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Chapter 15
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Chapter 15

Election Diary from Nomination Day to Election Eve

From: Anatomy of an Election

A day-by-day countdown of events leading up to the eve of the election. 116 $11.60 Add
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Chapter 15: Women's Work and Capitalism's Changing Employment Opportunities, 1910-29
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Chapter 15: Women’s Work and Capitalism’s Changing Employment Opportunities, 1910-29

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter outlines how women’s waged work expanded in the early decades of the twentieth century with employment in offices, banking, and retail. 8 $0.80 Add
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Chapter 16
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Chapter 16

Election Diary of Polling Day

From: Anatomy of an Election

A breakdown of the events that occurred on election day. 8 $0.80 Add
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Chapter 16: The Distinct Society of Quebec, 1900-30
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Chapter 16: The Distinct Society of Quebec, 1900-30

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter examines Québec’s Distinct Society which emerged in response to foreign economic and cultural control. Resistance emerged in the figure of Henri Bourassa and his … 14 $1.40 Add
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Chapter 17
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Chapter 17

Election Diary of Vote Tabulation, Validation, Media Calls, Victory, and Concession, Immediate Aftermath

From: Anatomy of an Election

An hour-by-hour breakdown of the events in the days after the election. 35 $3.50 Add
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Chapter 17: On the Eve of the Great Depression
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Chapter 17: On the Eve of the Great Depression

Warning Signs in the 1920s

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter details how the speculation and expansion of the 1920s gave way to overproduction, and reliance on exports, as increasing debt made the economy acutely vulnerable to the 1929 crash … 5 $0.50 Add
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Chapter 18
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Chapter 18

International Observation of the 43rd Federal General Election

From: Anatomy of an Election

A brief overview of the international observation component of the 2019 election. 3 $0.30 Add
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Crothers Woods and Beechwood Wetland

Crothers Woods and Beechwood Wetland

From: Toronto's Ravines and Urban Forests

Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes the section of the Don River watershed where visitors will discover Crothers Woods, Beechwood Wetland, Cottonwood Flats, and Sun Valley. He discusses how … 7 $0.70 Add
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Chapter 18: Economic Collapse
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Chapter 18: Economic Collapse

The Great Depression of the 1930s

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter recounts how successive downturns of the economy—from the 1913–15 recession to the 1929 crash—led to mass unemployment in Toronto and Montréal. 15 $1.50 Add
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Chapter 19
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Chapter 19

Judicial Recount

From: Anatomy of an Election

An explanation of the procedure surrounding a judicial recount. 3 $0.30 Add
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Todmorden Mills Wildflower Preserve

Todmorden Mills Wildflower Preserve

From: Toronto's Ravines and Urban Forests

Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes the Todmorden Mills Wildflower Preserve, "one of the most wonderful fifteen minute hikes Toronto has to offer." Following intense human use over … 8 $0.80 Add
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Chapter 19: Outcasts and Dissidents in the Early 1930s
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Chapter 19: Outcasts and Dissidents in the Early 1930s

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter discusses the examines the 1930s hobo jungles emerged due to the unemployment crisis and militant groups such as the Communist Worker’s Unity League (WUL) and the 1935 … 16 $1.60 Add
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Chapter 2

From: Northern Wildflower

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Chapter 2

What it Means to Be Colonized

From: Legacy

This chapter includes a discussion of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as it impacts indigenous people. The author also discusses the ways in which trauma affects how individuals and communities … 31 $3.10 Add
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 2

Three strong Canadian arms on board

From: Canadarm and Collaboration

This chapter provides a biography of Marc Garneau, the first Canadian astronaut. Topics include what led him to become an astronaut and his experience in space. 19 $1.90 Add
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Gods and Monsters

Gods and Monsters

From: Lost Feast

In this chapter Newman explores the history of major animal extinction through the work of Charles Darwin and other naturalists, through using the decline of the dodo bird throughout. 22 $2.20 Add