Economics
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From  “The Last Best West”:The West in Confederation, 1869–1913 From: The Rise of the New West |
Details the history of confederation giving a firm background, the winning of the west, the initial failure, and the success with the wheat boom | John F. Conway | 24 | 2014 | $2.40 Add |
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From  NEW! The Last Eighteenth-Century “Indian War,” the Opportunistic Origins of Capitalist Accumulation, and the Beginnings of BankingThe 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 … | Bryan D. Palmer | 9 | 2024 | $0.90 Add |
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From  The legal challenge to the FIPA, part oneFrom: Sold Down the Yangtze |
The public opposition to the China FIPA included thousands of people who took steps to support an effort by the Hupacasath First Nation, an aboriginal community on Vancouver Island in British … | Gus Van Harten | 11 | 2015 | $1.10 Add |
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From The legal challenge to the FIPA, part twoFrom: Sold Down the Yangtze |
Through focusing on the arguments of the government’s foreign investment expert, J. Christopher Thomas, and how the courts favoured his opinions Van Harten outlines how the legal challenge … | Gus Van Harten | 10 | 2015 | $1.00 Add |
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From  The Liberators |
Introduces the concept of neoliberalism and its prioritization of deregulation and privatization. Analyzes the process of privatization and deregulation in the Canadian rail industry. Introduces … | Bruce Campbell | 10 | 2018 | $1.00 Add |
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From  The long reach of oil’s deep stateFrom: Oil’s Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the extended reach of oil’s deep state in Alberta including oil’s relationship with the World Health Organization and universities … | Kevin Taft | 19 | 2017 | $1.90 Add |
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From  Resisting the Carbon Bomb |
Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines the pipelines being built on Indigenous land particularly the Kinder Morgan project proposed in 2016 and how the government of Canada moves forward … | Arthur Manuel | 7 | 2017 | $0.70 Add |
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From The magical FIPA: attracting Chinese investment without any environmental impact!From: Sold Down the Yangtze |
It is especially telling that the government, in its environmental assessment of the China FIPA, discounted entirely the possibility of environmental impacts of new Chinese investment in Canada. … | Gus Van Harten | 9 | 2015 | $0.90 Add |
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From  The Making of MarcelFrom: Unicorn in the Woods |
In this chapter, Pitts explores the life of Marcel LeBrun, the CEO and co-founder of iMagicTV Inc., a company that made an early attempt at delivering video-on-demand over the internet. | Gordon Pitts | 10 | 2020 | $1.00 Add |
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From “The Man Behind the Plow”:Agrarian Populism and the Farmer Governments From: The Rise of the New West |
As the crisis of the 1880s unfolded in the West, the federal government, the CPR, and the private grain trade were taking the necessary steps to ensure the orderly and privately controlled export … | John F. Conway | 19 | 2014 | $1.90 Add |
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From  The Mandate |
The mandate outlines what a negotiator has the power to do and what they are supposed to accomplish. Dingwall outlines the key processes of creating a mandate in this chapter by exploring oral vs … | David C. Dingwall | 32 | 2016 | $3.20 Add |
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From  The Marginalization of Marx in an Anti-Metaphysical AgeFrom: 21st Century Socialism |
Thom Workman | 16 | 2011 | $1.76 Add | |
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From  The Materialization of DreamsFrom: Humanizing the Economy |
The Age of Revolt Rochdale A Brief History of Nowhere Co-operativism and Socialism Socializing Capital Stages of Co-operation | John Restakis | 31 | 2010 | $3.10 Add |
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From  The Modern North, 1945–1985From: North of Superior |
Most historians agree that the end of the Second World War ushered in a new era in Canada. The economic and social upheaval that had dominated the 1930s became a thing of the past, and the 1950s … | Chris Southcott; Michel S. Beaulieu | 16 | 2010 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! The Moneyball QuestionFrom: Shifting the Balance |
Readings in part 1 of this text explore how companies combine intuition with data and analytics to drive competitive wedges in their markets. This chapter explores the case of Sabermetrics and … | Mark Schrutt | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From The Most Ridiculous Year EverFrom: Unicorn in the Woods |
This chapter recount’s Chris Newton’s diagnosis with melanoma, and the sale of Q1 Labs in fall 2011 for $600 million U.S. dollars. | Gordon Pitts | 10 | 2020 | $1.00 Add |
