- The Great Land Rush and the Making of the Modern World, 1650-1900
- Crimes, Constables, and Courts: Order and Transgression in a Canadian City, 1816-1970
- Sorrows of a Century: Interpreting Suicide in New Zealand, 1900-2000
- A Sadly Troubled History: The Meanings of Suicide in the Modern Age (Mcgill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society)
- Adam Smith’s Islands: New Zealand’s Incomparable Restructuring, 1980–1995