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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! “The constitutional question From: The Coutts Diaries View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Graham examines May 21 to June 11, 1980, documenting the weeks after Quebec’s sovereignty referendum (as told by the diary of Jim Coutts, Prime Minister Pierre Elliot …	Ron Graham	14	2025	$1.40 Add
From The Continuous Vibration of Animal Spirits: On the Why of Nostalgia From: On Nostalgia View Coach House Books	This chapter discusses nostalgia as a feeling, and the history of nostalgia, from antiquity to the present, moving out of the medical into the cultural realm. Why it is important to describe …	David Berry	21	2020	$2.10 Add
From The Conversations We Need to Save Each Other’s Lives From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future View Arsenal Pulp Press	This chapter is a dialogue betweeen two activists who met at the International AIDS Conference in 2008.	Charles Ryan Long and Theodore (Ted) Kerr	9	2021	$0.90 Add
From NEW! The (Cornish) Pasty Wars The Sauce From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings View Coach House Books	John Lorinc examines the Cornish pastys, the Cornish Pasty Association (CPA), Cornish national identity, and the social history and lore of food.	John Lorinc	6	2022	$0.60 Add
From The Craftworkers’ Challenge From: The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History View James Lorimer and Company	We meet the first movement of organized craftworkers beginning to take shape in the mid-nineteenth century in response to the new capitalist organization of work and labour markets. By the end of …	Craig Heron	27	2012	$2.70 Add
From NEW! The Critical Year 1949 From: Canada's Main Street View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Baird examines how the Trans-Canada Highway debate dominated 1949, as provinces clashed over routes and funding.	Craig Baird	24	2025	$2.40 Add
The Cult of Efficiency House of Anansi Press	We live in an age dominated by the cult of efficiency. Efficiency in the raging debate about public goods is often used as a code word to advance political agendas. When it is used correctly, …	Janice Gross Stein	330	2001	View
The Culture of Nature North American Landscape from Disney to the Exxon Valdez, Second Edition Between The Lines	Since it was first published in 1991, few books have come close to capturing the depth and breadth of Alexander Wilson’s innovative ecocultural compendium The Culture of Nature. His work …	Alexander Wilson	352	2019	View
From NEW! The Cunning Sámi Circumpolar Resurgence: Section 4 From: Qummut Qukiria! View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter reflects on the experience of the Sámi people.	Geir Tore Holm; Olivia Lasky	8	2022	$0.80 Add
From NEW! “The current system is not working” From: The Coutts Diaries View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Graham examines the political fallout from Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau’s December 28, 1975, CTV interview, in which he challenged the free-market system’s handling …	Ron Graham	7	2025	$0.70 Add
From The Dark Heart of Peacekeeping From: Canada in the World View Fernwood Publishing	War in the Gulf – The Peacekeeping Horizon – The Somalia Affair – “Ethnic Tension” and the Rwanda Genocides – Saint Roméo Dallaire – Paul Kagame, Celebrity Dictator – “Balkanizing” the Balkans – …	Tyler A. Shipley	50	2020	$5.00 Add
From NEW! The Death March: The Story of Léo Vienneau Chapter Nine From: Bombs and Barbed Wire View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter Nine focuses on the story of Léo Vienneau from Caraquet Island, New Brunswick, describing his time with the riflemen of Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, time as a corporal with B Company, …	Ronald Cormier	13	2022	$1.30 Add
From Chapter 3 The Defeated Keep the Faith From: Quebec in Question View James Lorimer and Company	A brief survey of Quebec social, political and economic history from 1755 to the rebellion of 1837-38.	Marcel Rioux	29	1978	$2.90 Add
From The Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961 From: Canada’s Long Fight Against Democracy View Baraka Books	In this chapter,Engler and Schalk examine Canada’s military and political role in the overthrow and assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of …	Owen Schalk; Yves Engler	15	2024	$1.50 Add
From The Den of Arabism From: Washington's Long War on Syria View Baraka Books	The constitution of the Ba’ath Party made a proclamation in its very first line which Washington could have only regarded with deep hostility: “The Arabs are one nation which has its …	Stephen Gowans	55	2017	$5.50 Add
From The Depression, 1929–1939 From: Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces View James Lorimer and Company	Describes the responses of the provinces and Ottawa to the Depression from 1929-1939.	Ed Whitcomb	18	2017	$1.80 Add