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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From Chief Justice Robinson’s PlanFrom: The Ward Uncovered |
- | Guylaine Pétrin | 4 | 2018 | $0.40 Add |
From NEW! Engineering the CityThe Technology of Cities From: Dream States |
The Technology of Cities: Part 2 explores the physical building and engineering of cities. Topics discussed include construction, city-building technology, building blocks, hygiene, bridges, … | John Lorinc | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
From NEW! Hub Cities and Transport CostsSection 1: The Economist’s City From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 2 explores transportation networks and hub cities, discussing topics including networks, ‘Transport Cost’ theory, and more. | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
From Look at That Fucking HipsterChapter 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 … | Grégory Pierrot | 25 | 2021 | $2.50 Add |
From No Place Like HomeFrom: The Ward |
- | Howard Akler | 2 | 2015 | $0.20 Add |
From Seeking the Upper Hand, 1892–93From: Thirty Years' War |
Account of political activities surrounding the enactment of the legislation to incorporate the Toronto Railway Company. | C. Ian Kyer | 16 | 2015 | $1.60 Add |
From The Sister with a HammerPart II |
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 … | Carla Blank; Tania Martin | 29 | 2014 | $2.90 Add |
From NEW! Vice and the Tumbling DiceFrom: Vancouver Vice |
In this chapter, the author details the history of the policing of vice in Vancouver, and the corruption that often accompanied these efforts. | Aaron Chapman | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
From NEW! 4. Gentrification is about Money |
Chapter 4 focuses on the role of gentrification in the political economy of urban centres and how capital is tied to its continuation. Topics discussed include the example of Little … | Leslie Kern | 24 | 2022 | $2.40 Add |
From Before The WardMacaulaytown From: The Ward |
- | Stephen A. Otto | 4 | 2015 | $0.40 Add |
From Beyond a Bowl of Spaghetti:Lansky and Luciano From: Sweethearts |
1920-1949. Looks at Luciano and Lanskey who made their fortune during prohibition and how their operation entered toronto | Catherine Wismer | 13 | 2014 | $1.30 Add |
From NEW! Call Girls and BoysFrom: Vancouver Vice |
This chapter explores the history of the sex trade in the West End,from the 1930s to 1975. | Aaron Chapman | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
From Doing Justice to the Courthouse SiteFrom: The Ward Uncovered |
- | Tatum Taylor | 4 | 2018 | $0.40 Add |
From From the HipChapter 2 From: Decolonize Hipsters |
In From the Hip, Pierrot explores the etymology of the word ‘hip’ and how it has been used over the centuries, before delving deeper into the larger history of white hegemonic culture … | Grégory Pierrot | 32 | 2021 | $3.20 Add |
From Ice, Snow, and a Temporary Thaw, 1893–99From: Thirty Years' War |
Account of legal actions commenced by two individuals over operational issues in the early years of the Toronto Railway Company. | C. Ian Kyer | 16 | 2015 | $1.60 Add |
From The Sister with a HammerPart III |
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 … | Carla Blank; Tania Martin | 24 | 2014 | $2.40 Add |