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Lives Lived, The Globe and Mail, December 31, 1999
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Lives Lived, The Globe and Mail, December 31, 1999

From: Bit Player on Big Stages

This tribute, published in the Globe and Mail on December 31, 1999, memorializes Alice Katrina Chambers, a Manitoba microbiologist and environmental advocate. 3 $0.30 Add
Lloyd Axelworthy

Lloyd Axelworthy

My Life in Politics

Axworthy served as MLA in the Manitoba legislature for six years followed by twenty-one years in the House of Commons, more than half of those in the cabinets of Pierre Trudeau, John Turner, and … 322 View
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Locating and Re-locating

Locating and Re-locating

From: At Home

Chapter 1 focuses on author and artist Lezli Rubin-Kunda, who speaks on her own experiences with belonging, her art, and her sense of home as both a Canadian and Israeli. 13 $1.30 Add
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Locating Race in Suffrage

Locating Race in Suffrage

From: From Suffragette to Homesteader

Discourses and Encounters with Race and Empire in the British Suffrage Movement 15 $1.50 Add
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Lomond

Lomond

From: No Place For A Woman

No Place for a Woman? – A Cjamce Meeting, a New Idea – My Killdevil Days 18 $1.80 Add
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Long, Rough Osmosis

Long, Rough Osmosis

A Political History of Nunavik, Part 1

From: Wrestling with Colonialism on Steroids

This chapter covers the early history of Nunavik, stressing that though Nunavik was merged with Quebec in 1912, the provincial government was absent from the territory for 5 decades. The chapter … 18 $1.80 Add
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Long, Rough Osmosis

Long, Rough Osmosis

A Political History of Nunavik, Part 2

From: Wrestling with Colonialism on Steroids

In the concluding chapter, Zebedee discusses Quebec separatism, and why Inuit peoples have rejected the separatist movement. 9 $0.90 Add
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Looking at the Non-Human

Looking at the Non-Human

Nature 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. 42 $4.20 Add
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Lord Durham’s “Radical” Intervention (1839) and Reaction’s Revenge (1849)

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 … 7 $0.70 Add
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Louis St. Laurent
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Louis St. Laurent

From: The Prime Ministers

In this chapter, Stewart examines the tenure of Louis St. Laurent, Canada’s twelfth prime minister, who served from 1948 to 1957. 17 $1.70 Add
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Loyalty
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Loyalty

From: Inside the Montreal Mafia

This chapter explores loyalty and more mafia history in Montreal and beyond. ; 14 $1.40 Add
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L’Union nationale à la croisée des chemins
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L’Union nationale à la croisée des chemins

From: 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 … 25 $2.50 Add
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Lyceum Camp, Soerabaja

Lyceum Camp, Soerabaja

From: 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, … 30 $3.00 Add
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Macdonald and International Chinese Migration (April)

Macdonald and International Chinese Migration (April)

From: Sir John A. MacDonald & the Apocalyptic Year 1885

In this chapter, Dutil traces the intersection of Sir John A. Macdonald’s governance and the global anti-Chinese migration movement of the 1840s through the 1890s. 28 $2.80 Add
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Macdonald as Policy and Program Innovator

Macdonald as Policy and Program Innovator

From: Sir John A. MacDonald & the Apocalyptic Year 1885

In this chapter, Dutil examines Prime Minister John A. Macdonald’s response to the food crisis on the Prairies between 1879 and 1885. 17 $1.70 Add
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Macdonald’s Centralism, 1878–1896

Macdonald’s Centralism, 1878–1896

From: Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces

Describes the shifting balance of powers between Ottawa and the provinces from 1878-1896. 16 $1.60 Add