Quebec
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From Do-It-Yourself PowerFrom: Charging Ahead |
This chapter examines self-generation of energy, looking at individuals and programs in Quebec that are taking different approaches to energy production and consumption, and how these approaches … | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
From Excellence?From: In Defiance |
When neoliberals and orthodox conservatives talk about the need for excellence in universities, what kind of elitism are they thinking about? Their vision for universities, being similar to their … | Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler | 14 | 2015 | $1.40 Add |
From Franco-Americans Rescue King CottonSECTION TWO - The other side of the cotton From: A Distinct Alien Race |
This chapter further explores Franco-American history and the role that this group played in the cotton textile industry in America. It discusses the early and later mass emigration movements … | David Vermette | 31 | 2018 | $3.10 Add |
From Heading for Confrontation |
This chapter explores escalating French-English tensions after 1793 in Canada. It touches on controversies over uniting Upper and Lower Canada, the Parti Patriote led by Louis-Joseph … | Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot | 20 | 2002 | $2.00 Add |
From NEW! New Context, New Arrivals, 1945–1960 |
This chapter examines the postwar period, which marked a critical break with the past and the unfolding of a new world for Montreal Jewry. It looks at linguistic and cultural movements within the … | Pierre Anctil | 57 | 2021 | $5.70 Add |
From PART 2 – New Technologies, Old ProblemsWorking Conditions and Wages From: Through the Mill |
This chapter explores the working conditions and wages throughout the 20th century for workers in the Quebec cotton textile industry. It looks at child labour, hours, working conditions, wages, … | Gail Cuthbert Brandt | 51 | 2018 | $5.10 Add |
From Trading with the Enemy |
This chapter looks at trade/economic ties and factors between America and Canada/specifically Montreal during this period. The cotton trade and key figures are explored. | Barry Sheehy; Cindy Wallace | 17 | 2017 | $1.70 Add |
From 5. Botched AbortionsFrom: Jeannie's Demise |
- | Ian Radforth | 17 | 2020 | $1.70 Add |
From A New Constitution in the Offing |
This chapter looks at the aftermath of the Act of Union. Topics include the controversy of deciding Canada’s capital, the formulation of even more distinct English and French Canadian … | Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot | 15 | 2002 | $1.50 Add |
From An Industrial City (1850-1896)From: The History of Montréal |
This chapter explores the changes the city and its people underwent during industrialization, as well as demographic changes and language tensions in the city. Towards the halfway mark of the … | Paul-André Linteau | 14 | 2013 | $1.40 Add |
From Chapter 6Liberty vs. The Dollar From: Quebec in Question |
A brief description of the colonial state of Quebec society — cultural, social, economic — and the status of Quebeckers as second class citizens within Canada in the postwar period, … | Marcel Rioux | 15 | 1978 | $1.50 Add |
From Ezekiel Hart, House of Assembly Member from Trois-Rivières |
On the life and political ambitions of Ezekiel Hart. He was the First Jewish Elected Representative of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada for Trois-Rivières. | Denis Vaugeois | 24 | 2012 | $2.40 Add |
From Montreal, Halifax, Matamoros, and New York |
This chapter explores New York, Halifax, Matamoros, and Montreal’s role in the story of the Civil War as port cities. | Barry Sheehy; Cindy Wallace | 11 | 2017 | $1.10 Add |
From PART 2 – Struggling for Change in a Man’s WorldFrom: Through the Mill |
This chapter explores evolutions in the labour movement and the involvement and experiences of women in this movement throughout the 20th century. It looks at the experiences of working class … | Gail Cuthbert Brandt | 62 | 2018 | $6.20 Add |
From NEW! Sephardim, Hasidim, and New Political Realities, 1960–1995 |
This chapter looks at language and culture and the Jewish population of Montreal; it examines the pushes for the cultural and economic integration of this population during this period. Both the … | Pierre Anctil | 57 | 2021 | $5.70 Add |
From Soldiers without a Commander?From: In Defiance |
Social networks, the media, and their effects on the spontaneous actions of the strikers. | Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler | 13 | 2015 | $1.30 Add |