Geography

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City-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity

How do we build cities where we aren’t just living within the same urban space, but living together? Greater Toronto is now home to a larger proportion of foreign-born residents than any … 281 View
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Taiwan in 16 Maps
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Taiwan in 16 Maps

From: Inspired by Taiwan

In this chapter, Takach maps Taiwan’s geography, placing it at the crossroads of major trade routes and the First Island Chain defensive alignment. 13 $1.30 Add
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Tangling with the Police

Tangling with the Police

From: How We Changed Toronto

1978-1981. I realized quite quickly that this was an opportunity, however difficult, to begin questioning deep-seated biases — particularly racism and homophobia — on the part of a … 26 $2.60 Add
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Tectonic Shift

Tectonic Shift

From: Shift Change

This chapter describes Hamilton as it once was: foundries belching iron oxide into the atmosphere, traffic jams driven by shift changes at factories, and workers toiling at all hours of the day … 25 $2.50 Add
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The Art of Negotiation

The Art of Negotiation

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

Readings in Part Four of this title, entitled "Turf Wars" discuss the challenges and conflicts faced by communities in the Northwest Territories during Stuart Hodgson’s career. … 9 $0.90 Add
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The Bighorn Basin
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The Bighorn Basin

From: Runaway Climate

The Bighorn Basin: (early Eocene in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming). The life and times of the first equid Sifrhippus. Overview of the late Cenozoic climate and the dramatic changes that took … 14 $1.40 Add
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THE BUSINESS OF SOLDIERING

THE BUSINESS OF SOLDIERING

From: Casa Loma

1895 – 1910. The social life, Pellatt as a colonel, to aldershot for the empire ; 7 $0.70 Add
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THE CASTLE FINDS A NEW LIFE

THE CASTLE FINDS A NEW LIFE

From: Casa Loma

1925 – 1940. The new life of the castle as an apartment-hotel, Kiwanis, and funeral march ; 6 $0.60 Add
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THE CASTLE ON THE HILL

THE CASTLE ON THE HILL

From: Casa Loma

1905 – 1914. The design and build of the castle ; 8 $0.80 Add
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The Contributors

The Contributors

From: Subdivided

Short biographies of each contributor. ; 3 $0.30 Add
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The "Creative Class" Creates a Global Urban Clash

The "Creative Class" Creates a Global Urban Clash

From: Shift Change

In this chapter, the author examines the relationship between Hamilton and Toronto, and how these two once-divided cities are now closely intertwined. The chapter also explores gentrification in … 53 $5.30 Add
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The Dingle, 1945–46 23

The Dingle, 1945–46 23

From: A Halifax Boyhood

Looks at The Dingle official sir Sanford Fleming Park and an incident that occurred their in his childhood 1945-46 ; 7 $0.70 Add
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THE DREAM SHATTERS

THE DREAM SHATTERS

From: Casa Loma

1910 – 1926. The downfall of Casa Loma and the descent into fading ; 8 $0.80 Add
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The Editors

The Editors

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Editor’s biographies. ; 1 $0.10 Add
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The Hamilton Mob and the Politics of Organized Crime

The Hamilton Mob and the Politics of Organized Crime

From: Their Town

The study of organized crime in the city describes how a group of men have been able to develop a criminal empire that ruthlessly exploits the public while at the same time having politicians … 16 $1.60 Add
The Imperilled Ocean

The Imperilled Ocean

Human Stories From a Changing Sea

An exploration of the earth’s last wild frontier, filled with high-stakes stories of people and places facing an uncertain future. On a life raft in the Mediterranean, a teenager from Ghana … 238 View