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Marketing the Imaginary Indian

From: The Imaginary Indian, 1st Edition

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Many aspects of Native culture have been appropriated over the years and turned into commodities to help sell products in the marketplace. Each time they respond to a sales pitch which features … 41 $1.64 Add
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Miiyo-pimaatisoowin

From: Ohpikiihaakan-ohpihmeh (Raised Somewhere Else)

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Montauban

From: On Love and Tyranny

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This chapter describes Arendt’s flight to Montauban, a small town whose socialist mayor refused to obey the new Vichy regime. There, she searched for information about her husband, until … 5 $0.50 Add
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Moses Hart: Reformist or Agitator?

From: The First Jews in North America

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On Moses Hart, the legal system, and his attitudes towards justice. 24 $2.40 Add
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New Beginnings: Tar Sands Prospecting Abroad

Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In Chapter 9 MacDonald Stainsby explores the rise of “extreme” fossil energy extraction such as for oil shale and fracking for “tight” oil and natural gas. The chapter … 11 $1.10 Add
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New Era, Old Reality: The BC Legislature and Accountable Government

From: British Columbia Politics and Government

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Review of representative and responsible government in BC and assessments of parliamentary reforms. 13 $1.30 Add
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Of Motors and Batteries

From: Charging Ahead

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This chapter highlights some of H-Q’s commercial exploits as well as Karim Zaghib’s work and impacts on Hydro-Quebec. ; 13 $1.30 Add
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On the Frontiers of Capital

Nuclear Plants and Other Environmental Architectures

From: The Culture of Nature

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The author explores the impact of the atomic age on the environment and landscape. The chapter includes 17 photos and images. 39 $3.90 Add
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One Hundred Girls and a Scandal

From: Wanda’s War

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Chapter 10 discusses the scandal at the Dionne Spinning Mills, in Saint-Georges, Quebec, that Wanda over 100 other Polish women found themselves in when arriving in Canada after May, 1947. The … 23 $2.30 Add
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Our Drug Policy Is Killing People: Decriminalizing and Legalizing Heroin Use

From: Heroin

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This chapter explores the process to decriminalize and legalize Heroin. The social movements for drug policy and drug law reform are discussed. 9 $0.90 Add
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Peace after the Sun Goes Down

From: Disarming Conflict

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People to People, Nation to Nation

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

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Text of the opening section of a summary of findings and recommendations of a 1996 report by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples established after confrontations between Mohawk warriors … ; ; 7 $0.70 Add
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Peter Lougheed and the rise of the oil sands

From: Oil’s Deep State

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Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines Peter Lougheed’s government in Alberta and the rise of the oil sands paying particular attention to Lougheed’s stance against … 11 $1.10 Add
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Plans to Conciliate the Beothuk

From: The Beothuk

This chapter explorers how the colonial government in Newfoundland interacted with the Beothuk around the turn of the 19th century. 4 $0.40 Add
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Radio, 1942–49 52

From: A Halifax Boyhood

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Looks at the principle form of entertainment/popular culture, Radio 1942-49 ; 5 $0.50 Add