History

Showing 401–416 of 3972 results

Title & Subtitle Abstract Contributors Pages Year Purchase
From
Assorted Information (and Idiocies)

Assorted Information (and Idiocies)

Everything you always wanted to know about the Duce…that actually turns out to be false

From: Mussolini Also Did A Lot of Good

The author refutes various stories that have been invented around the figure of Mussolini and been spread around Italy over the years. 8 $0.80 Add
At Home

At Home

Talks with Canadian Artists about Place and Practice

In this intimate investigation of the artistic process, Lezli Rubin-Kunda explores the nuanced path of creative work and the way artists make sense of home and place within their art practice and … 232 View
From
At Sea

At Sea

From: Titanic Remembered

Looks at the Journey of the Titanic on the Sea, looks at specific experiences by passengers, the dangerous of icebergs, analyzes the disaster of the sinking, the responses from the white star … 11 $1.10 Add
From
At the Parthenais Detention Centre

At the Parthenais Detention Centre

From: In Defiance

Actions of the police: protection or intimidation? ; 9 $0.90 Add
From
Atlantic Canada in the TwentyFirst Century: Prospects for Regional Integration

Atlantic Canada in the TwentyFirst Century: Prospects for Regional Integration

From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition

2004 article by Robert Finbow examining the institutional, economic, cultural and historical distinctions between the Atlantic provinces, and assessing prospects for integration or cooperation in … ; ; 10 $1.00 Add
From
Atlantic Provinces
NEW!

Atlantic Provinces

From: Canada's Main Street

In this chapter, Baird traces the arduous construction of the Trans-Canada Highway through the Atlantic Provinces between 1949 and the early 1960s. 23 $2.30 Add
From
August 1914

August 1914

Enthusiasm and Resignation (1)

From: The Great Class War 1914-1918

1914. The assassination in Sarajevo — basically a rather unimportant event — does not constitute a genuine casus belli. But it provides the elite with the pretext it needs to unleash … 18 $1.80 Add
From
August 1914

August 1914

Enthusiasm and Resignation (2)

From: The Great Class War 1914-1918

1914. Why do the plebeians go to war so meekly? Because they have been indoctrinated to do so in an extremely effective fashion by the school and the church, or compelled by compulsory military … 20 $2.00 Add
From
Aunt Jemima in Chicago

Aunt Jemima in Chicago

From: Uncle

In this chapter, Thompson explores the meaning of Uncle Tom within the context of the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893. Here, Thompson suggests, Americans became increasingly obsessed … 6 $0.60 Add
From
Authenticité and Zairianisation
NEW!

Authenticité and Zairianisation

From: Bit Player on Big Stages

In this chapter, Turene examines Mobutu’s nationalist policies in Zaire, beginning with Authenticité in 1973, which renamed cities and citizens, and the more destructive … 9 $0.90 Add
From
Author's Note

Author’s Note

From: Legacy

Author’s Note and Acknowledgements 19 $1.90 Add
From
Author's Preface
NEW!

Author’s Preface

From: Last Call for Canada

In this preface, McFarlane examines Canada’s deepening vulnerability to American dominance. 5 $0.50 Add
From
Author's Update

Author’s Update

From: The Einstein File

The author discusses the aftermath of the first publication of this book in 2002. He critiques Genius, the 2017 ten-part series on Einstein that aired on the National Geographic cable channel. He … 28 $2.80 Add
From
Avaluqanngittuq: Imagining Inuit Futures through Multimedia/Digital Storytelling
NEW!

Avaluqanngittuq: Imagining Inuit Futures through Multimedia/Digital Storytelling

Community and Sovereighty: Section 3

From: Qummut Qukiria!

This chapter is an interactive chapter with a video component that can be found online, it is an exploration of Inuit futures as the world becomes more urban, and technologically advice, focusing … ; ; 18 $1.80 Add
From
'Avoir le cul entre deux chaises'

‘Avoir le cul entre deux chaises’

From: Any Other Way

Yvvette Perrault recalls her experiences working with the AIDS Committee of Toronto. 3 $0.30 Add
From
Awaiting Justice: The Ceaseless Struggle of the Lubicon Cree

Awaiting Justice: The Ceaseless Struggle of the Lubicon Cree

Part II: Communities and Resistance

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 10 Melina Laboucan-Massimo explores the struggles of the Lubicon Cree of Northern Alberta who face challenges from the encroachment of massive oil and gas development without their consent. 5 $0.50 Add