Canadian History

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Flirting with Fascism

From: Canada in the World

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The 20th Century Begins – Between the Wars – Canadian Monopolists – The Spanish Civil War – The Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion – Hitler’s Eyes – The Myth … 40 $4.00 Add
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Foreign Correspondent:

London and Washington

From: The Golden Age of Liberalism

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1962-1966. Outlines Romeo LeBlanc’s time as a foreign correspondent for Radio-Canada in both London and Washington the reports that he made and stories he covered are outlined, also … 43 $4.30 Add
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Franco-Americans Rescue King Cotton

SECTION TWO - The other side of the cotton

From: A Distinct Alien Race

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This chapter further explores Franco-American history and the role that this group played in the cotton textile industry in America. It discusses the early and later mass emigration movements … 31 $3.10 Add
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From Dispossession to Dependency

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

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Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines Indigenous people and the Canadian government’s policies of dispossesion of land producing dependency. He highlights the percentage of … 5 $0.50 Add
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From Rebel to Revolutionary

From: Burnley “Rocky” Jones (Autobiography)

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Halifax Crisis, August 1914

From: Canada's Bastions of Empire

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the crisis of defending Halifax when war broke out in 1914 39 $3.90 Add
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Heading for Confrontation

From: A People's History of Quebec

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This chapter explores escalating French-English tensions after 1793 in Canada. It touches on controversies over uniting Upper and Lower Canada, the Parti Patriote led by Louis-Joseph … ; 20 $2.00 Add
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Hi, I’m from New Brunswick

From: Unicorn in the Woods

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This chapter focuses on the Q1 Labs’ hunt for venture capital, which included multiple trips to the United States to woo wary investors. 11 $1.10 Add
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I Was Miss General Idea

From: Any Other Way

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Derek McCormack describes how he adopted the identity of Miss General Idea, a character created by the Toronto art collective, and made her real. 2 $0.20 Add
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Important Evidence is Revealed

From: Oak Island and Its Lost Treasure

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1909-1943, Captain Harry Bowdoin of New York and the Old Gold Salvage and Wrecking Company and the important evidence that they found, edwin Hamilton, 21 $2.10 Add
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In on the Ground Floor

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

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Readings in Part One of this title entitled "A Leader in the Making" discuss Stuart Hodgson’s political background. The section discusses his appointment as Commissioner of the … 6 $0.60 Add
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Internment and Forced Labour

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Japanese Canadian Internment in the Second World War

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This chapter related the experiences of Japanese Canadians who were imprisoned and forced to work as a result of their being labeled ‘enemy aliens’. It illustrates this with drawings, … ; 28 $2.80 Add
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Intertwined Tales

From: At Home

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Chapter 5 features interviews with Sandra Semchuk, Tim Schouten, and Marian Penner Bancroft. This chapter focuses on non-Indigenous artists whose sense of home are also inextricably bound up with … 16 $1.60 Add
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Into a New Century, 2000-09

From: Leading Progess

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This chapter describes how the PIPSC dealt with issues in the first decade of the 2000s, including Y2K and the globalization of computer systems, the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the Canadian war … 29 $2.90 Add
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Invertebrata

Part Four

From: Earthkeeping

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Part Four contains the sections: Spider Love, Of Mayflies & Millennia,Potato Bug Waltz, The Hornet Dilemma, Bumblebee Hotel, Ticked!. Topics discussed include spiders, the lifespan of … 26 $2.60 Add