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Canada to France: A Journey Between Oceans

Canada to France: A Journey Between Oceans

From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

Black explores the train voyage between Vancouver and Halifax, and highlights the ships selected to take the CLC contingents to Britain and France. (Chapter includes three photographs) 23 $2.30 Add
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Canada to France: Back Behind Wire

Canada to France: Back Behind Wire

From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

The chapter examines the hastily set-up transit camp at Petawawa, Ontario, that temporarily housed CLC contingents. (Chapter includes three photographs) 26 $2.60 Add
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Canada to France: Death Behind the Lines

Canada to France: Death Behind the Lines

From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

CLC contingents were assigned along the Western Front but primarily in Northern France and Belgium where they were subject to enemy bombing raids and other dangers. (Chapter includes four photographs) 23 $2.30 Add
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Canada to France: Far From Home, Far From Over

Canada to France: Far From Home, Far From Over

From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

Almost all CLC contingents remained in Europe following the Armistice, put to work cleaning and clearing the Western front. (Chapter includes three photographs) 23 $2.30 Add
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Canada to France: Homeward

Canada to France: Homeward

From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

Black outlines the homeward journey of many CLC contingents: from Europe to England, to Halifax, to Vancouver, to China. (Chapter includes four photographs) 23 $2.30 Add
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Canada to France: Off the Water, Onto the Rails

Canada to France: Off the Water, Onto the Rails

From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

As more and more CLC contingents boarded trains in Vancouver for their cross-country trip, the Canadian government had difficulty stifling news reports of the men and their mission. (Chapter … 22 $2.20 Add
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Canada to France: The Wanted and Unwanted

Canada to France: The Wanted and Unwanted

From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

The chapter examines Canada’s immigration policies prior to the CLC experiment and ends with Livingstone’s contingent boarding trains heading east. (Chapter includes two photographs) 21 $2.10 Add
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Canada to France: The Western Front

Canada to France: The Western Front

From: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men

Livingstone and his CLC contingent arrive in England and travel to France. Black outlines the work being done by Chinese labourers on the Western Front. (Chapter includes four photographs) 22 $2.20 Add
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Canada wages war on Libya
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Canada wages war on Libya

From: Targeting Libya

This chapter details how as NATO’s war escalated, SNC-Lavalin scrambled to rescue its Libya deals while Canada became a leading participant in a bombing campaign that sidelined African … 31 $3.10 Add
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Canada West Attacked

Canada West Attacked

From: Gunboats on the Great Lakes 1866-68

Describes the Fenian attack on Canada West in 1866 19 $1.90 Add
Canadarm and Collaboration
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Canadarm and Collaboration

How Canada's Astronauts and Space Robots Explore New Worlds

Canada is a small but mighty power in space exploration. After providing the Canadarm robotic arm for the space shuttle in 1981, Canada received an invitation to start an astronaut program … 249 View
Canada's Bastions of Empire

Canada’s Bastions of Empire

Halifax, Victoria and the Royal Navy 1749-1918

This book offers a fresh perspective on North American history, and the key role played by Halifax and Victoria in ensuring that Canada emerged as an independent country in the 20th century. … 280 View
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Canada's Colony

Canada’s Colony

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

Readings in Part Three of this title, entitled "Emperor of the North" discuss Hodgson’s growing power and influence in the communities of the Northwest Territories. Topics … 13 $1.30 Add
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Canada’s Eastward Pipelines: A Corporate Export Swindle, Confronted by Cross-Country Resistance

Canada’s Eastward Pipelines: A Corporate Export Swindle, Confronted by Cross-Country Resistance

Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 6 Martin Lukacs examines the anti–tar sands movement in Quebec, focusing on topics such as the Moratoire d’une génération (One-Generation Moratorium), civil … 8 $0.80 Add
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Canada’s Galizien SS

Canada’s Galizien SS

From: Family Ties

This chapter discusses Canada’s historical connections to Ukraine, and the Canadian Ukrainian National Federation’s connections with the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. 10 $1.00 Add
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Canada's "international responsibility"
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Canada’s "international responsibility"

From: Targeting Libya

The chapter traces how Canadian capital and engineering firms like SNC and Lavalin became tools of Ottawa’s anti-communist foreign policy during the Cold War, while Western powers tightened … 12 $1.20 Add