Canadian History
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From  Technical ProwessFrom: Charging Ahead |
This chapter explores Hydro-Quebec’s impressive technical systems. It discusses the laboratory in Varennes (part of the campus of the Hydro-Quebec’s research institute – … | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 18 | 2019 | $1.80 Add |
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From  Technological UtopiasWorld's Fairs and Theme Parks From: The Culture of Nature |
The author explores World’s Fairs and theme parks, including Expo 67 (Montreal) and Expo 86 (Vancouver), to examine the process of technological development and its consequences on the … | Alexander Wilson | 38 | 2019 | $3.80 Add |
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From  Telling Her Own StoryFrom: No Place For A Woman |
The opening sections of the book provide a brief biography of Ella Manuel, describing her Newfoundland upbringing, travels, and relationships throughout her life. | Antony Berger | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add |
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From  NEW! TemperanceThe Rise of Social Conscience From: Bottoms Up |
Chapter 5 explores the development of a backlash against alcohol culture in the form of the temperance movement. | Sheilah Roberts Lukins | 14 | 2020 | $1.40 Add |
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From Testing the Power SystemFrom: Charging Ahead |
This chapter explores Hydro-Quebec’s current experimental projects/evolutions in the way that they are producing energy, looking at their experiments with solar, geothermal, and hydrogen … | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 18 | 2019 | $1.80 Add |
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From  Textiles Go SouthSECTION FOUR- Tenacity and modernity From: A Distinct Alien Race |
This chapter explores the decline of the textile industry. By the mid-20th century the textile mills that attracted workers from Québec to the New England, and that once led the … | David Vermette | 17 | 2018 | $1.70 Add |
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From Textiles in Brunswick – The First Half-CenturySECTION ONE - From ships’ captains to captains of industry From: A Distinct Alien Race |
This chapter looks at cotton manufacturing in what is now the State of Maine. It touches on the stories of various influential businessmen, the history of the Cabot Manufacturing Company, and the … | David Vermette | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
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From That Fine Summer and Final ReflectionsFrom: No Place For A Woman |
The opening sections of the book provide a brief biography of Ella Manuel, describing her Newfoundland upbringing, travels, and relationships throughout her life. | Antony Berger | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! The 1968 Thinkers’ Conference and the Birth of Canadian MulticulturalismFrom: 1968 in Canada |
From 13 to 15 December 1968, a meeting took place in Toronto that should be considered among the most important contributions to the birth of Canadian multiculturalism: the Thinkers’ … | Michael Temelini | 29 | 2021 | $2.90 Add |
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From  NEW! The Africville Experience: Lessons for the FutureFrom: The Spirit of Africville |
In this chapter, Stephen Kimber describes the resilience of former Africville residents and how the community fought to stay connected after relocation by organizing Africville reunions. He also … | Stephen Kimber | 26 | 2026 | $2.60 Add |
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From  NEW! The Age of Industry |
From Toronto: The First 13,000 Years: An Illustrated History | Christopher Andreae | 27 | 2026 | $2.70 Add |
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From  Chapter 10The Agonizing Steps to Freedom From: Quebec in Question |
A fascinating brief history of events in Quebec in 1970, including a full account of FLQ kidnappings, its manifesto, the reaction of federal and provincial authorities, and the imposition of the … | Marcel Rioux | 42 | 1978 | $4.20 Add |
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From  The Arrival of Aaron Hart: A Dynasty Is Born |
This chapter discusses Aaron Hart’s settlement in Trois-Rivières and some historical and economic context in North American during the 18th century. | Denis Vaugeois | 22 | 2012 | $2.20 Add |
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From  The Art of NegotiationStuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak |
Readings in Part Four of this title, entitled "Turf Wars" discuss the challenges and conflicts faced by communities in the Northwest Territories during Stuart Hodgson’s career. … | Jake Ootes | 9 | 2020 | $0.90 Add |
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From  NEW! The Arts in Interesting Times |
From Reclaiming Canadian Sovereignty in a Ruptured World: | Margaret Atwood | 14 | 2026 | $1.40 Add |
 NEW! The Attack on Nova Scotia’s SchoolsThe story behind 25 years of tumultuous change |
Nova Scotia’s public schools and their students have faced dramatic conflict and drastic change over the past 25 years. While critics charge that schools are failing kids, teachers have … | Grant Frost | 180 | 2020 | View |
