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From  The Myth of the Modernate Rebel |
When the Daraa riot broke out in mid-March, 2011, two armed Islamist groups, which would play a lead role in the war against the Syrian government, Jabhat al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham, had already … | Stephen Gowans | 26 | 2017 | $2.60 Add |
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From  NEW! The Nationalists of 1968 and the Search for Canadian IndependenceFrom: 1968 in Canada |
The year 1968 marked a decisive break in the history of English-Canadian nationalism. An older generation of nationalists, mostly located in rural Canada and concerned with the loosening of … | Stephen Azzi | 24 | 2021 | $2.40 Add |
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From  The New BuildersFrom: Sweethearts |
1950-1960. looks at the housing boom that occurred after the war due to the population swell. The decision to start building high rises | Catherine Wismer | 15 | 2014 | $1.50 Add |
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From  The New Resistance |
We watch the industrial regime of legalized collective bargaining established in the 1940s come apart in the 1960s abd 1970s under pressure from angry rank-and-file unionists and militiant … | Craig Heron | 22 | 2012 | $2.20 Add |
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From  The Noble WarriorFrom: Imagined Truths |
The author talks more about his family history and muses on the example of his "warrior father," exploring military history and nationalism. He recounts the process of his conscientious … | Richard Lemm | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |
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From  The Noose TightensFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
In this chapter, Heberlein describes the situation in Germany as the Nazis took power. Arendt was separated from her husband when he fled Germany, and also had to confront the growing … | Ann Heberlein | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! The October Revolution and its LegacyFrom: Myths of Modern History |
This chapter deconstructs major myths surrounding the 1917 Russian Revolution and especially its second phase, "Red October" and considers the positive impacts of this event on world … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 23 | 2022 | $2.30 Add |
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From  The Political Geography of British Columbia: Coping with the Pressures of Globalization |
Analysis of how globalization and neo-liberalism has affected economic development within the context of political geography. | Tracy Summerville | 16 | 2009 | $1.60 Add |
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From  The PriviesFrom: The Ward Uncovered |
- | Holly Martelle | 5 | 2018 | $0.50 Add |
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From  The Revolt of the RichFrom: In Defiance |
A discussion of the financing of universities and class tensions over who controls the financing and how it affects access to education. The relationship between education and social change, … | Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler | 13 | 2015 | $1.30 Add |
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From  The Rise of New Ontario, 1889–1918From: North of Superior |
Through wheat, wood, and transportation improvements this became a region in transformation. Looks at the natural resources of the area and gold fever, pulp paper and electrical power, the cost … | Chris Southcott; Michel S. Beaulieu | 22 | 2010 | $2.20 Add |
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From  The Rise of Reactionary Environmentalism in the Tar SandsPart I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
In Chapter 3 Ryan Katz-Rosene examines how federal and provincial governments alongside industry and high-profile apologists have constructed narratives by reframing environmental concerns. … | Ryan Katz-Rosene | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
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From  The Role of Women in the 1956 Revolution |
This paper attempts to characterize the role of women during the 1956 revolution on the basis of photographic records of key moments and events during the revolution, as well as a review of … | Mária Palasik | 22 | 2010 | $2.86 Add |
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From  The Spirit of Human RightsFrom: In Search of a Better World Collection: Online Conflict & Debate: Bridging the Divide |
In this reading, human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan discusses the bonds that unite humans and the ways in which we can use those bonds to protect human rights. Please Note: A collection can … | Payam Akhavan | 70 | 2017 | $8.40 Add |
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From  NEW! The Struggle Against Anti-Asiatic Migration Laws |
In chapter four, The Struggle Against Anti-Asiatic Migration Laws, the author first details the efforts by the Syrian community in Canada to remove Syrians from the Asiatic category of migrants. … | Houda Asal | 20 | 2020 | $2.00 Add |
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From  The Treaty of 1725 and Proclamations |
- | Daniel Paul | 14 | 2006 | $0.98 Add |
