Bryan D. Palmer

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Part One Indigenous Commons, Capital Cravings, and the Coming of Colonialism, 1500-1790 and The Dish with One Spoon

Part One Indigenous Commons, Capital Cravings, and the Coming of Colonialism, 1500-1790 and The Dish with One Spoon

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

This section discusses first contact between the Europeans and the Indigenous inhabitants and divergent understandings of property rights and land tenure and collectivism and individualism. 8 $0.80 Add
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Part Two, The Capitalist Road from Colony to Nation, 1790-1890 and Contradictory Compulsions: Colonial Autocracy and Capitalist & "Liberty," 1791-1820

Part Two, The Capitalist Road from Colony to Nation, 1790-1890 and Contradictory Compulsions: Colonial Autocracy and Capitalist & "Liberty," 1791-1820

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

This chapter reviews the continued expansion of British rule in North America and the establishment of Upper Canada and Lower Canada under the Constitutional Act of 1791 14 $1.40 Add
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Preface, Note on Language and Conceptualization and Introduction

Preface, Note on Language and Conceptualization and Introduction

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

In this chapter, the author explains his methodology for a book on Colonialism and Capitalism, as well as a note on considerations about terminology related to Indigenous peoples and the concepts … 32 $3.20 Add
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Protest’s Changing  Contours, 1960–2000: Class  Struggles and Indigenous  Oppositions
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Protest’s Changing Contours, 1960–2000: Class Struggles and Indigenous Oppositions

From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises

This chapter provides an overview of the resistance to capitalism and its practices from Indigenous peoples, workers, students and others during the period 1960-2000. Palmer describes how 1960s … 9 $0.90 Add
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Rebellion and the End of Empire’s First Nations Alliances

Rebellion and the End of Empire’s First Nations Alliances

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

This chapter discusses changes in Indigenous alliances with the British during the period of rebellion in Upper and Lower Canada. 8 $0.80 Add
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Residential School  Revelations: From Sexual  Abuse to “The Year of the Graves,” 1989–2021
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Residential School Revelations: From Sexual Abuse to “The Year of the Graves,” 1989–2021

From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises

In this chapter, Palmer describes the destructive impact of the residential school system on Indigenous people in Canada. Included is the impact of unmarked graves on residential school sites in 2021. 11 $1.10 Add
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Settlement in an Age of Mercantilism: Chartered Companies, Clash of Empires, 1500-1700

Settlement in an Age of Mercantilism: Chartered Companies, Clash of Empires, 1500-1700

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

This chapter discusses mercantilism and the beginnings of chartered companies such as the Hudson Bay Company and European settlement in Canada as the European empires sought to expand their trade … 10 $1.00 Add
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The Bitter Fruits of Crisis Capitalism: The  Gig Economy and Homelessness, 2000–25
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The Bitter Fruits of Crisis Capitalism: The Gig Economy and Homelessness, 2000–25

From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises

In this chapter, Palmer discusses how the gig economy emerged, impact on workers’ incomes, the emergence of homelessness across Canada in the period, and the rising cost of housing— … 13 $1.30 Add
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The Colonized Strike Back: Quebec, 1960–72
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The Colonized Strike Back: Quebec, 1960–72

From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises

This chapter explores how in the early 1960s Quebec sovereignists reframed francophone economic subordination as internal colonialism. Worker exploitation and separatist sentiment together with … 13 $1.30 Add
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The Great Recession: The  Financial Crash of 2007–09
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The Great Recession: The Financial Crash of 2007–09

From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises

In this chapter, Palmer outlines the structural causes of the financial crisis and global recession of 2007-2009 and how it was experienced in Canada. 10 $1.00 Add
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The Insurrectionary Moment, 1837-38

The Insurrectionary Moment, 1837-38

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

This chapter discusses social conflict in early nineteenth century Canada,coming to a head in the Upper Canada Rebellion and the Lower Canada Rebellion. 10 $1.00 Add
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The Last Eighteenth-Century “Indian War,” the Opportunistic Origins of Capitalist Accumulation, and the Beginnings of Banking: The Other Meanings of 1812

The Last Eighteenth-Century “Indian War,” the Opportunistic Origins of Capitalist Accumulation, and the Beginnings of Banking: The Other Meanings of 1812

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

This chapter discusses the effect of the War of 1812 on relations between the colonial rulers and Indigenous populations as well as economic opportunities presented and the creation of a colonial … 9 $0.90 Add
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The Métis Nation and Provisional Government in the North-West, 1869-71

The Métis Nation and Provisional Government in the North-West, 1869-71

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

This chapter examines the Metis nation in communities such as the Red River and Saskatchewan River in the late nineteenth-century Canadian colony, the Canada Party, Louis Riel, and the … 12 $1.20 Add
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The New Left Goes North: The Berger Commission and its Aftermath, 1973–2000
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The New Left Goes North: The Berger Commission and its Aftermath, 1973–2000

From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises

In this chapter, Palmer discusses the federal governments colonial policies regarding northern pipelines in Canada, the impact of the late 1970s Berger pipeline inquiry, and how Indigenous groups … 11 $1.10 Add
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The New Men of Power and Confederation’s Capitalist Triumph

The New Men of Power and Confederation’s Capitalist Triumph

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

This chapter addresses the weakening of the aristocratic and radical groups in Canada by the end of the 1840s and the triumph of the capitalist class and its ideology throughout the following decades. 11 $1.10 Add