Environmental Studies

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From Part I Prospectors and Promoters From: Ring of Fire View ECW Press	In Part I the author recounts the formation of rock deposits in the James Bay Lowlands, and recounts a history of initial mining activity in the area. This section includes: Introduction – …	Virginia Haffernan	69	2023	$6.90 Add
From NEW! Part I: Discovery From: Cobalt View House of Anansi Press	Part I contains Chapter 1: Origin Stories, Chapter 2: The El Dorado of the North, Chapter 3: Cobalt as Imagined by Wall Street, and Chapter 4: Follow the Money.	Charlie Angus	39	2022	$3.90 Add
From Part II People and the Planet From: Ring of Fire View ECW Press	In Part II the author explores the effects of mining in the "Ring of Fire" on Indigenous communities in the area, as well as on the environment. This section includes: Chap. 6: Whose …	Virginia Haffernan	37	2023	$3.70 Add
From NEW! Part II: Settlement From: Cobalt View House of Anansi Press	Part II contains Chapter 5: Boom Town, Chapter 6: Cobalt as Colony, Chapter 7: Women and the Domestication of Frontier, and Chapter 8: The Myth of the Gunless Frontier.	Charlie Angus	56	2022	$5.60 Add
From Part III Power and Protest From: Ring of Fire View ECW Press	In Part III the author describes political, legal, and logistical tensions surrounding mining activities in the Ring of Fire. This section includes: Chap. 9: A Tale of Two Provinces – Chap. …	Virginia Haffernan	56	2023	$5.60 Add
From NEW! Part III: Class Conflict From: Cobalt View House of Anansi Press	Part III contains Chapter 9: Class War in Cobalt, Chapter 10: A Place Called Hell, Chapter 11: Empire Ontario and Temagami, and Chapter 12: The Birth of an Industry.	Charlie Angus	45	2022	$4.50 Add
From NEW! Part IV: Spectacle From: Cobalt View House of Anansi Press	Part IV contains Chapter 13: The Fight of the Century, Chapter 14: The Canadian Holy Grail, and Chapter 15: Cobalt as a Vaudeville Production.	Charlie Angus	28	2022	$2.80 Add
From NEW! Part V: Catastrophe and Collapse From: Cobalt View House of Anansi Press	Part V contains Chapter 16: Fire, Racial Backlash, and Epidemic, Chapter 17: The War Comes Home, and Chapter 18: The Final Battle.	Charlie Angus	55	2022	$5.50 Add
From NEW! Part VI: Cobalt Goes Global From: Cobalt View House of Anansi Press	Part VI contains Chapter 19: Exporting Hinterland, Chapter 20: The Family Business, and Chapter 21: The Return to Cobalt.	Charlie Angus	29	2022	$2.90 Add
From Patterns of Water Use From: Dry Run View New Society Publishers	In this chapter, we look at where water comes from, how it is allocated among various uses and how much each individual uses. We’ll look briefly at water use in cities, homes and offices, …	Jerry Yudelson	13	2010	$1.30 Add
From Paying for Mobilization, Then and Now From: A Good War View ECW Press	In Chapter 8, Klein tackles the question of who will pay for it. In the chapter he explores how the financial backing was generated during the mobilized for the the Second World War and how we …	Seth Klein	22	2020	$2.20 Add
Peak Everything Waking Up to the Century of Declines New Society Publishers	A combination of wry commentary and sober forecasting on subjects as diverse as farming and industrial design, this book describes how to make the transition from The Age of Excess to the Era of …	Richard Heinberg	240	2010	View
From Perserving for the Long Haul From: Intrinsic Hope View New Society Publishers	Perseverance helps to nurture intrinsic hope because it gives us the determination to endure whatever happens. Perseverance persists — day after day, month after month, and year after year. …	Kate Davies	15	2018	$1.50 Add
From Personal Well-Being From: An Economy of Well-Being View New Society Publishers	* Well-Being is a Choice * Money, Your Life and Happiness	Mark Anielski	8	2018	$0.80 Add
From Peter Lougheed and the rise of the oil sands From: Oil’s Deep State View James Lorimer and Company	Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines Peter Lougheed’s government in Alberta and the rise of the oil sands paying particular attention to Lougheed’s stance against …	Kevin Taft	11	2017	$1.10 Add
From Petro-Capitalism and the Tar Sands Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 1 Angela Carter uses petro-capitalism as a lens to capture the scale and complexity of the tar sands industry, focusing on our economic, political, and environmental costs of fossil …	Angela V. Carter	13	2014	$1.30 Add