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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From The Four Tragedies of Lac-Mégantic From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster View Collection: Environmental Disasters in Canada: Causes, Impact, and Response James Lorimer and Company	Describes the series of subsequent tragedies that befell the Lac-Mégantic community: widespread PTSD and other health problems; legal predators who exploited vulnerable victims’ …	Bruce Campbell	11	2018	$1.10 Add
From NEW! The Fourteenth Mission: The Story of Joseph Laurie Cormier Chapter Four From: Bombs and Barbed Wire View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter Four focuses on the story of Laurie Cormier of Moncton, New Brunswick, describing his time as a tail gunner for the No. 427 “Lion” Squadron of the RCAF, his capture as a …	Ronald Cormier	21	2022	$2.10 Add
From NEW! The Fourth World A Global Movement From: Unsettling Canada View Between The Lines	The Fourth World discusses the struggle to find justice on the international stage when it has been denied at home. This chapter focuses on the history of the idea of a “the Fourth …	Arthur Manuel	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From NEW! The Fox and the Burglar From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks View James Lorimer and Company	From Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks: The Men Who Built Modern Toronto in the 1960s–70s	Gilberto Fernandes	11	2026	$1.10 Add
The Franz Boas Enigma Inuit, Arctic, and Sciences Baraka Books	“… Franz Boas has remained an enigma, so misunderstood as a person and so often misrepresented as an anthropologist.” William S. Willis, Jr. How did Franz Boas become the …	Ludger Müller-Wille	188	2014	View
From The French Empire and the First Metis of the Old Northwest From: Songs Upon the Rivers View Baraka Books	This chapter explores Metis history, looking at the history of various Metis communities across North America and the formation of Métis identity. It covers some early French colonial …	Michel Bouchard; Robert Foxcurran; Sébastien Malette	44	2016	$4.40 Add
From NEW! The French Revolution From: Myths of Modern History View James Lorimer and Company	The book begins with the myth of the French Revolution, the “original catastrophe” (Urkatastrofe, to use a term coined by German historians) of modern history, and the wars that …	Jacques R. Pauwels	34	2022	$3.40 Add
From The Frontier War — 1756 From: The Fall of New France View James Lorimer and Company	Separates the Frontier War of 1756 into Preparations for the campaign, Oswego (Montcalm’s first victory), Native Warfare, and reorganization in the English Colonies	Ronald J. Dale	7	2004	$0.70 Add
From The Fur Trade and the Metis of the New Northwest From: Songs Upon the Rivers View Baraka Books	This chapter examines the history of the British (and later Canadian) fur trade, taking the role of a latter-day witness to the arrival of French-speaking peoples in the Pacific Northwest. It …	Michel Bouchard; Robert Foxcurran; Sébastien Malette	28	2016	$2.80 Add
From The Futile Search for a Just Peace, 1752-1761 From: We Were Not the Savages, Third Edition View Fernwood Publishing		Daniel Paul	35	2006	$2.45 Add
From The Futile Search for a Just Peace, 1752–1761 From: We Were Not The Savages View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 8 examines the topics of Lawrence’s Scalping Proclamation versus the Phips’s Proclamation, and the 1760s Treaties.	Daniel N. Paul	35	2022	$3.50 Add
From The Future is Here From: Charging Ahead View Baraka Books	This chapter explores challenges faced by Hydro-Quebec and the future of their system and technologies. It explores the possibility of H-Q getting involved in new energy alternatives, in …	Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow	21	2019	$2.10 Add
From NEW! The Future of Futurism From the Avant-Garde to the Neo-Avant-Garde, or, How to Imagine Communism by Other Means From: Spectres of Fascism View Between The Lines	This chapter offers a remapping of the lineage of the futurist movement through historical and structural lines of reasoning. The author argues that present debates about the return of fascism …	Jaleh Mansoor	23	2020	$2.30 Add
From NEW! The Future of Montreal and 2nd-rank Cities Section 4: Cities as a Dynamic Economy From: Cities Matter View bar	Chapter 15 reflects on the future of the city of Montreal, exploring topics including the history of Montreal, Jacobs’ opinion on Montreal, comparison to Boston, the challenges of being a …	Charles-Albert Ramsay	24	2022	$2.40 Add
From The Future of Travel From: Wanderlust View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter Thirteen as the conclusion reflects on the future of travel. The chapter explores topics including traveling to space, green tourism, and the value of travel.	Laura Byrne Paquet	7	2007	$0.70 Add
From The Garden Invaded The Harper Years From: The Tangled Garden View James Lorimer and Company	Developments in key Canadian creative industries (eg. television, film, newspapers) during Stephen Harper’s Conservative era (2006 to 2015); how the digital media produced a drastic decline …	Richard Stursberg	37	2019	$3.70 Add