Social Movements
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From ![]() NEW! The Colonized Strike Back: Red Power, 1965–75 |
In this chapter, Palmer examines grassroots Indigenous organizations that used land occupations and protests to challenge colonial assimilation policies across Canada. He details how these … | Bryan D. Palmer | 23 | 2026 | $2.30 Add |
![]() The History of MontréalThe Story of a Great North American City |
Montreal is one of those unique cities at the crossroads of history. Paul-André Linteau’s The History of Montréal provides essential background for both Montrealers and all those … | Paul-André Linteau | 206 | 2013 | View |
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From ![]() NEW! The House on Portland StreetFrom: Seven Days in Halifax |
In this chapter, Ashe describes events of Day Five of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” on community policing. He recounts an incident where Dartmouth’s … | Robert Ashe | 5 | 2025 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Insurrectionary Moment, 1837-38From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890 |
This chapter discusses social conflict in early nineteenth century Canada,coming to a head in the Upper Canada Rebellion and the Lower Canada Rebellion. | Bryan D. Palmer | 10 | 2024 | $1.00 Add |
![]() NEW! The Mantle of StruggleA Biography of Black Revolutionary Rosie Douglas |
Rosie Douglas, former prime minister of Dominica, had a life unlike any other modern politician. After leaving home to study agriculture in Canada, he became a member of the young Conservatives, … | Irving Andre | 360 | 2023 | View |
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From ![]() NEW! The Métis Nation and Provisional Government in the North-West, 1869-71From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890 |
This chapter examines the Metis nation in communities such as the Red River and Saskatchewan River in the late nineteenth-century Canadian colony, the Canada Party, Louis Riel, and the … | Bryan D. Palmer | 12 | 2024 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Radicalization of the 1960s |
In this chapter, Palmer explores how Old Left and Communist Party activists adapted to intense ideological shifts and New Left youth activism across Canada. He describes how student organizers … | Bryan D. Palmer | 12 | 2026 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Struggle Continues : The People of Afriville Keep OnFrom: The Spirit of Africville |
This chapter covers Halifax’s reconciliation efforts concerning Africville, including offering a public apology and paying for a rebuilt community church now used as a museum. It also … | The Africville Genealogy Society | 4 | 2026 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() White Supremacy and the First Feminist Waves in CanadaFrom: Take Back the Fight |
In the first chapter, the author narrates the history of the first feminist movement in Canada until the collapse of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women. She focuses on the … | Nora Loreto | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |










