Montreal, Quebec
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From  A Den of EspionageFrom: Montreal and the Bomb |
This chapter explores espionage networks in Canada and this nuclear project. It touches upon the stories of key figures such as Igor Sergeyevich Gouzenko, Alan Nunn May, and Bruno Pontecorvo, as … | Gilles Sabourin | 36 | 2021 | $3.60 Add |
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From  A Gateway City for the British Empire (1800-1850)From: The History of Montréal |
This chapter looks at economic and demographic development in Montreal. For the first half of the nineteenth century, Montreal underwent a surprising series of changes. Growth surpassed previous … | Paul-André Linteau | 18 | 2013 | $1.80 Add |
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From A Modern City Emerges (1945-1960)From: The History of Montréal |
The postwar period was a boom time for Montreal in terms of the city’s population, economy, and size. The period was spent making up for lost time, after the hardships of depression and … | Paul-André Linteau | 15 | 2013 | $1.50 Add |
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From A North American City (1914-1929)From: The History of Montréal |
This chapter looks at World War 1 and its effects on Montreal. The First World War curbed the sustained period of growth Montreal had enjoyed since the end of the nineteenth century. The city … | Paul-André Linteau | 12 | 2013 | $1.20 Add |
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From A Small French Town (1665-1760)From: The History of Montréal |
After our brief look at the fur trade and French expansion in North America, time now to return to the town and its development. Montreal’s political and administrative reorganization from … | Paul-André Linteau | 12 | 2013 | $1.20 Add |
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From  A Tour de ForceFrom: Charging Ahead |
This chapter explores just how impressive Hydro-Quebec and its services are, considering H-Q have one of the biggest power systems on the continent with the "most reliable service." The … | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
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From  NEW! AbeyanceFrom: Eyes Have Seen |
In this chapter, Anderson recounts his experiences living in Montreal during the late 1960s under the alias Clifford Gaston, navigating love, familial danger, and radical politics. | Fred Anderson | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Additional Images and Details |
Additional images and details. | Eric Thibault; Félix Séguin | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
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From  American Power Comes to Montreal |
This chapter explores the reasons for and impact of a host of important American politicians, radical abolitionists, bankers, newspaper editors, treasury agents, arms manufacturers, and Federal … | Barry Sheehy; Cindy Wallace | 19 | 2017 | $1.90 Add |
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From An Industrial City (1850-1896)From: The History of Montréal |
This chapter explores the changes the city and its people underwent during industrialization, as well as demographic changes and language tensions in the city. Towards the halfway mark of the … | Paul-André Linteau | 14 | 2013 | $1.40 Add |
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From NEW! "Are You Impressed?" |
The authors discuss their history with Andrew Scoppa and their interest in and knowledge of organized crime. Félix Séguin recounts his first meeting with Scoppa. | Eric Thibault; Félix Séguin | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From Canada’s Leading Metropolis (1896-1914)From: The History of Montréal |
This chapter explores the city’s population growth, social and ethnic divisions, and the nature of city life/the social landscape. Between the end of the nineteenth century and the start of … | Paul-André Linteau | 16 | 2013 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Canadian Cities and Sovereignty AssociationFrom: The Lost Massey Lectures |
In this 1980 lecture, Jacobs examines Norway’s peaceful separation from Sweden in 1905 as a precedent for the Quebec sovereignty debate. She traces how Montreal reshaped Quebec into a … | Jane Jacobs | 75 | 2007 | $7.50 Add |
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From ConclusionFrom: The History of Montréal |
Paul-André Linteau | 3 | 2013 | $0.30 Add | |
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From  NEW! Conclusion |
The conclusion reiterates some key points from the book, muses on questions of culture and language in Jewish Quebec, and discusses the future for this community in Quebec. | Pierre Anctil | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From ConclusionFrom: Montreal and the Bomb |
The conclusion explores the Montreal Laboratory employees’s reactions to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the document “Canada’s Role in Atomic Bomb Drama," Canada’s role in … | Gilles Sabourin | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |
