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Dénouement

Dénouement

From: Merchant Princes

Traces the last years of the family companies to the eventual sale in 1973 after Arthur Stair’s death with no one ready to take over the family businesses 24 $2.40 Add
Doctors in Denial

Doctors in Denial

Why Big Pharma and the Canadian Medical Profession are Too Close for Comfort

Examines the relationship between the Canadian medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry, and explains how doctors have become dependents of the drug companies instead of champions of … 344 View
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Doctors, sales representatives, samples, gifts, trips and dinners

Doctors, sales representatives, samples, gifts, trips and dinners

From: Doctors in Denial

Discusses the various forms of interactions that pharmaceutical companies have with individual doctors in Canada, and how this impacts the health care they provide to their patients. 32 $3.20 Add
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Does Canada’s rule of law protect us?

Does Canada’s rule of law protect us?

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

By analyzing the number of investment lawsuits by country Canada has been a much more inviting target for foreign investor lawsuits, regardless of the rule of law. The FIPA promoters’ … 7 $0.70 Add
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Doing Canadian Studies

Doing Canadian Studies

The Conundrum of Interdisciplinary; Reflections on Scholarship and Institutional Development

From: Canadian Studies

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Dollar Offensive in Germany

Dollar Offensive in Germany

From: Big Business and Hitler

Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels examines the 1920s and 1930s and the interweaving of German and American capital. He provides historical analysis of the preceeding periods to show how … 13 $1.30 Add
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Don’t worry, be happy?

Don’t worry, be happy?

From: Doctors in Denial

Discusses whether patient care is negatively affected by the interactions that pharmaceutical companies have with the medical profession. 23 $2.30 Add
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Down to Business in the “New” Canada

Down to Business in the “New” Canada

From: Merchant Princes

1867-1906. Examines how the family adapted to the new canada after confederation. The ropemaking business, the final days of wood, wind and sail, their shipping agency busines, looks at the union … 36 $3.60 Add
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Dreaming of a Better World

Dreaming of a Better World

From: From Corporate Globalization to Global Co-operation

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Driving into the World: From the Oil Crisis to the Millenium
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Driving into the World: From the Oil Crisis to the Millenium

From: Car Nation Canada

In this chapter, Anastakis describes the history of Canada’s auto industry from early 1970s to 2000. He covers the history of key manufacturing firms, including incoming Japanese and … 14 $1.40 Add
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Drugs
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Drugs

Regulatory Capture and the Disabling of Drug Safety at Health Canada

From: Corporate Rules

In this chapter, Michèle Brill-Edwards provides a behind-the-scenes look at how the Canadian government has quietly disabled the safety system for drugs in Canada. The Food and Drugs Act … 23 $2.30 Add
Dry Run

Dry Run

Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis

In the Age of Scarcity now upon us, fresh water shortages are an increasingly serious global problem. With water restrictions emerging in many developed countries and water diversions for … 312 View
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Duped and How: A Case Study: Foreign-Funded Radicals

Duped and How: A Case Study: Foreign-Funded Radicals

From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot

Never has there been a greater disparity between what scientists say we should be concerned about and what members of government and the oil and gas industry are doing. In this case study I … 15 $1.50 Add
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Duthchas and the Ethos of the Commons

Duthchas and the Ethos of the Commons

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

Explaining the ancient property laws of Scottish clans as they exised until the encroachment of kings. 6 $0.60 Add
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Early Child Development, Food Security and Housing
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Early Child Development, Food Security and Housing

From: About Canada: Health and Illness

Chapter Four details the social determinants of health, for example early childhood development, food security, public policy, and housing highlighting the significant impact of these factors on … 26 $2.60 Add
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Early Empires and Popular Resistance
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Early Empires and Popular Resistance

From: Humans

This chapter discusses the resistance of ordinary people to the ruling of elites as societies became increasingly stratified. It explores slave revolts, popular rebellion and religious movements … 43 $4.30 Add