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Solidarity

Solidarity

From: Bent out of Shape

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Song of the South and Uncle Remus's Return

Song of the South and Uncle Remus’s Return

From: Uncle

This chapter explores Song of the South, a 1944 Disney movie that featured Uncle Remus. 12 $1.20 Add
Songs Upon the Rivers

Songs Upon the Rivers

The Buried History of the French-Speaking Canadiens and Métis from the Great Lakes and the Mississippi across to the Pacific

“A major undertaking … a valuable contribution,” Canada’s History Long before the Davy Crocketts, the Daniel Boones and Jim Bridgers, the French had pushed far west and north establishing trade … ; ; 448 View
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Soul
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Soul

From: Tracking the Caribou Queen

This chapter remembers Margie’s relationship with Sylvan Johnson, her sickly neighbour, his attempt to save Margie’s soul, his death and funeral, his sister Carmel’s regret, and … 20 $2.00 Add
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Sounds

Sounds

From: South End Boy

1930s and 1940s Halifax. Sounds of the city/time 5 $0.50 Add
South End Boy

South End Boy

Growing up in Halifax in the tumultuous '30s and '40s

In this memoir Jim Bennet introduces us to Halifax of the 1930s and ’40s: one full of coal smoke and rival gangs, chuffing freight trains and pine tar soap. He takes the reader along with … 143 View
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<i>South Pacific, Miss Saigon, Soft Power</i> and Me

South Pacific, Miss Saigon, Soft Power and Me

From: Bigotry on Broadway

This author recounts her experiences and perceptions of Anti-Asian bigotry in theatre/Broadway. 10 $1.00 Add
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Southern Canada Did Not Get Developed Without National Support

Southern Canada Did Not Get Developed Without National Support

From: Let's Move On

Okalik discusses his experiences with colleagues from other territories and provinces as well as with Greenland. He speaks more about his policy decisions and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. 12 $1.20 Add
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Southerners Choose London
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Southerners Choose London

PART THREE: RECONSTRUCTING

From: From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge

Chapter Twelve focuses on the rise of London, Ontario in US-Canadian relations post Civil War. Topics discussed include bounty hunters, profiteering on newly arrived Southerners, the Tecumseh … 19 $1.90 Add
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An Experiment in Alternative Living: Washington Avenue

An Experiment in Alternative Living: Washington Avenue

From: Any Other Way

Diana Meridith recalls the experience of livng in a lesbian collective house in downtown Toronto in the 1980s. 3 $0.30 Add
Spectres of Fascism
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Spectres of Fascism

Historical, Theoretical and International Perspectives

Concerns over the rise of fascism have been preoccupied with the Trump presidency and the Brexit vote in the UK, yet, globally, we are witnessing a turn towards anti-democratic and illiberal … 304 View
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Speculators and Boodlers

Speculators and Boodlers

From: Cheated

Chapter Four details an immigration scam pulled off by deputy minister James Smart and other Liberal government officials. ; 31 $3.10 Add
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Spineless Admiration

Spineless Admiration

On Anti-Nostalgia

From: On Nostalgia

The author details how nostalgia is regarded with suspicion from academic to widespread cultural use. Advocates of dismissing the past, and their perpective of the world as just and meritocratic … 19 $1.90 Add
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Spying on the NDP

Spying on the NDP

From: A Communist for the RCMP

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