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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From A Coming Capitalism: The Nineteenth-Century Transportation Revolution From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada’s Origins 1500-1890 View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter examines the transportation revolution in Canada in the nineteenth century.	Bryan D. Palmer	17	2024	$1.70 Add
A Communist for the RCMP The Uncovered Story of a Social Movement Informant Between The Lines	In 1941, the RCMP recruited Frank Hadesbeck, a Spanish Civil War veteran, as a paid informant to infiltrate the Communist Party. For decades, he informed not only upon communists, but also upon …	Dennis Gruending	258	2024	View
From A Comparative Turn in Canadian Studies From: Canadian Studies View Fernwood Publishing		Jane Koustas; Munroe Eagles	12	2012	$1.20 Add
From NEW! A Conflict of Interest: Second Congo War 1997–2003 From: Postcards from Congo View Arsenal Pulp Press	The chapter follows the Second Congo War from 1997 to 2003.	Edmund Trueman	10	2022	$1.00 Add
From A Conquest Foretold From: A People's History of Quebec View Baraka Books	This chapter explores the aftermath of the Treaty of Utrecht, exploring military and economic developments in Canada/Quebec during the 18th century. This chapter covers the 7 Years’ War, …	Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot	25	2002	$2.50 Add
From A Coup by Any Other Name… From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa View Baraka Books	In Chapter 5, Philpot discusses the article and later book The Genocide Fax by staff writer for The New Yorker Philip Gourevitch, who exposed a private fax that General Roméo Dallaire sent …	Robin Philpot	19	2013	$1.90 Add
From A Crew of One From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster View James Lorimer and Company	Analyzes the safety practices of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, the railway which ran through Lac-Mégantic: How the company pushed for single member crews and regularly ignored …	Bruce Campbell	13	2018	$1.30 Add
From A Death and an Inquest From: Victims of Benevolence View Arsenal Pulp Press	This chapter highlights the death of Duncan Sticks, one of the boys who`d run away from the residential school. An inquisition lead to witness tesimonies throwing more light on the mistreatment …	Elizabeth Furniss	31	1992	$0.93 Add
From NEW! A Democratic Socialist Future From: The Fire and the Ashes View Between The Lines	In his concluding chapter, the author surveys the political present, and notes that narratives about elections being won by appealing to the "mushy centre" are disproven by the success …	Andrew Jackson	16	2021	$1.60 Add
From A Den of Espionage From: Montreal and the Bomb View bar	This chapter explores espionage networks in Canada and this nuclear project. It touches upon the stories of key figures such as Igor Sergeyevich Gouzenko, Alan Nunn May, and Bruno Pontecorvo, as …	Gilles Sabourin	36	2021	$3.60 Add
From NEW! Off to War From: Len & Cub View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter recounts the arrival of WW1 and Len & Cub’s experiences during this period and at war.	Dusty Green; Meredith J. Batt	20	2022	$2.00 Add
From NEW! A Different Life: The Story of Blair Bourgeois Chapter One From: Bombs and Barbed Wire View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter One focuses on the story of Blair Bourgeois, a member of the RCAF from Moncton, New Brunswick, discussing his training in England, the No. 425 “Alouette” Squadron, four-leaf …	Ronald Cormier	12	2022	$1.20 Add
From A Digression Elsewhere in the World From: Canadian Culture in a Globalized World View James Lorimer and Company	Culture and media policies adopted by New Zealand and South Korea at the time of trade negotiations between Canada and the United States offer a contrasting example to Canadian policies..	Garry Neil	5	2019	$0.50 Add
A Distinct Alien Race The Untold Story of Franco-Americans - Industrialization, Immigration, Religious Strife Baraka Books	“The French number more than a million in the United States…. They are kept a distinct alien race, subject to the Pope in matters of religion and of politics. Soon…they will govern you, …	David Vermette	394	2018	View
From A Distinct Alien Race No Longer SECTION FOUR- Tenacity and modernity From: A Distinct Alien Race View Baraka Books	This chapter looks at questions of race, culture, and self-identification in the United States, and the Franco-American experience. The assumption of Franco-Americans into non-Hispanic whiteness …	David Vermette	8	2018	$0.80 Add
From A Double Life From: A Communist for the RCMP View Between The Lines		Dennis Gruending	11	2024	$1.10 Add