Bryan D. Palmer

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A Coming Capitalism
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A Coming Capitalism

The Nineteenth-Century Transportation Revolution

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter examines the transportation revolution in Canada in the nineteenth century. 17 $1.70 Add
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A Fateful Transition, 1870-90
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A Fateful Transition, 1870-90

Big Industries, Big Banks

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter discusses the rise of big Industry and Banking in Canada in the late nineteenth century. 12 $1.20 Add
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A Nineteenth-Century War of Resistance
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A Nineteenth-Century War of Resistance

Settler "Unionists," "Half-Breeds," "Indians," and the Uprising in the North-West, 1885

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter looks at the Canadian Pacific Railway’s intrusion further west and the ensuing conflicts with Indigenous and Metis populations, Louis Riel’s Provisional Government and … 18 $1.80 Add
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Acknowledgements, Preface, and Notes
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Acknowledgements, Preface, and Notes

From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises

This chapter includes the author’s acknowledgements, a brief preface, and a note on how the book was conceptualized. By examining the history of Indigenous displacement and settler … 19 $1.90 Add
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Alienating Agreements; or Treaties as Thievery — Early Capitalism at Work in the 1870s and 1880s
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Alienating Agreements; or Treaties as Thievery — Early Capitalism at Work in the 1870s and 1880s

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter looks at John A. MacDonald’s National Policy in the 1870s ‘ and 1880s’ post-Confederation Canada in the form of railroads, tariffs and immigration, as well as the … 15 $1.50 Add
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Bricks (and Timber) in the Road to Capital Accumulation, 1795-1850
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Bricks (and Timber) in the Road to Capital Accumulation, 1795-1850

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter takes a look at capital accumulation in Canada in the early nineteenth century through the development of resources such as lumber and mining and its impact of Indigenous populations … 11 $1.10 Add
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British North America, the American Revolution, and Land
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British North America, the American Revolution, and Land

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter takes a look at British rule in North America in the late eighteenth century, Mi’kmaq treaty negotiations, the impact of the westward movement of the Fur Trade on Indigenous … 13 $1.30 Add
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Canadian Capital’s Global Reach in the Twenty-First Century
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Canadian Capital’s Global Reach in the Twenty-First Century

From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises

In this chapter, Palmer discusses how Canadian corporate capital invested in foreign countries, often in resource extraction and low-wage industries. He includes examples of Canadian mining … 6 $0.60 Add
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Capital Accumulation and the Routinization of Crises, 1820-60
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Capital Accumulation and the Routinization of Crises, 1820-60

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter outlines the economic crises and depressions in early nineteenth century Canada and the effect of industry and labour. 7 $0.70 Add
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Capital Cravings
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Capital Cravings

Colonialism's Sixteenth-Century Beginnings Planted

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter looks at the beginnings of capitalism and colonialism in Canada, and the effects of these developments on its Indigenous inhabitants. 7 $0.70 Add
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Capitalism and Colonialism Unchecked: After the 2025  Election
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Capitalism and Colonialism Unchecked: After the 2025 Election

From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises

In this chapter, Palmer outlines the key policies put in place by the Carney Liberals in 2025-26, including the turn away from labour, Indigenous communities and their rights, and environmental … 25 $2.50 Add
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Capitalism’s Changing Contours, 1960-2000: The Bursting of the Post-War Bubble
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Capitalism’s Changing Contours, 1960-2000: The Bursting of the Post-War Bubble

From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises

This chapter covers Canada’s economic history from 1960 to 2000. Palmer describes how trade deals with the U.S. intensified economic integration, favouring foreign (often American) … 8 $0.80 Add
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Capitalist Confederated Canada
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Capitalist Confederated Canada

The Emergence of Organized Labour and Class Conflict, 1870-90

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter examines the tumult of the 1870s in Canada, including the Pacific Scandal of 1873, Indigenous resistance in the North-West and the global financial pandemic from 1873 to 1897, which … 12 $1.20 Add
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Chapter 1: Capitalist Crisis and Expansion, 1890-1914
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Chapter 1: Capitalist Crisis and Expansion, 1890-1914

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter recounts how the Depression of the 1890s was followed in the first decades of the twentieth century by enormous growth in mining, railroads and industry. 6 $0.60 Add