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“A Trifling Difference of Opinion”

PART TWO: A HOUSE TORN ASUNDER

From: From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge

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Chapter Five  focuses on the lead up to the Civil War in the United States. Topics discussed include William Seward and Abraham Lincoln, changing politics in the United States, the idea of a … 18 $1.80 Add
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“From One Part of the Empire to Another”

From: From Suffragette to Homesteader

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Promoting a Settler-Colonial Future in Late Nineteenth-Century Canadian Immigration Handbooks 16 $1.60 Add
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# 87 Using Wikipedia for Sport Reconciliation

From: Decolonizing Sport

This chapter discusses a lack of representation and awareness of Indigenous athletes. Wikipedia’s role in perpetuating a colonial understanding of sport is examined, in the context of the … 20 $2.00 Add
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4. Another Abortion Death

From: Jeannie's Demise

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6. Gentrification is about Physical Displacement

From: Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies

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Chapter 6 focuses on the physical displacement of people, families, and communities through gentrification. Topics discussed include personal accounts of displacement, the connection between … 34 $3.40 Add
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A “Square Deal” Delayed

From: Equal as Citizens

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Dominion-Provincial Conference on Reconstruction, August 6, 1945, Prime Minister and Canada’s Premiers meet to discuss the reconstruction of Canada, no agreements but paved the way for the … 18 $1.80 Add
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A Better Truth

The Democratic Legacy of Resistance to Conscription, 1917–1921

From: Worth Fighting For

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A Breath of Relief From This Fast-Paced World

On Consumed Nostalgia

From: On Nostalgia

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Both nostalgia and consumerism satisfy a longing, an attempt to satisfy impossible desires. Consumerism, as in the most important role for a person is somone who buys things, and a history of … 23 $2.30 Add
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A Coup by Any Other Name…

From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

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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 … 19 $1.90 Add
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A Crew of One

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

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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 … 13 $1.30 Add
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A Fine Kettle of Fish

From: The Ward Uncovered

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A Gateway City for the British Empire (1800-1850)

From: The History of Montréal

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This chapter looks at economic and demographic development in Montreal. For the first half of the nineteenth century, Montreal underwent a surprising series of changes. Growth surpassed previous … 18 $1.80 Add
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A Two-Year Military Training Course or a Degree?

From: To Serve Canada

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Academic Policy and the Regular Officer Training Plan (ROTP). 17 $2.21 Add
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A very active and energetic man

From: The Wheel of Things

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Aaron Hart’s Estate

From: The First Jews in North America

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This chapter explores records concerning the affairs and quarrels over the estate of the Hart family at the time. 24 $2.40 Add
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Aboriginal Title

No Surrender

From: Unsettling Canada

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Aboriginal Title, No Surrender follows Manuel through his late youth and early adulthood as he met his wife, began to grow his family, and attended university and later law school. The chapter … 13 $1.30 Add