Halifax Explosion
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 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 |
 When Poverty MatteredThen and Now |
Founded in Toronto in 1968, the Praxis Corporation was a progressive research institute mandated to spark political discussion about a range of social issues, such as poverty, homelessness, … | Paul Weinberg | 211 | 2019 | View |
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From AcknowledgementsFrom: When Poverty Mattered |
- | Paul Weinberg | 1 | 2019 | $0.10 Add |
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From 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 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 PrefaceFrom: When Poverty Mattered |
- | Paul Weinberg | 3 | 2019 | $0.30 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: When Poverty Mattered |
- | Paul Weinberg | 4 | 2019 | $0.40 Add |
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From 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 Poverty is RediscoveredFrom: When Poverty Mattered |
- | Paul Weinberg | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
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From 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 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 Pierre Trudeau’s Ambivalence about PovertyFrom: When Poverty Mattered |
- | Paul Weinberg | 15 | 2019 | $1.50 Add |
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From 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 The Media and PovertyFrom: When Poverty Mattered |
- | Paul Weinberg | 10 | 2019 | $1.00 Add |
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From Praxis and Its ContributionFrom: When Poverty Mattered |
- | Paul Weinberg | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
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From 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 |
