Disasters
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From  A Crew of One |
Analyzes the safety practices of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, the railway which ran through Lac-Mégantic: How the company pushed for single member crews and regularly ignored … | Bruce Campbell | 13 | 2018 | $1.30 Add |
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From  After the DisasterFrom: Titanic Remembered |
Looks at the ships involved in the aftermath of the disaster and the effort to find survivors: Mackay-Bennett, Minia, Montmagny and Algerine | Alan Ruffman | 12 | 2013 | $1.20 Add |
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From Aftermath |
Anaylzes the response to the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster by Transport Canada; Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, and the rail industry. Documents an accountability diversion to the last … | Bruce Campbell | 13 | 2018 | $1.30 Add |
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From Apocalypse |
Describes the Lac-Mégantic disaster in detail: from the runaway train’s final moments before derailment to the inferno that killed forty-seven people, spilled six million litres of … | Bruce Campbell | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
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From  AppendixThe Halifax Relief Commission First Annual Report (31 December 1918) From: Rebuilding Halifax |
The Halifax Relief Commission First Annual Report (31 December 1918) | Barry Cahill | 19 | 2020 | $1.90 Add |
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From At SeaFrom: Titanic Remembered |
Looks at the Journey of the Titanic on the Sea, looks at specific experiences by passengers, the dangerous of icebergs, analyzes the disaster of the sinking, the responses from the white star … | Alan Ruffman | 11 | 2013 | $1.10 Add |
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From Benevolent Oligarchy or “Political Octopus”?(1919-1921) From: Rebuilding Halifax |
Chapter 4 discusses the political and financial controversies that the Halifax relief commission became embroiled in after the end of the First World War, as reconstruction of the destroyed areas … | Barry Cahill | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add |
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From  SilphiumFrom: Lost Feast |
This chapter follows Newman’s time in Iceland tasting Icelandic butter and her reflections on culinary extinction and how the Iceland’s unique dairy products could soon become lost. | Lenore Newman | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
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From The Scrambled ParadiseFrom: Lost Feast |
In this chapter Newman describes her time travelling through Hawaii and the biodiversity she witnessed there. Newman describes how after centuries of plant and animal invasions, both purposefully … | Lenore Newman | 24 | 2019 | $2.40 Add |
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From Honey and RosesFrom: Lost Feast |
In this chapter Newman explores the history of honey and mead and how it has maintained a presence and connection to society for millennia’s. | Lenore Newman | 15 | 2019 | $1.50 Add |
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From The Sex Life of PlantsFrom: Lost Feast |
In this chapter Newman continues to focus on the roles of bees, however, this time she explore their role in pollination, crop survival, and the dangers of decline and loss of bee populations … | Lenore Newman | 23 | 2019 | $2.30 Add |
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From Wabi-SabiFrom: Lost Feast |
In this final chapter Newman focuses on our relationship to the ocean and how global warming, pollution, and overfishing puts the is leading us to a global crisis which needs to be addressed. | Lenore Newman | 27 | 2019 | $2.70 Add |
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From Gods and MonstersFrom: Lost Feast |
In this chapter Newman explores the history of major animal extinction through the work of Charles Darwin and other naturalists, through using the decline of the dodo bird throughout. | Lenore Newman | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
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From Across the Seas of GrassFrom: Lost Feast |
In this chapter Newman reflects on her travels to the Yukon to explore northern cuisine during which she reflects on the local bison, their preservation, and the history of the decline of … | Lenore Newman | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
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From The Beast in the Jaktorów ForestFrom: Lost Feast |
In this chapter Newman explores the history of the cow, both as a animal and a food source. | Lenore Newman | 19 | 2019 | $1.90 Add |
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From Burger 2.0From: Lost Feast |
In this chapter Newman explores the possible future of alternative meat, through examining the history of veggie burgers, Beyond Meat products, and the next generation of agricultural innovation … | Lenore Newman | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
