Canadian History

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The Youngbloods

From: Merchant Princes

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1910-1950. Examines the younger generations of the Stairs family and traces the family firm which was now an enterprise from prosperity to a selling off period 42 $4.20 Add
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Together Until the End!

From: Big Business and Hitler

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Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels examines the period of 1941-1945 and the relationship between Nazism and corporate capitalism. 16 $1.60 Add
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We Stole it Fair and Square

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

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Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel analyzes how Europeans settlers and their governments asserted ownership of the land in Canada — characterizing it as straighforward theft. He uses the … 6 $0.60 Add
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Who Were the Immigrants?

SECTION TWO - The other side of the cotton

From: A Distinct Alien Race

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The standard theory claims that most of the Canadien immigrants to New England were debt-strapped farmers, but this is not the only important story about Franco-American origins in Québec; … 16 $1.60 Add
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Wild Rose Country

The Klan in Alberta, 1930’s

From: The Ku Klux Klan in Canada

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This chapter discusses Klan activity in Alberta in the late 1920’s and early 1930s. 18 $1.80 Add
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Women and the Vote in Canada

From: From Suffragette to Homesteader

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Zimri Armstrong

A Man Betrayed

From: Black Loyalists in New Brunswick

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This chapter tells the story of Zimri Armstrong and the other black loyalists who chose to leave the racism and discrimination they found in North America and attempt to find a better life in … 13 $1.30 Add
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"Sauce"

From: Inside the Montreal Mafia

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This chapter discusses the aftermath of Vito Rizzuto’s return to Canada. ; 17 $1.70 Add
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“A beating every day”: The Story of Léo Pitre

Chapter Ten

From: Bombs and Barbed Wire

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Chapter Ten focuses on the story of Léo Pitre from Jacquet River, New Brunswick, describing his time in Hong Kong in 1941 with the Royal Rifles of Canada and the Winnipeg Grenadiers, capture … 21 $2.10 Add
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9. In Persuit of the Seducer

From: Jeannie's Demise

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A Bad Collar

From: Vancouver Vice

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This chapter examines the West End at the beginning of the 1980s, a situation Maclean’s magazine called "a curbside brothel open from noon to 4 a.m., seven days a week." It also … 13 $1.30 Add
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A House Divided

From: Gay Marriage

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The opposition forces get more organized and the division in the house of commons is thoroughly explored ; 18 $1.80 Add
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A Modern City Emerges (1945-1960)

From: The History of Montréal

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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 … 15 $1.50 Add
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Acknowledgements

From: White Riot

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This section includes: Acknowledgements, Works Cited, Further Reading, Index, and information about the contributors. 14 $1.40 Add
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Afterword

From: Earthkeeping

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The Afterword: Mars, Anyone?. 7 $0.70 Add
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Afterword

From: Women and Work

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A short examination of where the author’s three feminist theories of labour are today. 2 $0.20 Add