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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From A Politically Correct Uncle Tom and an In-Your-Face Topsy From: Uncle View Coach House Books	In this chapter, Thompson explores the meanings of the made-for-TV movie version of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.	Cheryl Thompson	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From A Postcard from Germany From: Three Funerals for my Father View twp	This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He muses on emigration and escape from Vietnam, and recounts a scam and failed escape attempt.	Jolie Phuong Hoang	4	2021	$0.40 Add
From A Province Unlike the Others From: A People's History of Quebec View Baraka Books	This chapter looks at the aftermath of Confederation and its effects on Canada’s Francophone population, who faced systemic discriminations in many instances. It examines French Canadian …	Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot	20	2002	$2.00 Add
From A Quarter Century of Failed Warfare From: Disarming Conflict View Between The Lines		Ernie Regehr	21	2015	$2.10 Add
From A Rich Uncle from the States? SECTION TWO - The other side of the cotton From: A Distinct Alien Race View Baraka Books	Despite the poor housing conditions in the mill towns, Canadiens continued to come to New England seduced by tales of fabulous salaries. This chapter examines the myth of Franco-American …	David Vermette	23	2018	$2.30 Add
From A Royal Colony From: A People's History of Quebec View Baraka Books	This chapter continues to explore Quebec’s early history, from 1663 on. It looks at tensions and interactions between the French, British, and Indigenous nations living in Nouvelle-France, …	Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot	13	2002	$1.30 Add
From NEW! A Running Sore From: Seven Days in Halifax View Formac Publishing	In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Six of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on urban planning in Halifax-Dartmouth. He reports panelist Ed …	Robert Ashe	7	2025	$0.70 Add
From A "Sacred Duty" Christianity, Civilization, and Indian Education From: Victims of Benevolence View Arsenal Pulp Press	Roman Catholic missionaries and the Canadian government shared a vision: to see Native people, through residential schooling, abandon their cultural heritage and their nomadic hunting and fishing …	Elizabeth Furniss	40	1992	$1.60 Add
From A Second Front for Stalin, or a Third Front in the Air? From: The Myth of the Good War View James Lorimer and Company	1942. Analyzes why the decision not to open a second front was made by the British and American forces	Jacques R. Pauwels	14	2015	$1.40 Add
From A Second Year in Java From: Bamboo Cage View Goose Lane Editions	This section of the diary describes Wyse’s second year in a Janaese prison camp. He begins to experience problems with his eyes; sometimes there is a month between entries. Wyse was …	Jonathan F. Vance	32	2009	$3.20 Add
From A Short History of the ‘Civic Square’ Expropriation From: The Ward View Coach House Books		John Lorinc	4	2015	$0.40 Add
From A Small French Town (1665-1760) From: The History of Montréal View Baraka Books	After our brief look at the fur trade and French expansion in North America, time now to return to the town and its development. Montreal’s political and administrative reorganization from …	Paul-André Linteau	12	2013	$1.20 Add
From A Socialist Print Shop New York, 1965-72 From: Holocaust to Resistance View Fernwood Publishing	Holocaust to Resistance, My Journey is a powerful, awe-inspiring memoir from author and activist Suzanne Berliner Weiss. Born to Jewish parents in Paris in 1941, Suzanne was hidden from the Nazis …	Suzanne Berliner Weiss	10	2019	$1.00 Add
From A Special Kind of Evil From: On Love and Tyranny View House of Anansi Press	This chapter concerns Arendt’s flight from Germany, and her arrival in Paris in 1933. It also details some of the history of anti-Semitism in Europe.	Ann Heberlein	5	2021	$0.50 Add
From NEW! A Spicy Labour of Love The Filling From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings View Coach House Books	Perry King shares his own connection to Guyanese food and flavours, the use of dumplings in chicken and vegetable soups, the influences of Caribbean flavours, and his fear of spice and hot things …	Perry King	4	2022	$0.40 Add
From A “Square Deal” Delayed From: Equal as Citizens View Formac Publishing	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 …	Richard Starr	18	2014	$1.80 Add