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The Shooting

The Shooting

From: Sweethearts

1970s Zaini still under suspicion of mafia involvement plans to start the canadian union again, is subsequently shot in the leg in his parking garage 7 $0.70 Add
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The Sister with a Hammer

The Sister with a Hammer

Part I

From: Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel

Part one of Sister with a Hammer focuses on the life of Mother Joseph (born Esther Pariseau) a Catholic nun who is representative of the nameless pioneer women who helped to build nineteenth … ; 28 $2.80 Add
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The Sister with a Hammer

The Sister with a Hammer

Part II

From: Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel

Part two of Sister with a Hammer focuses on the life of Mother Joseph (born Esther Pariseau) a Catholic nun who is representative of the nameless pioneer women who helped to build nineteenth … ; 29 $2.90 Add
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The Sister with a Hammer

The Sister with a Hammer

Part III

From: Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel

Part three of Sister with a Hammer focuses on the life of Mother Joseph (born Esther Pariseau) a catholic nun who is representative of the nameless pioneer women who helped to build nineteenth … ; 24 $2.40 Add
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The Special Case of AI and Big Data–Based Policing
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The Special Case of AI and Big Data–Based Policing

The Dream of the Smart City

From: Dream States

The Dream of the Smart City: Part 8 explores data-based policing. Topics discussed include facial recognition, surveillance networks., data-intensive policing technologies, and algorithms. 17 $1.70 Add
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The Split

The Split

From: Sweethearts

1960s Looks at the split of the unions into residential locals and the further fracturing of the unions. Zanini is convicted and sent to prison 14 $1.40 Add
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The Stone in the Ground: Rev. Thomas Jackson

The Stone in the Ground: Rev. Thomas Jackson

From: The Ward Uncovered

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The Stone Yard

The Stone Yard

From: The Ward

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The Supply Region
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The Supply Region

Section 3: Jacobs’ Spectrum of Economic Regions

From: Cities Matter

Chapter 10 explores supply regions also know as resource economies, which are areas that are endowed with highly demanded natural resources and exploited as such. This chapter discusses the … 5 $0.50 Add
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The Synagogue on Centre Avenue

The Synagogue on Centre Avenue

From: The Ward Uncovered

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The Transplant Region
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The Transplant Region

Section 3: Jacobs’ Spectrum of Economic Regions

From: Cities Matter

Chapter 11 describes how transplant regions are brought to life by the transfer of work from a congested city to a lower-cost production area. The chapter explores their relationship with supply … 5 $0.50 Add
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The Utopianism of Smart City Megaprojects
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The Utopianism of Smart City Megaprojects

The Dream of the Smart City

From: Dream States

The Dream of the Smart City: Part 9 explores megaprojects. Topics discussed include profits, the rise of entrepreneurial urbanization,’ the quasi-privatized new cities, and the examples of … 11 $1.10 Add
The Ward

The Ward

The Life and Loss of Toronto's First Immigrant Neighbourhood

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The Ward Uncovered

The Ward Uncovered

The Archaeology of Everyday Life

In early 2015, a team of archaeologists began digging test trenches on a non-descript parking lot next to Toronto City Hall — a site designated to become a major new court house. What they … 305 View
Thirty Years' War

Thirty Years’ War

The Failed Public/Private Partnership that Spurred the Creation of the Toronto Transit Commission, 1891-1921

Between 1891 and 1921, the Toronto Railway Company operated Toronto’s streetcars under a franchise granted by the City. The arrangement brought the City a modern electric streetcar system, … 257 View
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Timothy Eaton's Stern Fortifications

Timothy Eaton’s Stern Fortifications

From: The Ward

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