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360 Walk Script
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360 Walk Script

From: White Riot

This chapter includes a print version of the complete 360 Riot Walk. It includes the script and illustrations for each stop on the tour. 48 $4.80 Add
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A Bad Collar
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A Bad Collar

From: Vancouver Vice

This chapter examines the West End at the beginning of the 1980s, a situation Maclean’s magazine called "a curbside brothel open from noon to 4 a.m., seven days a week." It also … 13 $1.30 Add
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A Changing Chinatown: On Gentrification and Resilience
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A Changing Chinatown: On Gentrification and Resilience

From: White Riot

In this chapter, Ma explores Vancouver’s Chinatown: its history, the impact of gentrification and new urban developments, and the resilience of its community members. 8 $0.80 Add
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An Urban Rights Praxis of Remaining In Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
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An Urban Rights Praxis of Remaining In Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

From: White Riot

This chapter provides historical background of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) and discusses its importance as an affordable neighborhood amidst gentrification and a rampant housing crisis. 12 $1.20 Add
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Bars and Bathhouses
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Bars and Bathhouses

From: Vancouver Vice

This chapter concentrates on Faces, an early West End gay club, and Wayne Harris, a club member who later became the focus of a major vice squad investigation. 12 $1.20 Add
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BC as an Intergovernmental Relations Player: Still Punching Below Its Weight?

BC as an Intergovernmental Relations Player: Still Punching Below Its Weight?

From: British Columbia Politics and Government

Historical review of intergovernmental relations leading to an assessment of the current government’s performance on the matter. 20 $2.00 Add
Black Geographies

Black Geographies

and 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 … 272 View
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Call Girls and Boys
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Call Girls and Boys

From: Vancouver Vice

This chapter explores the history of the sex trade in the West End,from the 1930s to 1975. 9 $0.90 Add
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Census Making and City Building:
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Census Making and City Building:

Data Perspectives on the 1907 Anti-Asian Riots and the Development of Vancouver

From: White Riot

In this chapter, Yan provides critical context to understanding the 1907 anti-Asian riots in Vancouver. Yan discusses the anti-Asian racism and the unreliable data that led to an inflated number … 18 $1.80 Add
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We Stole it Fair and Square

We Stole it Fair and Square

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel analyzes how Europeans settlers and their governments asserted ownership of the land in Canada — characterizing it as straighforward theft. He uses the … 6 $0.60 Add
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Comprimised
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Comprimised

From: Vancouver Vice

In this chapter, Chapman described the end of the West End sex trade, and the consequences of this for Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. 8 $0.80 Add
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Democracy, BC-Style

Democracy, BC-Style

From: British Columbia Politics and Government

Historical review of provincial and municipal attempts at voting system reform. 22 $2.20 Add
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Dirty Books and Dirty Looks
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Dirty Books and Dirty Looks

From: Vancouver Vice

In this chapter, Chapman describes the Vice squad’s efforts to bring down the Wayne Harris crime ring, and how these were disrupted by the new mayor of Vancouver’s focus on … 17 $1.70 Add
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Down the Toilet
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Down the Toilet

From: Vancouver Vice

In this chapter, Chapman focuses on two vice cops who were surveilling the English Bay Bathhouse in attempt to crack down on cruising in the West End. 14 $1.40 Add
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Electricity and Sex
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Electricity and Sex

From: Vancouver Vice

This chapter provides a history of the West End, with a focus on the importance of electricity and sex in the neighbourhood’s development. 10 $1.00 Add
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Epilogue
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Epilogue

From: Vancouver Vice

The epilogue considers the subsequent history of the West End, from the AIDS epidemic to the dramatic transformation of the built neighborhood. 5 $0.50 Add