Disasters

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Chapter Twelve The unfathomed Atlantic From: On Borrowed Time View Goose Lane Editions	A look at earthquakes and tsunamis on North America’s Atlantic coast. Details the earthquake, tsunami, and destruction that occurred in 1929. Assesses the risk and preparedness of Atlantic …	Gregor Craigie	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From Chapter Two Responding to the risk From: On Borrowed Time View Goose Lane Editions	Details the evolution of seismographic and earthquake preparedness testing, as well as the work that has been done in various municipalities.	Gregor Craigie	16	2021	$1.60 Add
From Denouement (1972-1976) From: Rebuilding Halifax View Formac Publishing	Chapter 7 discusses how the Halifax Relief Commission finally and formally came to an end nearly 6 decades after the Halifax Explosion.	Barry Cahill	13	2020	$1.30 Add
From Epilogue Halifax Disaster Commemoration From: Rebuilding Halifax View Formac Publishing	The epilogue assess the legacy of the Halifax Relief Commission and the role it played in shaping the city throughout the 20th century.	Barry Cahill	6	2020	$0.60 Add
From Epilogue Living with the risk From: On Borrowed Time View Goose Lane Editions	The author discusses his personal journey of getting his family and their home prepared for the next massive earthquake.	Gregor Craigie	8	2021	$0.80 Add
From Epilogue From: Titanic Remembered View Formac Publishing	The impact of the Titanic Sinking is overviewed	Alan Ruffman	2	2013	$0.20 Add
From Eve of Destruction From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster View James Lorimer and Company	Analyzes how by 2012 the conditions were set for some kind of rail disaster: too litte regulation and few qualified inspectors. Montreal, Maine, and Atlantic Railway was unprepared for …	Bruce Campbell	18	2018	$1.80 Add
From Halifax Relief From Citizen’s Committee to Government Commission (1917-1918) From: Rebuilding Halifax View Formac Publishing	Chapter 1 Discusses the immediate aftermath of the explosion of the Mont Blanc in Halifax harbour. The chapter describes how, within hours of the catastrophe, local government and business …	Barry Cahill	29	2020	$2.90 Add
From Harper and Harrison From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses the deregulating agenda of the Harper majority government. How Government abandoned the precautionary principle in favour of a business friendly approach to regulation. Discussses the …	Bruce Campbell	15	2018	$1.50 Add
From Introduction From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster View James Lorimer and Company	Overview of the town of Lac-Mégantic, its relation to railroads, and the rail disaster of 2013, placed within the context of government deregulation of key industries like transportation and …	Bruce Campbell	6	2018	$0.60 Add
From Introduction From: Rebuilding Halifax View Formac Publishing	The introduction provides a brief overview of the history of the Halifax Relief Commission and it’s activities over the course of its six-decade existence.	Barry Cahill	12	2020	$1.20 Add
From Introduction Christchurch and what it means for North America From: On Borrowed Time View Goose Lane Editions	An examination of the destruction and tragedy of the Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake, as well as its implications for metropolitan cities in North America.	Gregor Craigie	14	2021	$1.40 Add
From NEW! Introduction From: Jasper on Fire View Sutherland House	In this introduction, Scace explores the devastating wildfire that consumed Jasper, Alberta, a UNESCO World Heritage Site nestled in the Canadian Rockies.	Matthew Scace	2	2025	$0.20 Add
NEW! Jasper on Fire Five Days of Hell in a Rocky Mountain Paradise Sutherland House	On a brilliant sunny day at the height of the summer, July 2024, residents and visitors to the picturesque tourist town of Jasper, Alberta, learned that fast-moving forest fires were burning both …	Matthew Scace	97	2025	View
Lost Feast Culinary Extinction and the Future of Food ECW Press	When we humans love foods, we love them a lot. In fact, we have often eaten them into extinction, whether it is the megafauna of the Paleolithic world or the passenger pigeon of the last century. …	Lenore Newman	308	2019	View
From NEW! Monday, July 22, 2024 From: Jasper on Fire View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Scace examines the night of July 22, 2024, when Jasper, Alberta, faced a rapid mass evacuation after multiple wildfires threatened the town simultaneously.	Matthew Scace	12	2025	$1.20 Add