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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 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 |
 NEW! Vancouver ViceCrime and Spectacle in the City's West End |
The late 1970s and early 1980s were a volatile period in the history of Vancouver, where broad social and cultural changes were afoot. This was perhaps most clearly evident in the West End, the … | Aaron Chapman | 256 | 2021 | View |
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From “No One Knows the Mysteries at the Bottom of the Ocean”From: Black Geographies |
Introduction to the themes of the book. Found in black geographies are a history of brutal segregation and erasure, but also processes that inform a different or new approach to the production of … | Clyde Woods; Katherine McKittrick | 13 | 2007 | $1.30 Add |
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From NEW! Prologue and IntroductionThe Davie Street Blues From: Vancouver Vice |
In the prologue and introduction, Chapman frames his narrative around two events in West End Vancouver: the discovery of a body in in 1984, and the unveiling of a memorial to sex workers in 2016. | Aaron Chapman | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Electricity and SexFrom: 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. | Aaron Chapman | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From  From Forestry to Film: The Changing Political Economy of British Columbia |
Historical review tracing the changing nature of the political economy. | Joshua Newman; Keith Brownsey; Michael Howlett | 18 | 2009 | $1.80 Add |
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From BC as an Intergovernmental Relations Player: Still Punching Below Its Weight? |
Historical review of intergovernmental relations leading to an assessment of the current government’s performance on the matter. | Hamish Telford | 20 | 2009 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Indo Canadians in British Columbia1900-1917 |
This chapter describes the racism that was experienced by Indian Canadians in British Columbia during the early 20th century, the lives the led, and their efforts to build communities. It … | Pamela Hickman | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Vice and the Tumbling DiceFrom: Vancouver Vice |
In this chapter, the author details the history of the policing of vice in Vancouver, and the corruption that often accompanied these efforts. | Aaron Chapman | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! Call Girls and BoysFrom: Vancouver Vice |
This chapter explores the history of the sex trade in the West End,from the 1930s to 1975. | Aaron Chapman | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From Memories of AfricvilleUrban Renewal, Reparations, and the Africadian Diaspora From: Black Geographies |
The field of historic preservation and conservation in the Americas is ill equipped to deal with the complex history of forced removal. Community-based demands placed on restorative justice … | Angel David Nieves | 15 | 2007 | $1.50 Add |
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From Memory, Identity, and Diversity in BC |
Analysis of historical injustices against persons of Asian and Aboriginal descent in BC, leading to an assessment of the current situation. | Matt James | 15 | 2009 | $1.50 Add |
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From NEW! Down the ToiletFrom: 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. | Aaron Chapman | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Implementing Federalism, 1867–1878 |
Describes developments in federal provincial relations from 1867-1878, including the incorporation of three new provinces. | Ed Whitcomb | 20 | 2017 | $2.00 Add |
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From The Komagata Maru1939-1945 |
This chapter discusses voyage of the Komagata Maru to Canada and how its passengers were turned away upon arrival. It illustrates this with drawings, photographs, documents and firsthand accounts. | Pamela Hickman | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
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From The Political Geography of British Columbia: Coping with the Pressures of Globalization |
Analysis of how globalization and neo-liberalism has affected economic development within the context of political geography. | Tracy Summerville | 16 | 2009 | $1.60 Add |
