Industrialization

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! Capitalist Confederated Canada The Emergence of Organized Labour and Class Conflict, 1870–90 From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890 James Lorimer and Company	This chapter examines the tumult of the 1870s in Canada, including the Pacific Scandal of 1873, Indigenous resistance in the North-West and the global financial pandemic from 1873 to 1897, which …	Bryan D. Palmer	12	2024	$1.20 Add
From NEW! Chapter 1 Deep Roots From: Mining Country View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses the earliest examples of mining in Canada. These include examples of metalwork and extraction practiced by pre-columbian indigenous communities as well as the first …	Arn Keeling; John Sandlos	24	2021	$2.40 Add
From Crothers Woods and Beechwood Wetland From: Toronto's Ravines and Urban Forests View James Lorimer and Company	Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes the section of the Don River watershed where visitors will discover Crothers Woods, Beechwood Wetland, Cottonwood Flats, and Sun Valley. He discusses how …	Jason Ramsay-Brown	7	2020	$0.70 Add
From NEW! Chapter 2 Mining from Colony to Nation From: Mining Country View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses mining in Canada throughout the 19th century. Topics discussed include coal mining in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and the Yukon gold rush. The authors discuss the political, …	Arn Keeling; John Sandlos	42	2021	$4.20 Add
From NEW! Chapter 3 Mining and the Industrial Boom From: Mining Country View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses the peak of mining in Canada during the early 20th century. Topics discussed in this chapter include mining disasters that occurred during the early 20th century, the …	Arn Keeling; John Sandlos	52	2021	$5.20 Add
From NEW! Chapter 4 New Frontiers and the Post-War Mining Boom From: Mining Country View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses shifts in Canada’s mining industry in the past-war era. Topics discussed in this chapter include the history of asbestos mining in Quebec, the growth of mining in the …	Arn Keeling; John Sandlos	40	2021	$4.00 Add
From NEW! Chapter 5 Rough Terrain, 1973-2016 From: Mining Country View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses mining in Canada at the end of the 20th century, and into the early 21st century. Topics discussed in this chapter include increasing resistance to new mines from …	Arn Keeling; John Sandlos	26	2021	$2.60 Add
From NEW! Chapter 6 Heritage, History, and Zombie Mines From: Mining Country View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses abandoned mines throughout Canada and efforts to contain pollution and reclaim devastated land.	Arn Keeling; John Sandlos	14	2021	$1.40 Add
From NEW! Conclusion The History and Future of Mining in Canada From: Mining Country View James Lorimer and Company	Conclusion	Arn Keeling; John Sandlos	4	2021	$0.40 Add
From Conclusion From: Through the Mill View Baraka Books	The conclusion reiterates the key role of women in the establishment and development of Canada’s cotton textile industry.	Gail Cuthbert Brandt	10	2018	$1.00 Add
From Great White Hope The Myth of North From: National Dreams View Arsenal Pulp Press	There have been writers, politicians, intellectuals who believed that it was its northernness which made Canada distinct. The "cult of the North" gained coherent expression for the …	Daniel Frances	46	1997	$1.84 Add
From NEW! Introduction From: Mining Country View James Lorimer and Company	Introduction	Arn Keeling; John Sandlos	8	2021	$0.80 Add
From Introduction From: Through the Mill View Baraka Books		Gail Cuthbert Brandt	7	2018	$0.70 Add
From Making Tracks The Myth of CPR From: National Dreams View Arsenal Pulp Press	The myth of the CPR as creator of the country is, in fact, as old as the railway itself, which is not surprising given that it was the railway itself which created the myth. The mundane act of …	Daniel Frances	39	1997	$1.17 Add
NEW! Mining Country A History of Canada's Mines and Miners James Lorimer and Company	Mining has had a significant presence in every part of Canada — from the east to west coasts to the far north. This book tells the stories of those who built Canada’s mining industry. …	Arn Keeling; John Sandlos	226	2021	View
National Dreams Myth, Mystery, and Canadian History Arsenal Pulp Press	As Canadians, we remember the stories told to us in high-school history class as condensed images of the past—the glorious Mountie, the fearsome Native, the Last Spike. National …	Daniel Frances	217	1997	View