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From Reserve to Microenvironment

From Reserve to Microenvironment

Nature Parks and Zoos

From: The Culture of Nature

This chapter focuses on the convergence of park creation, development, and tourism through an examination of zoos, and national and nature parks. The chapter includes 10 photos and images. 37 $3.70 Add
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<p>From Roosevelt's Soft Line to Truman's Hard Line toward Stalin</p>

From Roosevelt’s Soft Line to Truman’s Hard Line toward Stalin

From: The Myth of the Good War

Looks at the difference of the presidential stance towards Stalin from Roosevelt to Truman. 8 $0.80 Add
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The Collective House on Dewson Street

The Collective House on Dewson Street

From: Any Other Way

Debbie Douglas tells how a house on Dawson Street became the epicentre for groups of queer black women for decades. 2 $0.20 Add
From Subjects to Citizens

From Subjects to Citizens

A Hundred Years of Citizenship in Australia and Canada

Australia and Canada are both lively, multicultural societies with British constitutional traditions. Historically, they have faced similar challenges in defining and sustaining citizenship that … ; ; 328 View
From Suffragette to Homesteader

From Suffragette to Homesteader

Exploring British and Canadian Colonial Histories and Women's Politics Through Memoir

From Suffragette to Homesteader opens a unique window into the past. Central to this book is a powerful memoir written in 1952 by Ethel Marie Sentance as an anniversary present for her husband, … 203 View
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From the Ashes of Nortel

From the Ashes of Nortel

From: Unicorn in the Woods

This chapter recounts the bankrupcy of Nortel, and describes how one former Nortel employee took up a leadership role at UNB’s Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship. 13 $1.30 Add
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From the Dolomites to the Dardanelles

From the Dolomites to the Dardanelles

From: The Great Class War 1914-1918

In 1915, countless allied lives, mainly Australian and New Zealander, are wasted in a vain attempt to advance toward Istanbul via the Gallipoli Peninsula and thus to knock the Ottoman Empire out … 18 $1.80 Add
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Look at That Fucking Hipster

Look at That Fucking Hipster

Chapter 1

From: Decolonize Hipsters

In Look at That Fucking Hipster, Pierrot provides a history of modern subcultures and where the hipster phenomenon arose from to its peak to its eventual decline post-2016. The chapter explores … 25 $2.50 Add
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From the Inside

From the Inside

One Prisoner's Perspective

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

This chapter examines the author’s experiences with AIDS and HIV as an inmate in the Florida Department of Corrections. 9 $0.90 Add
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From the Oil Shock to the  National Energy Policy:  Petro Panic in the 1970s  and 1980s
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From the Oil Shock to the National Energy Policy: Petro Panic in the 1970s and 1980s

From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises

This chapter examines postwar Canadian energy policy, including the controverial National Energy Policy of the Pierre Trudeau government and the Alberta resistance. Palmer outlines how … 13 $1.30 Add
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From the Potlatch to Residential Schools

From the Potlatch to Residential Schools

From: Canada in the World

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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From the Second World War to Cold War and Post-Colonialism, 1939–1980
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From the Second World War to Cold War and Post-Colonialism, 1939–1980

From: Humans

This chapter discusses how, as the supremacy of European imperialism was replaced by the imperial power of the United States and the Soviet Union after WWII, popular resistance in the form of … 45 $4.50 Add
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From the Tar Sands to “Green Jobs”? Work and Ecological Justice

From the Tar Sands to “Green Jobs”? Work and Ecological Justice

Part III: Future Prospects

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 27, Greg Albo and Lilian Yap discuss the ecological and social implications climate change has—or should have— in becoming a central parameter for all discussions of work … ; 13 $1.30 Add
From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge
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From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge

Canada and the Civil War

Filled with engaging stories and astonishing facts, From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge examines the role of Canadians in the American Civil War Despite all we know about the Civil War, its … 353 View
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Function Creep and Surveillance
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Function Creep and Surveillance

The Dream of the Smart City

From: Dream States

The Dream of the Smart City: Part 7 explores  the role of surveillance in smart cities. Topics discussed include CityIQ, the use of cameras, widespread surveillance, ‘function … 13 $1.30 Add