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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! The Fire and the Ashes Rekindling Democratic Socialism Between The Lines	In The Fire and the Ashes, long-time union economist and policy analyst Andrew Jackson looks back on a fascinating career in the labour movement, the NDP, and left politics, combining keen …	Andrew Jackson	180	2021	View
From The First World War and the Twenties, 1911–1929 From: Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces View James Lorimer and Company	Describes Ottawa’s efforts to supersede provincial powers especially concerning natural resources from 1911-1929.	Ed Whitcomb	17	2017	$1.70 Add
From The Food Co-op Waves From: Grocery Story View New Society Publishers	This chapter describes Black American and working-class consumer co-ops founded in the 1930s Great Depression, many of which, resembling conventional grocery stores, are still in operation while …	John Steinman	18	2019	$1.80 Add
From NEW! The Forward City Section 3: Jacobs’ Spectrum of Economic Regions From: Cities Matter View Baraka Books	Chapter 7 Economic literature now uses the term Jacobs’ agglomeration, and the term “forward city” is original to this text. The chapter describes “Jacobs …	Charles-Albert Ramsay	6	2022	$0.60 Add
From The Fourth World Is Emerging: A Zombie Mine Resurrection and the Refusal of the Tsilhqot’in From: Capitalism and Dispossession View Fernwood Publishing	In Chapter 4, co-authors Dawn Hoogeveen (a non-Indigenous settler) and Russell Myers Ross (a member of the Tsilhqot’in Nation) examine the struggles to preserve Teztan Biny (Fish Lake), located …	Dawn Hoogeveen; Russell Myers Ross	20	2022	$2.00 Add
The Future of Capitalism Katrina Vanden Heuvel and Yanis Varoufakis vs. Arthur Brooks and David Brooks House of Anansi Press	The twenty-fifth semi-annual Munk Debate, held on December 4, 2019, pits editorial director and publisher of the Nation Katrina vanden Heuvel and former finance minister of Greece Yanis …	Arthur Brooks; David Brooks; Katrina Vanden Heuvel; Yanis Varoufakis	142	2020	View
From NEW! The Future of Montreal and 2nd-rank Cities Section 4: Cities as a Dynamic Economy From: Cities Matter View Baraka Books	Chapter 15 reflects on the future of the city of Montreal, exploring topics including the history of Montreal, Jacobs’ opinion on Montreal, comparison to Boston, the challenges of being a …	Charles-Albert Ramsay	24	2022	$2.40 Add
From The Future of the Alberta resource sector From: Moment of Truth View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Ogle examines the economic, political, and regulatory challenges facing Alberta’s oil and gas sector, proposing bold infrastructure solutions including a Canadian Northern …	Kelly J. Ogle	23	2020	$2.30 Add
From The Future of the Commons From: Think Like a Commoner View New Society Publishers	There is much more that can be said about the commons — in greater depth, with greater precision, from different cultural perspectives, and with the wisdom of historians, poets and artists. …	David Bollier	8	2014	$0.80 Add
From The Future of Work From: Basic Income For Canadians View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter looks at our relationship with work as individuals and as a society and how basic income will fundamentally change that relationship.	Evelyn L. Forget	16	2020	$1.60 Add
From NEW! “The Gang of Five” From: The Coutts Diaries View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Graham examines the political and economic turmoil of January 1981 under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau’s Liberal government (as told by the diary of Jim Coutts, Prime …	Ron Graham	9	2025	$0.90 Add
From The Gendered Violence of Canadian Extraction From: Capitalism and Dispossession View Fernwood Publishing	In Chapter 2, author Rebecca Hall provides an expansive gendered analysis of the violence related to and actively caused by Canadian resource extraction. The chapter examines topics including …	Rebecca Hall	22	2022	$2.20 Add
From The Geoeconomic Context From: The Indo-Pacific View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Lilly and Li examine Canada’s geoeconomic strategy toward the Indo-Pacific region in the early 2020s, framed by U.S.–China strategic competition.	Meredith B. Lilly	10	2022	$1.00 Add
From The Geopolitical Context From: The Indo-Pacific View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Burney and Hampson examine Canada’s geopolitical positioning in the 2020s.	Derek H. Burney	13	2022	$1.30 Add
From The Giant Tamed From: The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History View James Lorimer and Company	Explores the slow, uphill battle to shake the solid hegemony of Canadian employers in industrial life in the two decades between the wars and then the breakthrough that took place at the end of …	Craig Heron	27	2012	$2.70 Add
From The Global Indigenous Power Shift From: Indigenomics View New Society Publishers	Topics discussed in this chapter include case studies of Indigenomics movements around the world including those in New Zealand, Ecuador, and Bolivia. The chapter ends with an overview of United …	Carol Anne Hilton	8	2021	$0.80 Add