Barry Cahill

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Rebuilding Halifax A History of the Halifax Relief Commission Formac Publishing	Using the perspectives of law, politics, public policy and intergovernmental relations, historian Barry Cahill describes the complex activities of an almost-unaccountable agency that took the …	Barry Cahill	226	2020	View
From Introduction From: Rebuilding Halifax View Formac Publishing	The introduction provides a brief overview of the history of the Halifax Relief Commission and it’s activities over the course of its six-decade existence.	Barry Cahill	12	2020	$1.20 Add
From Halifax Relief From Citizen’s Committee to Government Commission (1917-1918) From: Rebuilding Halifax View Formac Publishing	Chapter 1 Discusses the immediate aftermath of the explosion of the Mont Blanc in Halifax harbour. The chapter describes how, within hours of the catastrophe, local government and business …	Barry Cahill	29	2020	$2.90 Add
From The First Year (1918) From: Rebuilding Halifax View Formac Publishing	Chapter 2 discusses the actions of the Halifax Relief Commission in the first year after the explosion.	Barry Cahill	28	2020	$2.80 Add
From Thomas Adams and Town Planning for the Devastated Area (1918) From: Rebuilding Halifax View Formac Publishing	Chapter 3 discusses the plans for the rebuilding of the devastated North End of Halifax into what would eventually become the Hydrostone neighbourhood.	Barry Cahill	16	2020	$1.60 Add
From Benevolent Oligarchy or “Political Octopus”? (1919-1921) From: Rebuilding Halifax View Formac Publishing	Chapter 4 discusses the political and financial controversies that the Halifax relief commission became embroiled in after the end of the First World War, as reconstruction of the destroyed areas …	Barry Cahill	16	2020	$1.60 Add
From The Long Anticlimax (1922-1945) From: Rebuilding Halifax View Formac Publishing	Chapter 5 discusses the work of the Halifax Relief Commission in the decades after reconstruction of the city was concluded, as its role became managing the pension funds for explosion victims …	Barry Cahill	16	2020	$1.60 Add
From Twilight of the Gods (1945-1972) From: Rebuilding Halifax View Formac Publishing	Chapter 6 discusses the gradual winding down of the Relief Commissions work after the Second World war as disputes over its roles and responsibilities with the municipal, provincial, and federal …	Barry Cahill	20	2020	$2.00 Add
From Denouement (1972-1976) From: Rebuilding Halifax View Formac Publishing	Chapter 7 discusses how the Halifax Relief Commission finally and formally came to an end nearly 6 decades after the Halifax Explosion.	Barry Cahill	13	2020	$1.30 Add
From Epilogue Halifax Disaster Commemoration From: Rebuilding Halifax View Formac Publishing	The epilogue assess the legacy of the Halifax Relief Commission and the role it played in shaping the city throughout the 20th century.	Barry Cahill	6	2020	$0.60 Add
From Appendix The Halifax Relief Commission First Annual Report (31 December 1918) From: Rebuilding Halifax View Formac Publishing	The Halifax Relief Commission First Annual Report (31 December 1918)	Barry Cahill	19	2020	$1.90 Add