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Franco-Americans Rescue King Cotton

SECTION TWO - The other side of the cotton

From: A Distinct Alien Race

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This chapter further explores Franco-American history and the role that this group played in the cotton textile industry in America. It discusses the early and later mass emigration movements … 31 $3.10 Add
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From Dispossession to Dependency

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

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Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines Indigenous people and the Canadian government’s policies of dispossesion of land producing dependency. He highlights the percentage of … 5 $0.50 Add
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From Rebel to Revolutionary

From: Burnley “Rocky” Jones (Autobiography)

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Guilt by Associations

From: The Einstein File

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This chapter further explores the FBI’s interest in Einstein and his political beliefs and activism, and particularly his little-known support for civil rights and outspoken opposition to … 29 $2.90 Add
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Halifax Crisis, August 1914

From: Canada's Bastions of Empire

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the crisis of defending Halifax when war broke out in 1914 39 $3.90 Add
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Heading for Confrontation

From: A People's History of Quebec

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This chapter explores escalating French-English tensions after 1793 in Canada. It touches on controversies over uniting Upper and Lower Canada, the Parti Patriote led by Louis-Joseph … ; 20 $2.00 Add
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Hi, I’m from New Brunswick

From: Unicorn in the Woods

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This chapter focuses on the Q1 Labs’ hunt for venture capital, which included multiple trips to the United States to woo wary investors. 11 $1.10 Add
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Hips Don’t Lie

Chapter 4

From: Decolonize Hipsters

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In Hips Don’t Lie, Pierrot reflects on the present state of hipsterdom after the Black Lives Matter movement. Pierrot provides a call to action which must reflect on and move away from … 24 $2.40 Add
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How Could It Have Happened

From: On Love and Tyranny

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This chapter links Arendt’s theories on evil to the Nazification of Germany in the 1930s. 3 $0.30 Add
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Humanitarianism and the Invention of Emergency

From: Slouching Towards Sirte

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In Chapter 5, Forte asks the reader to consider what the alternatives were to foreign intervention. He does this by criticizing popular myths that worked to legitimize military intervention and … 30 $3.00 Add
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I Was Miss General Idea

From: Any Other Way

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Derek McCormack describes how he adopted the identity of Miss General Idea, a character created by the Toronto art collective, and made her real. 2 $0.20 Add
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If You Can Hear the Rockets, Then You are Alive

From: Pay No Heed to the Rockets

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In this chapter, the author travels to the Gaza Strip, and explores how artists there are able to find beauty in even the most unstable places. 44 $4.40 Add
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Important Evidence is Revealed

From: Oak Island and Its Lost Treasure

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1909-1943, Captain Harry Bowdoin of New York and the Old Gold Salvage and Wrecking Company and the important evidence that they found, edwin Hamilton, 21 $2.10 Add
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In on the Ground Floor

Stuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic

From: Umingmak

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Readings in Part One of this title entitled "A Leader in the Making" discuss Stuart Hodgson’s political background. The section discusses his appointment as Commissioner of the … 6 $0.60 Add
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Indigenous Strategies for Helping and Healing

From: Decolonizing Trauma Work

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