Zealand’s Incomparable Restructuring, 1980–1995 (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2025).
  • Sorrows of the Century: Interpreting Suicide in New Zealand, 1900-2000 (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013). New Zealand paperback edition published by Bridget Williams Books in a co-publication with MQUP, 2014.[3][4]
  • A Sadly Troubled History: The Meanings of Suicide in the Modern Age (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2009)[5][6][7][8]
  • The Great Land Rush and the Making of the Modern World, 1650-1900 (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006).[9][10][11][12][13]
    • French edition: La roué vers la terre et le faconnement du monde moderne, 1650- 1900 (Montreal: Editions Fides, 2006), Translation by Christine Ayoub.
  • Crimes, Constables, and Courts: Order and Transgression in a Canadian City, 1816-1970 (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995).
  • With Michael Doucet, Housing the North American City (Montreal: McGill-Queen's Press, 1991).[14][15][16][17][18]
  • Hamilton: An Illustrated History (Toronto: National Museum of Canada and James Lorimer and Company, 1982).[19][20]

References

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  1. ^ "Distinguished University Professors" (PDF). mcmaster.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "John C. Weaver". mcmaster.ca. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  3. ^ Bryder, Linda (2014). "Review of Sorrows of a Century: Interpreting Suicide in New Zealand, 1900–2000. Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society Series, no. 40, WeaverJohn C." Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 88 (4): 757–758. ISSN 0007-5140.
  4. ^ McCalman, Janet; Weaver, John C. (2015). "Review of Sorrows of a Century: Interpreting Suicide in New Zealand, 1900–2000. (McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society, no. 40.), WeaverJohn C." The American Historical Review. 120 (3): 1001–1002. ISSN 0002-8762.
  5. ^ Trinidad, Antolin C. (2009-08-05). "A Sadly Troubled History: The Meanings of Suicide in the Modern Age". JAMA. 302 (5): 573. doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1130. ISSN 0098-7484.
  6. ^ Bailey, V. (2011-08-01). "John C. Weaver, A Sadly Troubled History: The Meanings of Suicide in the Modern Age". Social History of Medicine. 24 (2): 500–501. doi:10.1093/shm/hkr064. ISSN 0951-631X.
  7. ^ Bayatrizi, Zohreh (2010). "Review of A Sadly Troubled History: The Meanings of Suicide in the Modern Age". The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie. 35 (1): 169–172. ISSN 0318-6431.
  8. ^ Shorter, Edward (2011). "Review of A Sadly Troubled History: The Meanings of Suicide in the Modern Age". The American Historical Review. 116 (1): 162–163. ISSN 0002-8762.
  9. ^ La Croix, Sumner J. (2006). "The Great Land Rush and the Making of the Modern World, 1650-1900 (review)". Journal of World History. 17 (3): 342–344. ISSN 1527-8050.
  10. ^ La Croix, Sumner J. (2006). "Review of The Great Land Rush and the Making of the Modern World, 1650-1900". Journal of World History. 17 (3): 342–344. ISSN 1045-6007.
  11. ^ Teeple, Gary (2005). "Review of The Great Land Rush and the Making of the Modern World, 1650-1900; Land, Power, and Economics on the Frontier of Upper Canada". Labour / Le Travail. 55: 262–265. ISSN 0700-3862.
  12. ^ Guice, John D. W. (2005-10-01). "John C. Weaver. The Great Land Rush and the Making of the Modern World, 1650–1900. Ithaca, N.Y.: McGill‐Queen's University Press. 2003. Pp. x, 497. $39.95". The American Historical Review. 110 (4): 1127–1128. doi:10.1086/ahr.110.4.1127. ISSN 0002-8762.
  13. ^ Heffer, Jean (2007). "Review of The Great Land Rush and the Making of the Modern World, 1650-1900". Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine (1954-). 54 (4): 158–160. ISSN 0048-8003.
  14. ^ Monkkonen, Eric (1996). "Review of Crimes, Constables, and Courts: Order and Transgression in a Canadian City, 1816-1970". Journal of Social History. 30 (2): 530–532. ISSN 0022-4529.
  15. ^ Bergstrom, Randolph (1996-03-01). "Crimes, Constables, and Courts: Order and Transgression in a Canadian City, 1816–1970. By John C. Weaver. (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995.xxviii, 323 pp. Cloth, $55.00, ISBN 0-7735-1274-8. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-7735-1275-6.)". Journal of American History. 82 (4): 1569–1570. doi:10.2307/2945349. ISSN 0021-8723.
  16. ^ Naylor, James (1996). "Review of Crimes, Constables, and Courts: Order and Transgression in a Canadian City, 1816-1970". The American Historical Review. 101 (4): 1316–1316. doi:10.2307/2169847. ISSN 0002-8762.
  17. ^ Parker, Nancy (1997). "Review of Crimes, Constables, and Courts: Order and Transgression in a Canadian City, 1816-1970". The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 27 (3): 554–555. doi:10.2307/205954. ISSN 0022-1953.
  18. ^ Strange, Carolyn (1996). "Crimes, Constables and Courts: Order and Transgression in a Canadian City, 1816–1970 by John C. Weaver (review)". The Canadian Historical Review. 77 (1): 119–121. ISSN 1710-1093.
  19. ^ Bloomfield, Elizabeth (June 1983). "Weaver, John C. Hamilton: An Illustrated History" (PDF). Urban History Review. 12 (1): 83–84. doi:10.7202/1019000ar. ISSN 0703-0428.
  20. ^ McCalla, Douglas (1983). "Hamilton: an Illustrated History by John C. Weaver (review)". The Canadian Historical Review. 64 (3): 388–389. ISSN 1710-1093.


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