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Economic and Political Crisis

From: Big Business and Hitler

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Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels examines the period of 1929-1932 and the economic and political crises that led more and more of Germany’s elite to support Hitler. 11 $1.10 Add
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Enter The Cabots

SECTION ONE - From ships’ captains to captains of industry

From: A Distinct Alien Race

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This chapter tells the story of the renowned Cabot family of Massachusetts and their role in the textile industry in North America. 19 $1.90 Add
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European Greed and the Mi’kmaw Resolve to Fight

From: We Were Not The Savages

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Chapter 3 explores the topics of European greed and the Mi’kmaw resolve to resist and fight invasion, the decline of the Mi’kmaq, early European settlement,  and European’s … 23 $2.30 Add
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Excess

How a Culture of Alcohol Gave Birth to the Binge

From: Bottoms Up

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Chapter 3 explores the birth and evolution of alcohol culture with particular focus placed on the idea of drinking to excess, and how that behaviour has been regarded in Newfoundland throughout … 21 $2.10 Add
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Expanding the Garden

The Mulroney Years

From: The Tangled Garden

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A first‑hand account of the development of Canadian culture policy by the Brian Mulroney’s Conservative government (1984 to 1993). Focuses specifically on initiatives by former … 38 $3.80 Add
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Feminism in the Digital Era

From: Take Back the Fight

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The third chapter, Feminism in the Digital Era, looks at how digital technologies have shaped feminism, via having new ways to organize. It also considers the weaknesses of such platforms in the … 16 $1.60 Add
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Fired or Dead

From: Up the Coast

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Chapter Three focuses on Willcock’s time working in Swanberg’s cook house, Greasy Erickson, getting “Up the hill”, becoming a “Whistle punk”, the risks of logging, and the Schnarr girl’s … 14 $1.40 Add
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From Beaver to Pond

A History

From: Unicorn in the Woods

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This chapter links the entrepreneurial activities of Flood and Newton with another businessman from New Brunswick: Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook. It also touches on the historic and current … 14 $1.40 Add
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From Home to School

At Home; The Transition

From: Resistance and Renewal

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This chapter narrates the disruption that the residential schools posed in the lives of the Natives. The author juxtapositions the life at school versus that life before school for the Native … 29 $0.58 Add
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From the Hip

Chapter 2

From: Decolonize Hipsters

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In From the Hip, Pierrot explores the etymology of the word ‘hip’ and how it has been used over the centuries, before delving deeper into the larger history of white hegemonic culture … 32 $3.20 Add
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From the Potlatch to Residential Schools

From: Canada in the World

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The War of 1885 – Métis Resistance – Assimilation, Extermination, Cultural Genocide – The Residential School System – Policing the Colonized – Colonialism and … 36 $3.60 Add
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Genocide’s Legacy on the Land and Dominant Economic Model

From: Testimonio

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Essays in this section: Profiting from Genocide: The World Bank and IDB’s Bloody History in Guatemala – The Genocidal Chixoy Dam Project – Testimonio: Sebastian Iboy Osorio … ; 20 $2.00 Add
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Girls’ Sport Run by Girls

From: Immodest and Sensational

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The 1920s had brought significant change to Canadian women’s sport with the growth of teams and leagues, especially those sponsored by industrial concerns, the beginning of international … 14 $1.40 Add
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Guatemala: They Flattened Our Milpa

From: Tiny Engines of Abundance

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Chapter 4 examines Guatemala during the mid-20th century, as various governments sought to “modernize” Mayan traditional milpa agriculture, resulting in a genocide directed at Mayan … 23 $2.30 Add
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Here Come the Bad Guys

From: Dangerous Enemy Sympathizers

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After the departure of the Jewish internees in the summer of 1941, Camp B held a mix of Germans, German-Canadians, as well as other Canadians and men from all over Europe. If the tragedy of the … 50 $5.00 Add