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History of the Jews in Quebec
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History of the Jews in Quebec

The presence of Jews in Quebec dates back four centuries. Quebec Jewry, in Montreal in particular, has evolved over time, thanks to successive waves of migration from different regions of the … 490 View
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The Holocaust

The Holocaust

From: On Love and Tyranny

This chapter details how Arendt came to learn about the Holocaust, and her focus on totalitarianism as the cause of the genocide. 6 $0.60 Add
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The Home Province

The Home Province

Canadian Dimension and Manitoba

From: Canada Since 1960: A People's History

the magazine as a documentary treasure of everything that a left-winger might want to know about Manitoba over the past fifty years 12 $1.20 Add
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The Home Stretch
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The Home Stretch

From: On Account of Darkness

This chapter discusses racism and the annual Emancipation Day parades and activities in Chatham, focusing primarily on harness racing. 9 $0.90 Add
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The Homeland is Where None of This Can Happen

The Homeland is Where None of This Can Happen

From: Pay No Heed to the Rockets

This chapter describes the experiences of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish from the 1940s to the present. 25 $2.50 Add
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Jim Egan, Gay Warrior

Jim Egan, Gay Warrior

From: Any Other Way

Donald McLeod tells the story of Jim Egan, Toronto’s first publicly gay activist. 4 $0.40 Add
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The Hong Kong Bakery’s Magic Door
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The Hong Kong Bakery’s Magic Door

The Filling

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

Naomi Duguid reflects on her love for the food of Hong Kong, her tai chi instructor Madame Tsang, the Hong Kong Bakery, and jiaozi. 6 $0.60 Add
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The “Hope of the Hopeless”
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The “Hope of the Hopeless”

Contemporary Lessons from Marxist Struggles Against Hitler and Mussolini

From: Spectres of Fascism

In this chapter, Schmidt recounts the struggles of Marxist authors and activists in the face of fascist governments like those of Hitler, Mussolini and Franco in the 20th century. He goes on to … 17 $1.70 Add
The Hope that Remains

The Hope that Remains

Canadian Survivors of the Rwandan Genocide

Every immigrant that comes to Canada has a story. This book captures ten of those stories and the remarkable resiliency and fortitude of the human spirit. In 1994 one of the worst genocides in … 192 View
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"The hottest of hot spots"
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"The hottest of hot spots"

From: Targeting Libya

This chapter looks at the period of the late 2000s, when Libya’s uneasy opening to foreign investment exacerbated internal political battles while SNC-Lavalin courted the Qadaffi sons with … 8 $0.80 Add
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The Hub/Entrepot City
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The Hub/Entrepot City

Section 3: Jacobs’ Spectrum of Economic Regions

From: Cities Matter

Chapter 9 examines entrepot cities, which are cities that serve as warehouses to export product from a nearby supply region as it is waiting to be transported to other markets. It discusses … 6 $0.60 Add
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The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 as Narrated by Shoah Survivors

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 as Narrated by Shoah Survivors

From: The 1956 Hungarian Revolution

For some the feeling of being liberated after the war has been overshadowed by the history of the next forty years, while for others the experience of liberation overshadowed the events of the … 25 $3.25 Add
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The Hungarian Revolution of 1956: Causes, Aims, and Course of Events

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956: Causes, Aims, and Course of Events

From: The 1956 Hungarian Revolution

On October 23, 1956, a revolution broke out in Budapest and spread all over the country in just a few days. The demonstrators, strikers, armed insurgents, leaders of the organizations of the … 20 $2.60 Add
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The Ideology of the Canoe

The Ideology of the Canoe

The Myth of Wilderness

From: National Dreams

The canoe is omnipresent in Canadian history and folklore. Canadians feel that the canoe is a fundamental icon of our nationality, representing as it does our links to our history, to our land, … 50 $2.50 Add
The Imaginary Indian, 1st Edition

The Imaginary Indian, 1st Edition

The Image of the Indian in Canadian Culture

First published in 1992, The Imaginary Indian is a revealing history of the “Indian” image mythologized by popular Canadian culture since 1850, propagating stereotypes that exist to … 284 View
The Imaginary Indian

The Imaginary Indian

The Image of the Indian in Canadian Culture

First published in 1992, The Imaginary Indian is a revealing history of the "Indian" image mythologized by popular Canadian culture since 1850, propagating stereotypes that exist to … 284 View