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From ![]() Shun Thy NeighbourThe U.S.-Mexico Border From: Walls |
The author explores the history and harsh reality of the U.S.-Mexico border, focusing on the Mexican perspective and the plight of migrants looking to immigrate to the U.S.. | Marcello Di Cintio | 47 | 2013 | $4.70 Add |
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From ![]() SiberpooFrom: The Whole Animal |
129 | Corinna Chong | 10 | 2023 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() Signing up to ServeFrom: Asleep in the Deep |
This chapter describes the distinctive Canadian Nursing Sister uniform and the procedures undergone to recruit and select nurses for the Canadian Army Medical Corp once war was declared. … | Dianne Kelly | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Silaup Putunga in ContextDecolonial Practices: Section 2 From: Qummut Qukiria! |
This chapter is an edited interview between Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory and Georgiana Uhlyarik. Topics discussed include the art project Silaup Putunga (2018), COVID-19, the Black Lives Matter … | Georgiana Uhlyarik; Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Silence, MemoryFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 13 examines the individual trips Wanda and Casey took to Poland during the 1970’s. The chapter reflects on Wanda and Casey’s life and experiences of exile and trauma after the … | Marsha Faubert | 12 | 2023 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Sink or Swim: A Riff on the Essence of the Matzo BallThe Wrapper |
David Buchbinder reflects on the matzo ball of Jewish culinary cuisine, what makes for the best matzo, preferences and generational traditions, Jewish traditions, and the power of food for a … | David Buchbinder | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Siopao Is Not Just for KidsThe Wrapper |
Christina Gonzales discusses the Filipino siopao, how they attest to the history of the Philippines, colonization, cultural influence of Spanish, Chinese, and Americans on the islands, and her … | Christina Gonzales | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() SirteKeystone of Independence From: Slouching Towards Sirte |
In Chapter One Sirte: Keystone of Independence, Forte contrasts the city of Sirte– found to be in near total ruin by the end of the 2011 Libyan Civil War– to the Sirte which was once … | Maximilian C. Forte | 39 | 2012 | $3.90 Add |
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From ![]() SirteTouchstone of Imperialism From: Slouching Towards Sirte |
In Chapter Two Sirte: Touchstone of Imperialism, Forte examines how Sirte represented a post-colonial Libya, as the seat of the Al-Fateh Revolution and later the focus of international attention … | Maximilian C. Forte | 68 | 2012 | $6.80 Add |
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From ![]() Siting Lesbians:Urban Spaces and Sexuality From: In a Queer Country |
In "Siting Lesbians: Urban Spaces and Sexuality," Catherine Nash discusses the complement to Ingram’s study. He considers gay males seeking pleasure in the wide outdoors while … | Catherine Nash | 27 | 2001 | $0.54 Add |
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From ![]() Six Nights in the Albert Lane, 1917From: Any Other Way |
The transcription of police testimony given in court after a series of arrests were made in the Albert Lane in the spring of 1917 | Steven Maynard | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Skedaddling, Crimping, and DesertingPART TWO: A HOUSE TORN ASUNDER |
Chapter Seven focuses on public and financial support for the war effort during the early weeks of the Civil War. Topics discussed include the need for more men, “bounties” and public … | Brian Martin | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Slave-Descendants, Diaspora Subjects, and World CitizensPaul Gilroy’s Historical Sensibility From: Thinking While Black |
In this chapter the author further examines Paul Gilroy’s work and his contributions to cultural criticism and black academia. The topics explored in this chapter included, <Young Soul … | Daniel McNeil | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Slavery and Freedom in a British ColonyPART ONE: THE ATTIC |
Chapter Two covers the history of enslavement in pre-confederation Canada, through the French, British and Portuguese presence in the areas that would become Canada. Topics discusses the lives of … | Brian Martin | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() Sleeping Car Porters and Uncle BenFrom: Uncle |
This chapter examines railway sleeping cars, the Black men who served as porters to tourists on the rails, and how these men were forced to conform to the Uncle Tom stereotype. | Cheryl Thompson | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
![]() Slouching Towards SirteNATO's War on Libya and Africa |
NATO’s war in Libya was proclaimed as a humanitarian intervention—bombing in the name of “saving lives.” Attempts at diplomacy were stifled. Peace talks were subverted. … | Maximilian C. Forte | 344 | 2012 | View |















