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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() A Line in the Tar SandsStruggles for Environmental Justice |
Tar sands “development” comes with an enormous environmental and human cost. But tar sands opponents—fighting a powerful international industry—are likened to terrorists; … | Joshua Kahn Russell; Stephen D'Arcy; Toban Black; Tony Weis | 390 | 2014 | View |
From ![]() A Note about the PublisherFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
Information about the publisher | David Bollier | 1 | 2019 | $0.10 Add |
From ![]() About the AuthorsFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
Author biographies | David Bollier | 1 | 2019 | $0.10 Add |
From ![]() AcknowledgmentsFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
Acknowledgments | David Bollier | 4 | 2019 | $0.40 Add |
From ![]() Afghanistan: The TAPI PipelineFrom: Oil and World Politics |
Discusses Afghanistan’s geopolitically strategic location between Central and South Asia, and the long-planned pipeline from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to Pakistan and India (TAPI). … | John Foster | 20 | 2018 | $2.00 Add |
From ![]() Appendix ANotes on the Methodology for Identifying Patterns of Commoning From: Free, Fair and Alive |
This appendix details how the authors came to see the patterns in commons and more about the pattern language observation process generally. They share interview questions about behaviours in … | David Bollier | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
From ![]() Appendix BVisual Grammar for the Pattern Illustrations From: Free, Fair and Alive |
This appendix provides a guide to the visual grammar of the sphere diagrams used to represent concepts throughout the book. | David Bollier | 8 | 2019 | $0.80 Add |
From ![]() Appendix CCommons and Commoning Tools Mentioned in this Book From: Free, Fair and Alive |
This appendix is a list of all the commons and commons tools appearing in the book in alphabetical order with brief descriptions and page numbers. | David Bollier | 6 | 2019 | $0.60 Add |
From ![]() Appendix DElinor Ostrum's Eight Design Principles for Successful Commons From: Free, Fair and Alive |
Appendix D shares briefly Elinor Ostrum’s design principles for commons from her 1990 book Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action. | David Bollier | 2 | 2019 | $0.20 Add |
From ![]() Assembling Consent in Alberta: Hegemony and the Tar SandsPart I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
In Chapter 2 Randolph Haluza-DeLay summarizes some of the key methods used to represent the tar sands and build public consent, to the continuing destruction they cause. Topics include public … | Randolph Haluza-Delay | 9 | 2014 | $0.90 Add |
From ![]() Awaiting Justice: The Ceaseless Struggle of the Lubicon CreePart II: Communities and Resistance From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
In Chapter 10 Melina Laboucan-Massimo explores the struggles of the Lubicon Cree of Northern Alberta who face challenges from the encroachment of massive oil and gas development without their consent. | Melina Laboucan-Massimo | 5 | 2014 | $0.50 Add |
From ![]() Beyond Token Recognition: The Growing Movement against the Enbridge Northern Gateway ProjectPart II: Communities and Resistance From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
In Chapter 14 Tyler McCreary focuses on the contested process governing the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway project, discussing topics including environmental concerns, legislative … | Tyler McCreary | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Bricks (and Timber) in the Road to Capital Accumulation, 1795–1850From: 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 … | Bryan D. Palmer | 11 | 2024 | $1.10 Add |
From ![]() Canada’s Eastward Pipelines: A Corporate Export Swindle, Confronted by Cross-Country ResistancePart I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
In Chapter 6 Martin Lukacs examines the anti–tar sands movement in Quebec, focusing on topics such as the Moratoire d’une génération (One-Generation Moratorium), civil … | Martin Lukacs | 8 | 2014 | $0.80 Add |
From ![]() Canadian Diplomatic Efforts to Sell the Tar SandsPart I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
In Chapter 4 Yves Engler discusses Canadian diplomacy in the decades of its rapidly growing tar sands and its push for carbon-heavy oil globally. It discusses topics including international … | Yves Engler | 9 | 2014 | $0.90 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Chapter 1Deep Roots From: Mining Country |
This chapter discusses the earliest examples of mining in Canada. These include examples of metalwork and extraction practiced by pre-columbian indigenous communities as well as the first … | Arn Keeling; John Sandlos | 24 | 2021 | $2.40 Add |