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Conclusion

Conclusion

From: Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel

In the Conclusion, the authors reflect on the legacy of Mother Joseph and Louise Bethune work more than 100 years after their deaths. The chapter explores how these women were able to storm the … ; 9 $0.90 Add
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Conclusion
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Conclusion

From: Cities Matter

The conclusion reflects on COVID-19’s impact on cities, urban anxiety, healthy cities, and what kind of society we want to live in. 6 $0.60 Add
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Conjay’s First Walk Home
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Conjay’s First Walk Home

From: Messy Cities

Tura Cousins Wilson and Shane Laptiste explore Little Jamaica in Toronto’s historic Caribbean community, and trace its history from the 1960’s to its imagined future in 2035. 7 $0.70 Add
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Connections
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Connections

The Technology of Cities

From: Dream States

The Technology of Cities: Part 1 explores how urban development intersects and is shaped by the larger political, social, and technological advancements happening around it. Topics discussed … 9 $0.90 Add
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Correspondent: Cecelia Holmes

Correspondent: Cecelia Holmes

From: The Ward Uncovered

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Crowded by Any Measure

Crowded by Any Measure

From: The Ward

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Crowded Streetcars, 1899–1903

Crowded Streetcars, 1899–1903

From: Thirty Years' War

Account of operational disputes between the City and the Toronto Railway Company, specifically in relation to the issue of overcrowding of streetcars. 15 $1.50 Add
Decolonize Hipsters

Decolonize Hipsters

Few urban critters are more reviled than the hipster. They are notoriously difficult to define, and yet we know one when we see one. No wonder: they were among the global cultural phenomena that … 148 View
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Defiance and Divisions

Defiance and Divisions

The Great Eaton's Strike

From: The Ward

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Digging Up the North Market

Digging Up the North Market

From: The Ward Uncovered

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Dippers

Dippers

From: Sweethearts

1950-1960. Italian Immigration to Canada in the early 1950s their need to find work and finding jubs in construction. Explores the creation of unions for housing workers 18 $1.80 Add
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Dirty Books and Dirty Looks
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Dirty Books and Dirty Looks

From: Vancouver Vice

In this chapter, Chapman describes the Vice squad’s efforts to bring down the Wayne Harris crime ring, and how these were disrupted by the new mayor of Vancouver’s focus on … 17 $1.70 Add
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Diversity Trumps Specialization
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Diversity Trumps Specialization

Section 4: Cities as a Dynamic Economy

From: Cities Matter

Chapter 14 explores Jacobs’ theory of diversity as the most important feature for thriving cities and urban economies. The chapter discusses topics including macroeconomics, economic … 8 $0.80 Add
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Divided Loyalties

Divided Loyalties

From: The Ward

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Doing Justice to the Courthouse Site

Doing Justice to the Courthouse Site

From: The Ward Uncovered

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Down the Toilet
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Down the Toilet

From: Vancouver Vice

In this chapter, Chapman focuses on two vice cops who were surveilling the English Bay Bathhouse in attempt to crack down on cruising in the West End. 14 $1.40 Add