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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From ![]() Acknowledgments and Floor PlansFrom: Casa Loma |
Bill Freeman; Vincenzo Pietropaolo | 3 | 2016 | $0.30 Add | |
From ![]() Cast of CharactersFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
Short biographies about the people consistently mentioned throughout the book. | John Sewell | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |
From ![]() ForewordStuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak |
This section includes a foreword, author’s note, map of the Northwest Territories in 1970, and Prologue | Jake Ootes | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
From ![]() Foreword |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes how changes in government policy and community use over the last five years are influencing the health and welfare of Toronto’s natural heritage … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 2 | 2020 | $0.20 Add |
From ![]() Ice Cakes, 1941From: A Halifax Boyhood |
Looks at the Northwest Arm in Melville Cove, its landmarks and features in 1941 | Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel | 5 | 2014 | $0.50 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionHamilton Politics and the Ideology of Business From: Their Town |
An introduction to the core ideas behind this book. | Bill Freeman; Marsha Aileen Hewitt | 5 | 2016 | $0.50 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionFrom: North of Superior |
Outlines the exact area of Northwestern Ontario, explains how this book bridges a gap in history of this reason giving an accessible overview of the region for the first time, explains the three … | Chris Southcott; Michel S. Beaulieu | 8 | 2010 | $0.80 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionFrom: Subdivided |
Pitter explains the rationale behind the anthology – to spark thoughtful, spirited discussion about inclusive city-building. | Jay Pitter | 9 | 2016 | $0.90 Add |
From ![]() PrefaceFrom: South End Boy |
1930s and 1940s Halifax | Jim Bennet | 3 | 2015 | $0.30 Add |
From ![]() Tectonic ShiftFrom: 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 … | Stephen Dale | 25 | 2021 | $2.50 Add |
From ![]() NEW! 2. Gentrification is Natural |
Chapter 2 reflects on the damage caused by the concept (or lie) that has made most people believe gentrification is a natural part of a city’s development (ie: expected, inevitable, … | Leslie Kern | 15 | 2022 | $1.50 Add |
From ![]() AppointedStuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak |
Readings in Part One of this title entitled "A Leader in the Making" discuss Stuart Hodgson’s political background. The section discusses his appointment as Commissioner of the … | Jake Ootes | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add |
From ![]() Boom, Bust, and a Double-Sided Bohemian RenaissanceFrom: Shift Change |
This chapter surveys some of the attempts to develop and revitalize Hamilton’s downtown core. Although the initial efforts were unsuccessful, a few optimists valiantly plotted … | Stephen Dale | 48 | 2021 | $4.80 Add |
From ![]() Discovering a Political LifeFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
Sewell recounts what brought him to getting involved in city politics and brings us right to his election as junior alderman in 1967 | John Sewell | 25 | 2015 | $2.50 Add |
From ![]() Down the Arm, 1941–59From: A Halifax Boyhood |
Landmarks down the Arm and into Halifax proper 1941-1959 | Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel | 9 | 2014 | $0.90 Add |
From ![]() HomeFrom: South End Boy |
1930s and 1940s Halifax. Talks about the house he grew up in | Jim Bennet | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |