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Lord Durham's "Radical" Intervention (1839) and Reaction's Revenge (1849)
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Lord Durham’s “Radical” Intervention (1839) and Reaction’s Revenge (1849)

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter looks at the policies of Lord Durham which created the Province of Canada under the Act of Union of 1840 and implemented a common commercial system and punitive measures particularly … 7 $0.70 Add
Lost Feast

Lost Feast

Culinary Extinction and the Future of Food

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. … 308 View
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Love/Cream/Heat

From: The Whole Animal

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Love Without Pain

Love Without Pain

From: On Love and Tyranny

In this chapter, Heberlein explores Arendt’s ideas about love in the context of platonic friendship. 9 $0.90 Add
Loyalist Rebellion in New Brunswick

Loyalist Rebellion in New Brunswick

A defining conflict for Canada's political culture

The American refugees who fled north to Canada after Britain’s defeat by the revolutionary U.S. army were determined to build a culture separate from the U.S. By their numbers and their … 184 View
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Loyalty
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Loyalty

From: Inside the Montreal Mafia

This chapter explores loyalty and more mafia history in Montreal and beyond. ; 14 $1.40 Add
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L’Union nationale à la croisée des chemins
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L’Union nationale à la croisée des chemins

From: 1968 in Canada

Après le décès de Maurice Duplessis et celui de Paul Sauvé, suivis de l’élection de Jean Lesage et de son « équipe du tonnerre », rien ne va plus … 25 $2.50 Add
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Lyceum Camp, Soerabaja

Lyceum Camp, Soerabaja

From: Bamboo Cage

This section of the diary details Wyse’s time at the Lyceum Camp in Soerabaja, on the island of Java. Here he found little solidarity among the prisoners; food was always in short supply, … 30 $3.00 Add
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Macdonald’s Centralism, 1878–1896

Macdonald’s Centralism, 1878–1896

From: Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces

Describes the shifting balance of powers between Ottawa and the provinces from 1878-1896. 16 $1.60 Add
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Mainstreaming Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Racist Feminism

Mainstreaming Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Racist Feminism

From: Take Back the Fight

Chapter ten, Mainstreaming Anti-capitalist, Anti-racist Feminism, argues that modern, mainstream feminism needs to be anti-racist, anti-capitalist and anti- colonial in order to be relevant, … 22 $2.20 Add
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Makeover
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Makeover

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

The chapter recounts Carr’s drugstore, shoplifting from the Hudson’s Bay, Suz and Gloria, ideas of “whiteness”, Maryanne’s birthday party, and the cruel intentions … 26 $2.60 Add
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Making Common Cause

Making Common Cause

Inequality, Then and Now

From: A Good War

In Chapter 4, Klein argues that through mobilization Canada could be able to confront and bring change to the present-day inequality many people face. Just as the Wartime Efforts during the … 18 $1.80 Add
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Making Mister

Making Mister

Anti-Black Misandry in Alice Walker’s Portrayal of Black Men in The Color Purple

From: Bigotry on Broadway

This chapter critiques The Colour Purple and the Mister trope, arguing that the previous debates surrounding the depiction of Black men in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple have overlooked … 10 $1.00 Add
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Making Tracks

Making Tracks

The Myth of CPR

From: National Dreams

The myth of the CPR as creator of the country is, in fact, as old as the railway itself, which is not surprising given that it was the railway itself which created the myth. The mundane act of … 39 $1.17 Add
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Malang Prison Camp

Malang Prison Camp

From: Bamboo Cage

This section of the diary covers Wyse’s time in Malang Prison Camp, where the prisoners were mistreated and abused by their captors, and suffered from malnutrition and disease. 24 $2.40 Add