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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() “Indians Wear Red”Colonialism, Resistance, and Aboriginal Street Gangs |
With the advent of Aboriginal street gangs such as Indian Posse, Manitoba Warriors, and Native Syndicate, Winnipeg garnered a reputation as the “gang capital of Canada.” Yet beyond the … | Elizabeth Comack; Jim Silver; Larry Morrissette; Lawrence Deane | 176 | 2013 | View |
![]() A Halifax BoyhoodGrowing up on the city's outskirts in the 1940s and 50s |
Anyone who grew up in the late 1940s and 50s will recognize themselves and their experiences in this story of a Halifax boyhood. Whether its the thrill of skating while holding someones hand for … | Malcolm MacLeod; William D. Naftel | 96 | 2014 | View |
![]() A Matter of TasteA Farmers' Market Devotee's Semi-Reluctant Argument for Inviting Scientific Innovation to the Dinner Table |
How did farmer’s markets, nose-to-tail, locavorism, organic eating, CSAs, whole foods, and Whole Foods become synonymous with "good food"? And are these practices … | Rebecca Tucker | 137 | 2018 | View |
![]() Almost Feral |
On July 2, 2015, influential social activist Gemma Hickey began a 908-kilometer walk across the island of Newfoundland to raise awareness and funds for survivors of religious institutional abuse. … | Gemma Hickey | 264 | 2019 | View |
![]() Anatomy of an ElectionCanada’s 2019 Federal General Election Through the Lens of Political Law |
Elections are the high point of democracy. They provide scheduled opportunities for the people at large to have a participatory voice in their own government. They enable adult citizens to judge … | Gregory Tardi | 838 | 2020 | View |
![]() Any Other WayHow Toronto Got Queer |
Toronto is home to multiple and thriving queer communities that reflect the dynamism of a global city. Any Other Way is an eclectic and richly illustrated local history that reveals how … | Jane Farrow; John Lorinc; Stephanie Chambers; Tatum Taylor | 369 | 2017 | View |
![]() Bearing WitnessJournalists, Record Keepers and the 1917 Halifax Explosion |
Bearing Witness tells the story of the Explosion, and the catastrophic damage it caused, through the eyes and words of more than two dozen journalists and record keepers who experienced it first … | Michael Dupuis | 221 | 2017 | View |
![]() Big Business and Hitler |
For big business in Germany and around the world, Hitler and his National Socialist party were a welcome political development. Business was facing the Great Depression of in the 1930s, and for … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 304 | 2017 | View |
![]() Black CanadiansHistory, Experience, Social Conditions Second Edition |
Black Canadians provides an authoritative reference for teachers, students and the general public who seek to know more about the Black Diaspora in North America. Arguments made in this book may … | Joseph Mensah | 303 | 2010 | View |
![]() Black Geographiesand the Politics of Place |
Black Geographies and the Politics of Place is an interdisciplinary collection of essays in black geographic theory. Fourteen authors address specific geographic sites and develop their … | Katherine McKittrick | 272 | 2007 | View |
![]() Black Loyalists in New BrunswickThe lives of eight African Americans in colonial New Brunswick 1783-1834 |
Among the Loyalists who were transported to the shores of New Brunswick by the British after their defeat by revolutionary Americans were several hundred African Americans. Like their … | Stephen Davidson | 146 | 2020 | View |
![]() Bottoms UpA History of Alcohol in Newfoundland and Labrador |
In 1617, Lord Falkland’s colonists in Newfoundland were instructed to bring, among other things, 20 barrels of caske (ale), 90 bushels of malt, a malt mill, 4500 pounds of hops, 1 firkin of … | Sheilah Roberts Lukins | 272 | 2020 | View |
![]() Burnley “Rocky” Jones (Autobiography)Revolutionary |
Born and raised in Truro, Nova Scotia, Burnley “Rocky” Jones is one of Canada’s most important figures of social justice. Often referred to as Canada’s Stokely Carmichael, Jones was tirelessly … | Burnely “Rocky” Jones; James W.St.G. Walker | 280 | 2016 | View |
![]() Canada Since 1960: A People’s HistoryA Left Perspective on 50 Years of Politics, Economics and Culture |
When Winnipeg's Cy Gonick started the magazine Canadian Dimension in 1963 to provide a home for the thinking and analysis of mostly young leftists engaged in Canadian economic, social, … | Cy Gonick | 576 | 2016 | View |
![]() Canada’s Bastions of EmpireHalifax, Victoria and the Royal Navy 1749-1918 |
This book offers a fresh perspective on North American history, and the key role played by Halifax and Victoria in ensuring that Canada emerged as an independent country in the 20th century. … | Bryan Elson | 280 | 2014 | View |
![]() Canadian Culture in a Globalized WorldThe impact of trade deals on Canada's cultural life |
Since the first trade deal with the US in 1984, Canada has insisted on a "cultural exemption" to ensure that governments were free to protect Canadian culture and to restrict foreign … | Garry Neil | 256 | 2019 | View |