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End of an Era

End of an Era

From: Sweethearts

1970s examines the slow down of growth due to regulations that had been put into place and the choice of some companys to team up with US companies where there was still a boom happening 8 $0.80 Add
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Engineering the City
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Engineering the City

The 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, … 9 $0.90 Add
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Epilogue

Epilogue

Lessons Learned

From: Thirty Years' War

Illustration of how the issues arising in the accounts of the transit dispute could be applied in a modern context. 11 $1.10 Add
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Epilogue

Epilogue

From: Sweethearts

A brief accounting of what happened to the key players in these chapters after the 1970s 5 $0.50 Add
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Epilogue
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Epilogue

From: Vancouver Vice

The epilogue considers the subsequent history of the West End, from the AIDS epidemic to the dramatic transformation of the built neighborhood. 5 $0.50 Add
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'Fashionable Jamaican Wedding'

‘Fashionable Jamaican Wedding’

From: The Ward Uncovered

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Finishing with the Old Regime, 1921–24

Finishing with the Old Regime, 1921–24

From: Thirty Years' War

Account of the arbitration relating to the 1921 takeover of the Toronto Railway Company’s transit operations. 13 $1.30 Add
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'Fool's Paradise'

‘Fool’s Paradise’

Hastings' Anti-Slum Crusade

From: The Ward

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Foreward

Foreward

From: Sweethearts

Explains the process that led to the mafia finding a way into the housing industry. Also points to the fact that the book is an ethnic history where Jews and Italians sought to break the … 7 $0.70 Add
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Foreword
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Foreword

From: Toronto: The First 13,000 Years

In this foreword, Grand Chief Pierre Picard of the Wendat Nation traces the Wendat connection to the Toronto region, from ancestral villages along Lake Ontario’s waterways to the … 2 $0.20 Add
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Framed
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Framed

From: Vancouver Vice

This chapter details the creation of a new special police squad to address the rising number of sex workers on the streets of the West End. By merely displacing sex workers, this squad shifted … 12 $1.20 Add
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Francis Simpson on Being Black in 1860s Toronto

Francis Simpson on Being Black in 1860s Toronto

From: The Ward Uncovered

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Freedom Abounds

Freedom Abounds

From: The Ward Uncovered

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Fresh Air

Fresh Air

The Fight Against TB

From: The Ward

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From Pushcart to Property Magnate: Henry Greisman

From Pushcart to Property Magnate: Henry Greisman

From: The Ward Uncovered

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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