Social Movements

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Chapter 18: Economic Collapse
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Chapter 18: Economic Collapse

The Great Depression of the 1930s

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter recounts how successive downturns of the economy—from the 1913–15 recession to the 1929 crash—led to mass unemployment in Toronto and Montréal. 15 $1.50 Add
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Todmorden Mills Wildflower Preserve

Todmorden Mills Wildflower Preserve

From: Toronto's Ravines and Urban Forests

Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes the Todmorden Mills Wildflower Preserve, "one of the most wonderful fifteen minute hikes Toronto has to offer." Following intense human use over … 8 $0.80 Add
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Chapter 19: Outcasts and Dissidents in the Early 1930s
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Chapter 19: Outcasts and Dissidents in the Early 1930s

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter discusses the examines the 1930s hobo jungles emerged due to the unemployment crisis and militant groups such as the Communist Worker’s Unity League (WUL) and the 1935 … 16 $1.60 Add
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Chapter 2: The New Capitalist-Colonial Order, 1890-1929
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Chapter 2: The New Capitalist-Colonial Order, 1890-1929

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter reviews the rise of corporate power in Canada and rapid change in the workplace marked by labour conflict and social protest, notably in the 1918 Winnipeg General Strike. 9 $0.90 Add
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Chapter 20: Communists, CCFers, Workers, and the Unemployed
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Chapter 20: Communists, CCFers, Workers, and the Unemployed

1937, a Year of Rebellion

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter discusses the role played by the Popular Front united Canadian Communists and the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) in the anti-fascist cause. 11 $1.10 Add
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Nordheimer Ravine and Glen Edyth/Roycroft Wetlands

Nordheimer Ravine and Glen Edyth/Roycroft Wetlands

From: Toronto's Ravines and Urban Forests

Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes Toronto’s Nordheimer Ravine, home to Glen Edyth & Roycroft wetlands and a thriving tradition of citizen stewardship. He uses Nordheimer to … 5 $0.50 Add
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Chapter 24: The Welfare State's 1940s Origins
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Chapter 24: The Welfare State’s 1940s Origins

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter details how the hardship of the Depression led to increased demands for a welfare state and how Mackenzie King’s Liberals retreated from implementing such a program. 7 $0.70 Add
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Cedarvale Ravine

Cedarvale Ravine

From: Toronto's Ravines and Urban Forests

Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes Cedarvale Ravine, located in Toronto’s Don River watershed. Through Cedarvale, he illustrates how urban development has threatened and transformed … 5 $0.50 Add
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Chapter 25: Capital at Home and Abroad, 1945-60
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Chapter 25: Capital at Home and Abroad, 1945-60

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter explains how the unemployment and social collapse of the Depression prompted grassroots solidarities and militant Communist organizing. 19 $1.90 Add
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Chapter 26: Managing Labour's Momentum
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Chapter 26: Managing Labour’s Momentum

The Post-War Settlement, 1945-59

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter looks at the labour militancy that achieved union recognition in the 1945–48 strike wave and the historic Rand Formula. 14 $1.40 Add
Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890
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Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890

A New History for the Twenty-First Century

Colonialism and Capitalism: A New History of Canada offers readers access to a clear-eyed understanding of Canada’s past, explaining how recently-acknowledged dark facts about our history are … 444 View
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Debating and Re-Debating What Is Feminism

Debating and Re-Debating What Is Feminism

From: Take Back the Fight

Debating and Re-Debating What is Feminism, chapter five, articulates the importance of holding debates, and the need for a location for hosting debates. She asserts that debate skills are … 22 $2.20 Add
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Disseminating Feminist Knowledge in the Digital Era

Disseminating Feminist Knowledge in the Digital Era

From: Take Back the Fight

Disseminating Feminist Knowledge in the Digital Era, chapter six, argues for the importance of and need for locations for sharing feminist knowledge and debate, and for developing activist … 22 $2.20 Add
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Feminism in the Digital Era

Feminism in the Digital Era

From: Take Back the Fight

The third chapter, Feminism in the Digital Era, looks at how digital technologies have shaped feminism, via having new ways to organize. It also considers the weaknesses of such platforms in the … 16 $1.60 Add
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Feminist Opposition to Power

Feminist Opposition to Power

From: Take Back the Fight

Chapter nine, Feminist Opposition to Power, considers how mainstream politics have adopted the feminist label whether it is true or not. More broadly, the author considers the dilution of the … 22 $2.20 Add
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Fireworks (1960-1976)

Fireworks (1960-1976)

From: The History of Montréal

This chapter covers important developments during the 60s in Montreal, including in the realms of language, culture, politics, and gender rights. The Swinging Sixties were a particularly lively … 14 $1.40 Add