Canadian History
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From  A Second Year in JavaFrom: Bamboo Cage |
This section of the diary describes Wyse’s second year in a Janaese prison camp. He begins to experience problems with his eyes; sometimes there is a month between entries. Wyse was … | Jonathan F. Vance | 32 | 2009 | $3.20 Add |
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From  A Short History of the ‘Civic Square’ ExpropriationFrom: The Ward |
John Lorinc | 4 | 2015 | $0.40 Add | |
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From  NEW! “A Sinister Array of Characters” |
This chapter traces the tangled web of organised crime, union conflicts, and political corruption within Toronto’s construction industry during the late 1960s and early 1970s. | Gilberto Fernandes | 12 | 2026 | $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  NEW! “A strategy to deal with it”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines how the Trudeau government implemented the Anti-Inflation Program, Canada’s strictest price controls since the Second World War (as told by the diary of Jim … | Ron Graham | 5 | 2025 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! A Strong Wall around MeFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Nine looks at the remaking of Louise and Len’s life and relationship after the war. The chapter discusses the 1946 publication of The Loghouse Nest, Len finding work, and … | Merilyn Simonds | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From  A Theory Evolves |
Analyzes important clues of a technical nature leading to a theory that the flood tunnel was not part of the original excavation project. The overwhelming conclusion that emerges from the … | Graham Harris | 11 | 2013 | $1.10 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! “A Trifling Difference of Opinion”PART TWO: A HOUSE TORN ASUNDER |
Chapter Five focuses on the lead up to the Civil War in the United States. Topics discussed include William Seward and Abraham Lincoln, changing politics in the United States, the idea of a … | Brian Martin | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
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From  A Twelve-Vote MarginFrom: In Defiance |
How student organizations engaged students on various campuses and fostered mass meetings and voting on the strike. | Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler | 12 | 2015 | $1.20 Add |
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From  A Very Canadian Revolution:The Transformation of Backroom Power in Canada's 1968 From: 1968 in Canada |
Pierre Elliott Trudeau was the embodiment of Canada’s 1960s: young, hip, and impatient with the status quo, he bounded onto the political scene with fresh ideas and an image to match. Voters in … | P. E. Bryden | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! “A very intense meeting”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines March and April 1981, documenting the constitutional crisis as Pierre Trudeau attempted to pass unilateral reforms through Parliament, despite opposition from … | Ron Graham | 5 | 2025 | $0.50 Add |
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From  “A Very Major Wheel That Helped Grind the War Down”The Canadian Anti-Draft Movement, 1966–1973 From: Worth Fighting For |
Jessica Squires | 17 | 2015 | $1.70 Add | |
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From  A Visit in the Shadow of WarFrom: The Third Man |
In this chapter, Thompson follows the diplomatic responses of Mackenzie King, Neville Chamberlain, and Franklin Roosevelt to Hitler’s expansionism across Europe in 1938 and 1939. | Neville Thompson | 25 | 2021 | $2.50 Add |
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From  NEW! A Visit to AfricvilleFrom: The Spirit of Africville |
In this chapter, Charles Saunders describes what life in Afriville was like before the City of Halifax demolished the community. He highlights how the lives of Afriville residents were vibrant … | Charles Saunders | 24 | 2026 | $2.40 Add |
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From  AgokweFrom: Any Other Way |
Art Zoccole recounts his childhood in an Ojubwe community, before moving to Toronto and helping to establish the Gays and Lesbians of the First Nations in Toronto. | Art Zoccole | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
