Economics

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Capitalist Confederated Canada: The Emergence of Organized Labour and Class Conflict, 1870-90 From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890 View James Lorimer and Company	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 …	Bryan D. Palmer	12	2024	$1.20 Add
From NEW! Capitalist Economic Development and Popular Responses Before the First World War in Europe From: Humans View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter looks at worker resistance to the European imperialist and capitalist agenda from 1500 up to the First World War. It discusses the demands for collective rights and social democracy …	Alvin Finkel	38	2024	$3.80 Add
From NEW! Capitalist Economic Development and Popular Responses Before the First World War Outside Europe From: Humans View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter explores ways in which Indigenous peoples, black people and immigrant populations resisted enslavement, forced labour and the wage in North and South America and Australia, as well …	Alvin Finkel	31	2024	$3.10 Add
NEW! Car Nation Canada An illustrated history James Lorimer and Company	A full-colour illustrated history of cars and car-makers, with images of Canadian cars old and new, plus car company ads and promotional images. Canadians have been building cars from the …	Dimitry Anastakis	106	2026	View
From Carbon Pricing Economists vs. the Public Interest From: The Big Stall View James Lorimer and Company	Reviews competing economic theories about tackling pollution. Explains Edmund Pigou’s work on "externalities" and neo-liberal ideas. An analysis of the two major policy proposals …	Donald Gutstein	21	2018	$2.10 Add
Care and Consequences The Impact of Health Care Reform Fernwood Publishing	Over the past decade health care in Canada has shifted from a cure-care model to a business model. Disguised behind talk of community, care closer to home, consumer choice, patient rights, …	Diana L. Gustafson	325	2000	View
From NEW! Cars, Canadians, and the Twenty-First Century From: Car Nation Canada View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, Anastakis describes the history of the Canadian auto sector from its historic peaks in 2000-2026. He highlights how shifting trade rules challenged the integrated …	Dimitry Anastakis	6	2026	$0.60 Add
From NEW! Cautious Oil From: Seven Days in Halifax View Formac Publishing	In this chapter, Ashe describes events of Day Six of Halifx’ 1970 "Encounter on Urban Environment," focusing on offshore oil prospects for Nova Scotia and transportation issues. …	Robert Ashe	7	2025	$0.70 Add
From CD and Feminism: Chronicle of a Movement Defining Itself From: Canada Since 1960: A People's History View James Lorimer and Company	Consideration of how feminist issues were covered and framed in CD’s pages over the years provides a fascinating chronicle of the complexity of the wider feminist struggle in Canada as well …	Stephanie Ross	27	2016	$2.70 Add
From Centring the Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students From: Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students View Fernwood Publishing	In the introductory chapter, the editor of the collection describes this book as a collaboration between herself and racialized students. The editor also discusses some of the experiences these …	Benita Bunjun	30	2021	$3.00 Add
From NEW! CEO of the Year From: The Shopify Story View ECW Press	This chapter highlights Lütke’s leadership qualities and business strategies that helped increase Shopify’s growth.	Larry MacDonald	7	2024	$0.70 Add
From Challenges for western independence From: Moment of Truth View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Cooper examines the deepening tensions that have grown between western Canada and what Cooper terms Laurentian Canada.	Barry Cooper	22	2020	$2.20 Add
From NEW! Challenges of Our Communities Growing Local Leadership From: Building Community View New Society Publishers	Local Communities: The Foundation of Society – Challenges That Local Communities Are Facing – Community Capital: What It Is and Why It Matters – The Guiding Principles: How They …	James S. Gruber	11	2020	$1.10 Add
From Challenging Corporate Rule From: Ruling Canada View Fernwood Publishing		Jamie Brownlee	11	2005	$1.10 Add
From NEW! Challenging Corporate Rule From: Still Hopeful View ECW Press	In Chapter Three Barlow discusses the importance of challenging authority– all authority. The chapter discusses topics including institutional power, networks and political structures, …	Maude Barlow	50	2022	$5.00 Add
Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left Recasting the Leftist Imagination	What does the future hold for the left? How does the left adapt to, and prepare for, the crises of our time? In moments of crisis it is always important to rethink longstanding assumptions, …		272		View