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The Quagmire of Mobility Tech
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The Quagmire of Mobility Tech

The Dream of the Smart City

From: Dream States

The Dream of the Smart City: Part 6 explores urban mobility. Topics discussed include electrification, transportation, bike-share programs, walkability, the use of public space, autonomous … 17 $1.70 Add
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Chapter 1

Chapter 1

The Quebec Question

From: Quebec in Question

A brief account of the political circumstances in Quebec in the late 1960s, and the emergence of separatist support among the francophone population. 10 $1.00 Add
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Chapter 4

Chapter 4

The Quiet Conversation of a Colonized People

From: Quebec in Question

A brief survey of Quebec political, social and economic history from 1840 to 1945 22 $2.20 Add
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From Dispossession to Dependency

From Dispossession to Dependency

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines Indigenous people and the Canadian government’s policies of dispossesion of land producing dependency. He highlights the percentage of … 5 $0.50 Add
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The Racialized Other and the Opium Act: The Early 1900s

The Racialized Other and the Opium Act: The Early 1900s

From: Heroin

This chapter examines socially constructed definitions of “good” vs “bad” drugs and narcotic prohibition in Canada. The unequal enforcement of drug laws and how this … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Fallout of a Murder

The Fallout of a Murder

From: Any Other Way

Ed Jackson recounts the fallout of the murder of 12 year old Emanuel Jaques in 1977 and the crackdown on the gay community that ensued. 4 $0.40 Add
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The Rational-Humanist Roots of Equality Feminism

The Rational-Humanist Roots of Equality Feminism

From: Women and Work

The author examines the historical roots of the equality feminist perspective, highlighting how education and work has been traditionally gendered. 21 $2.10 Add
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The Reactive Customer

The Reactive Customer

From: Charging Ahead

This chapter looks at Hydro-Quebec’s customers and their perception of H-Q. ; 18 $1.80 Add
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The Reckoning, Part I
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The Reckoning, Part I

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 8 focuses on the Nuremberg trials, and other efforts to hold perpetrators of war crimes during the Second World War criminally responsible. 17 $1.70 Add
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The Reckoning, Part II
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The Reckoning, Part II

From: Wanda’s War

Chapter 14 discusses the questions surrounding compensation for many of the victims of Nazi war crimes that were still unresolved by the 1990s for their historical responsibilities of forced … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Reconstruction of Uncle Tom

The Reconstruction of Uncle Tom

From: Uncle

In this chapter, Thompson examines the "Mammy" figure, another stock character who was first depicted in Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The chapter also touches on Confederate monuments, and … 11 $1.10 Add
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The Resistance

The Resistance

From: Resistance and Renewal

People rarely comply fully and easily to the introduction of oppression. Native children also produced counter-cultures in their resistance to the oppressive system which was Kamloops Indian … 27 $0.54 Add
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The Resistance

The Resistance

From: TSQELMUCWÍLC

In Chapter Four the author describes forms of resistance by the students within Kamloops Indian Residential School. ; ; 23 $2.30 Add
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The Reunion

The Reunion

From: On Love and Tyranny

In this chapter, Heberlein explores ideas of forgiveness, and examines Arendt’s decision to forgive Martin Heidegger. 10 $1.00 Add
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The Revolt of the Rich

The Revolt of the Rich

From: In Defiance

A discussion of the financing of universities and class tensions over who controls the financing and how it affects access to education. The relationship between education and social change, … ; 13 $1.30 Add
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The Revolutions of 1789, 1830, and 1848

The Revolutions of 1789, 1830, and 1848

First Steps Toward Democracy

From: The Great Class War 1914-1918

The French Revolution of 1789, in which the bourgeoisie, the peasants and the workers challenge the king, the nobility, and the church, sets in motion the march toward democracy, the emancipation … 14 $1.40 Add