Canadian History

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La Haute-Louisiane and the Far West

From: Songs Upon the Rivers

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This chapter looks at the history of French-descended Canadiens, Creole, and Métis populations in the area of Louisiana and the Far West. It looks at biases and inaccuracies in the … ; ; 48 $4.80 Add
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Lindsay

The Saturation Site

From: The Case for Basic Income

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In this chapter, Swift and Power outline the Basic Income pilot project that took place in Lindsay, Ontario, and the various groups of ativists who made the project possible. ; ; 27 $2.70 Add
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Macdonald’s Centralism, 1878–1896

From: Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces

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Describes the shifting balance of powers between Ottawa and the provinces from 1878-1896. 16 $1.60 Add
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My Role Was to Lead and Make Things Work

From: Let's Move On

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Okalik discusses his time in office after the creation of Nunavut in 1999, speking about the Bathurst mandate and various political decisions and his involvement in them. 8 $0.80 Add
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Nancy Mosley

A Black Loyalist on Trial

From: Black Loyalists in New Brunswick

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This chapter explores the case of Nancy Mosley, the defendant in New Brunswick’s first murder trial. 17 $1.70 Add
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National Policy Tory

From: Merchant Princes

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1848-1887 . Examines the life of John Fitzwilliam Stairs and his entry into politics as a Tory and how he was involved in the creation of national policy. Looks at sugar refining and steel making … 34 $3.40 Add
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Nature at Home

A Social Ecology of Postwar Landscape Design

From: The Culture of Nature

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The author explores post-second world war landscape design, including the explosion of suburbs and the gendered nature of the urban environment. The chapter includes 13 photos and images. 32 $3.20 Add
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New Beginnings

From: Visionaries, Crusaders, and Firebrands

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Looks at division amoung the CCF as to Canada’s partitipation in WWII, looks at different leadership of the CCF and goes through the reforming for the party as the NDP 33 $3.30 Add
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New Context, New Arrivals, 1945–1960

From: History of the Jews in Quebec

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This chapter examines the postwar period, which marked a critical break with the past and the unfolding of a new world for Montreal Jewry. It looks at linguistic and cultural movements within the … 57 $5.70 Add
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Parliament Gets Involved

From: Gay Marriage

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examines the 2002-2003 standing committee on Justice and Human Rights in their examination and discussiong of same-sex marriage. ; 21 $2.10 Add
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PART 2 – New Technologies, Old Problems

Working Conditions and Wages

From: Through the Mill

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This chapter explores the working conditions and wages throughout the 20th century for workers in the Quebec cotton textile industry. It looks at child labour, hours, working conditions, wages, … 51 $5.10 Add
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Part IV: Spectacle

From: Cobalt

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Part IV contains Chapter 13: The Fight of the Century, Chapter 14: The Canadian Holy Grail, and Chapter 15: Cobalt as a Vaudeville Production. 28 $2.80 Add
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Presenting the Image

Part II

From: The Imaginary Indian

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Non-Native Canadians came to know the Indian: in books, in public performance, at country fairs, in museums and schoolrooms, at summer camp and in the movies. There were very few places, in fact, … 24 $2.40 Add
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Presenting the Image

Part II

From: The Imaginary Indian, 1st Edition

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Non-Native Canadians came to know the Indian: in books, in public performance, at country fairs, in museums and schoolrooms, at summer camp and in the movies. There were very few places, in fact, … 24 $0.48 Add
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Radicals and Resource Developers

A REGION ON THE BRINK, 1919–1945

From: North of Superior

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New Ontario (as the region was called during this period) was treated as a colony by the imperial government seated in Toronto; however, this vast region, nearly three-quarters of the entire … ; 18 $1.80 Add
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Relations between Beothuk and Newcomers in the 1500s and 1600s

From: The Beothuk

This chapter discusses initial contact between the Beothuk and European explorers in the 16th century and how this initial contact began to destabilize the Beothuk way of life 3 $0.30 Add