Halifax Explosion
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 NEW! Rebuilding HalifaxA History of the Halifax Relief Commission |
Using the perspectives of law, politics, public policy and intergovernmental relations, historian Barry Cahill describes the complex activities of an almost-unaccountable agency that took the … | Barry Cahill | 226 | 2020 | View |
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From NEW! IntroductionFrom: Rebuilding Halifax |
The introduction provides a brief overview of the history of the Halifax Relief Commission and it’s activities over the course of its six-decade existence. | Barry Cahill | 12 | 2020 | $1.20 Add |
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From NEW! Halifax ReliefFrom Citizen’s Committee to Government Commission (1917-1918) From: Rebuilding Halifax |
Chapter 1 Discusses the immediate aftermath of the explosion of the Mont Blanc in Halifax harbour. The chapter describes how, within hours of the catastrophe, local government and business … | Barry Cahill | 29 | 2020 | $2.90 Add |
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From NEW! The First Year(1918) From: Rebuilding Halifax |
Chapter 2 discusses the actions of the Halifax Relief Commission in the first year after the explosion. | Barry Cahill | 28 | 2020 | $2.80 Add |
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From NEW! Thomas Adams and Town Planning for the Devastated Area(1918) From: Rebuilding Halifax |
Chapter 3 discusses the plans for the rebuilding of the devastated North End of Halifax into what would eventually become the Hydrostone neighbourhood. | Barry Cahill | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! Benevolent Oligarchy or “Political Octopus”?(1919-1921) From: Rebuilding Halifax |
Chapter 4 discusses the political and financial controversies that the Halifax relief commission became embroiled in after the end of the First World War, as reconstruction of the destroyed areas … | Barry Cahill | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! The Long Anticlimax(1922-1945) From: Rebuilding Halifax |
Chapter 5 discusses the work of the Halifax Relief Commission in the decades after reconstruction of the city was concluded, as its role became managing the pension funds for explosion victims … | Barry Cahill | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! Twilight of the Gods(1945-1972) From: Rebuilding Halifax |
Chapter 6 discusses the gradual winding down of the Relief Commissions work after the Second World war as disputes over its roles and responsibilities with the municipal, provincial, and federal … | Barry Cahill | 20 | 2020 | $2.00 Add |
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From NEW! Denouement(1972-1976) From: Rebuilding Halifax |
Chapter 7 discusses how the Halifax Relief Commission finally and formally came to an end nearly 6 decades after the Halifax Explosion. | Barry Cahill | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |
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From NEW! EpilogueHalifax Disaster Commemoration From: Rebuilding Halifax |
The epilogue assess the legacy of the Halifax Relief Commission and the role it played in shaping the city throughout the 20th century. | Barry Cahill | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! AppendixThe Halifax Relief Commission First Annual Report (31 December 1918) From: Rebuilding Halifax |
The Halifax Relief Commission First Annual Report (31 December 1918) | Barry Cahill | 19 | 2020 | $1.90 Add |
