Quebec

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Not in My Backyard From: Charging Ahead View Baraka Books	This chapter explores Hydro-Quebec’s management of community relations and social acceptability for its projects.	Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow	14	2019	$1.40 Add
From Of Motors and Batteries From: Charging Ahead View Baraka Books	This chapter highlights some of H-Q’s commercial exploits as well as Karim Zaghib’s work and impacts on Hydro-Quebec.	Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow	13	2019	$1.30 Add
From Old Ghosts and the Myth of Two Solitudes From: Fear of a Black Nation View Between The Lines	This chapter explores the history of the Black diaspora in Montreal leading up to the 1960s. The authors discuss the dominant race narratives and dynamics in Canada in the 19th and 20th …	David Austin	11	2023	$1.10 Add
From On All Fronts From: A People's History of Quebec View Baraka Books	This chapter explores Quebec and World War One, the great Depression, early discussions of Quebec Independence, and World War Two.	Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot	16	2002	$1.60 Add
From Origins of the Laboratory From: Montreal and the Bomb View bar	This chapter explores the early days for the British-led project to develop an atomic bomb in a Montreal laboratory, looking at key figures in the project’s foundation and management such …	Gilles Sabourin	38	2021	$3.80 Add
From PART 1 – Developing the Quebec Cotton Industry Girls and Women Wanted From: Through the Mill View Baraka Books	This chapter explores the early days of the Quebec cotton textile industry, starting around 1844-78. It covers key figures, companies, and regions of Quebec in this industry’s establishment …	Gail Cuthbert Brandt	39	2018	$3.90 Add
From PART 1 – Fighting Back Workplace Activism From: Through the Mill View Baraka Books	This chapter looks at workplace activism and labour groups, and how women were treated by and excluded from these groups. It looks at the demographics of female workers and intersecting …	Gail Cuthbert Brandt	32	2018	$3.20 Add
From PART 1 – Mill Life From: Through the Mill View Baraka Books	This chapter explores the reality of those who worked in the mills. It covers child labour, the hours for workers, wages, workplace safety, and the issue of abusive foremen for female workers.	Gail Cuthbert Brandt	32	2018	$3.20 Add
From PART 2 – Dominating the Canadian Cotton Industry From: Through the Mill View Baraka Books	This chapter explores the cotton textile industry’s evolution after the first world war, and specifically women’s experiences during this period. It covers the experiences of families …	Gail Cuthbert Brandt	47	2018	$4.70 Add
From PART 2 – New Technologies, Old Problems Working Conditions and Wages From: Through the Mill View Baraka Books	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 PART 2 – Struggling for Change in a Man’s World From: Through the Mill View Baraka Books	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 Political Highs and Lows From: Charging Ahead View Baraka Books	This chapter looks at politics, evolutions in the energy industry, and Hydro-Quebec’s future.	Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow	10	2019	$1.00 Add
From Preface From: Jeannie's Demise View Between The Lines		Ian Radforth	3	2020	$0.30 Add
From Preface From: The First Jews in North America View Baraka Books	“Preface by Herbert Marx”	Herbert Marx	3	2012	$0.30 Add
From Preface to the English Edition Quebec at the Crossroads: The Roots of the 2012 Students’ Spring From: In Defiance View Between The Lines		Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler	12	2015	$1.20 Add
Quebec in Question	This new edition of Marcel Rioux’s bestselling history of Quebec offers an interpretation of the dramatic events of the seventies and the victory of the Parti Quebecois. Written by an …		218		View