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From  NEW! Sir John J.C. Abbott, Sir John S. D. Thompson, Sir Mackenzie Bowell, and Sir Charles TupperFrom: The Prime Ministers |
In this chapter, Stewart examines the four Conservative prime ministers that governed Canada between 1891 and 1896: Abbott, Thompson, Bowell, and Tupper. | J.D.M. Stewart | 6 | 2025 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! Sir Robert BordenFrom: The Prime Ministers |
In this chapter, Stewart examines Sir Robert Borden’s tenure as Canada’s eighth prime minister from 1911 to 1920, a period dominated by the First World War. | J.D.M. Stewart | 16 | 2025 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! Sir Wilfrid LaurierFrom: The Prime Ministers |
In this chapter, Stewart examines the tenure of Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1841–1919), who served as Canada’s seventh prime minister from 1896 to 1911, leading the Liberal Party through a … | J.D.M. Stewart | 24 | 2025 | $2.40 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  Oscar Wilde’s Type (in Toronto)From: Any Other Way |
An excerpt from Of Toronto the Good: a Social Study: The Queen City of Canada as It Is , 1898. | C.S Clark | 1 | 2017 | $0.10 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  Skeletons in the ClosetFrom: Family Ties |
This chapter discusses Canada’s modern understanding of its relationship to Axis powers, and the need for transparent political accountability rather than a sanitized public memory. | Peter McFarlane | 4 | 2024 | $0.40 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 |
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From  Slum-FreeThe Suburban Ideal From: The Ward |
Richard Harris | 5 | 2015 | $0.50 Add | |
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From  SmallpoxFrom: Country of Poxes |
Chapter 3 examines the history of smallpox. Discussing topics includingsmallpox origins, early accounts of smallpox outbreaks across North America, the emergence of new mutations, “folk” medicine … | Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay | 66 | 2022 | $6.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Smart Cities and the Origins of Utopian UrbanismThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 2 explores the origins of utopian urbanism. Topics discussed include history of urban planning, the history of ghetto’s, Bauhaus and the Garden City … | John Lorinc | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
