Canadian History
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From  Looking at the Non-HumanNature Movies and TV From: The Culture of Nature |
This chapter provides a history of nature movies and television, from National Geographic to Disney to Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom andincludes nine photos and images. | Alexander Wilson | 42 | 2019 | $4.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Lord Durham’s “Radical” Intervention (1839) and Reaction’s Revenge (1849)From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890 |
This chapter looks at the policies of Lord Durham which created the Province of Canada under the Act of Union of 1840 and implemented a common commercial system and punitive measures particularly … | Bryan D. Palmer | 7 | 2024 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Loyalty |
This chapter explores loyalty and more mafia history in Montreal and beyond. | Eric Thibault; Félix Séguin | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
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From  NEW! L’Union nationale à la croisée des cheminsFrom: 1968 in Canada |
Après le décès de Maurice Duplessis et celui de Paul Sauvé, suivis de l’élection de Jean Lesage et de son « équipe du tonnerre », rien ne va plus … | Alexandre Turgeon | 25 | 2021 | $2.50 Add |
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From  Lyceum Camp, SoerabajaFrom: Bamboo Cage |
This section of the diary details Wyse’s time at the Lyceum Camp in Soerabaja, on the island of Java. Here he found little solidarity among the prisoners; food was always in short supply, … | Jonathan F. Vance | 30 | 2009 | $3.00 Add |
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From  Macdonald’s Centralism, 1878–1896 |
Describes the shifting balance of powers between Ottawa and the provinces from 1878-1896. | Ed Whitcomb | 16 | 2017 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Machines, People, Places and a World TransformedFrom: Car Nation Canada |
In this introductory chapter, Anastakis offers an overview of the history of autos, auto manufaturing and car culture in Canada. | Dimitry Anastakis | 6 | 2026 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Mainstreaming Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Racist FeminismFrom: Take Back the Fight |
Chapter ten, Mainstreaming Anti-capitalist, Anti-racist Feminism, argues that modern, mainstream feminism needs to be anti-racist, anti-capitalist and anti- colonial in order to be relevant, … | Nora Loreto | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Makeover |
The chapter recounts Carr’s drugstore, shoplifting from the Hudson’s Bay, Suz and Gloria, ideas of “whiteness”, Maryanne’s birthday party, and the cruel intentions … | Margaret Macpherson | 26 | 2022 | $2.60 Add |
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From  Making TracksThe Myth of CPR From: National Dreams |
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 |
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From Malang Prison CampFrom: Bamboo Cage |
This section of the diary covers Wyse’s time in Malang Prison Camp, where the prisoners were mistreated and abused by their captors, and suffered from malnutrition and disease. | Jonathan F. Vance | 24 | 2009 | $2.40 Add |
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From  Mapping the TerritoryFrom: At Home |
Chapter 9 features interviews with Victoria Stanton, Sandra Rechico, Gwen MacGregor, Ellen Moffat, Kim Morgan, and Peter Dykhuis. This chapter focuses on finding home in oneself, where art … | Lezli Rubin-Kunda | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
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From  Margaret Ells Russell, Women Strike for Peace, and the Global Politics of “Intelligent Compassion,” 1961–1965From: Worth Fighting For |
Ian McKay | 22 | 2015 | $2.20 Add | |
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From  Marian Naranjo, Santa Clara Pueblo“Indigenous peoples’ reason for being is to be the caretakers of the air, the water, the land, and each other.” From: How We Go Home |
Marian Naranjo, of Santa Clara Pueblo, is the founder of Honor Our Pueblo Existence. She shares about the challenges the Pueblo people have had in working to steward their land in the face of … | Sara Sinclair | 17 | 2020 | $1.70 Add |
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From  No-Cop Zone? Reflections on the Pussy Palace RaidFrom: Any Other Way |
Chanelle Gallant recounts the events surrounding a police raid on the Pussy Palace in 2000. | Chanelle Gallant | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
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From  Massacre at Fort William Henry — 1757From: The Fall of New France |
Explains the construction of Fort William Henry, the first siege of the fort and the massacre | Ronald J. Dale | 7 | 2004 | $0.70 Add |
