World War II
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From  Mussolini the FeministDid the Duce improve the status of women in Italy? |
This chapter tackles the premise that the Fascist regime was more open to women’s rights than the regimes that preceded it and have followed it. The author examines how this Facist regime … | Francesco Filippi | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From Mussolini the HumanitarianWas the Duce a "benign" dictator? |
This chapter challenges the notion that Mussolini "wasn’t that bad" as a man and in comparison to other fascist leaders such as Adolf Hitler. It explores Mussolini’s racist, … | Francesco Filippi | 35 | 2021 | $3.50 Add |
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From Mussolini the Man of LawWas the Duce an upright defender of justice? |
The author tackles the popular Italian myth that Mussolini in fact represented a parenthesis of honesty and moral rectitude in the history of the political life of Italy. He examines fascist rule … | Francesco Filippi | 28 | 2021 | $2.80 Add |
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From Mussolini the Provident and PrudentialWas the Duce the first man to give Italians pensions? |
This chapter examines Mussolini’s regime’s activity in the fields of social security and in labour issues. The author refutes the idea that Mussolini was the first man to give … | Francesco Filippi | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From  Mykhailo Chomiak and the Krakivski VistiFrom: Family Ties |
This chapter discusses how certain Ukrainian factions united with Nazi authorities through coordinated anti-Semitic propaganda campaigns during World War II. | Peter McFarlane | 17 | 2024 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Nazi Past, American FutureFrom: Big Business and Hitler |
Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels examines how in the aftermath of World War II the American government was eager to rehabilitate German industrialists and bankers who had supported Hitler. | Jacques R. Pauwels | 12 | 2017 | $1.20 Add |
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From  New Era for the LaboratoryFrom: Montreal and the Bomb |
This chapter outlines the evolution of the project, touching on The MAUD Committee, Lew Kowarski’s work on the project, The ZEEP design, chemicals experimentation, the De Gaulle meeting, … | Gilles Sabourin | 41 | 2021 | $4.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Not Canadian EnoughFrom: On Account of Darkness |
In this chapter, systemic racism against Japanese Canadians during the 20th century is explored.The author muses on the legacy of Bobby Orr and Don Cherry, once models for what it meant to be … | Ian Kennedy | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Note on Readings, References, and IndexFrom: History's People |
From History’s People: Personalities and the Past | Margaret MacMillan | 45 | 2015 | $4.50 Add |
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From  Nuclear Diplomacy and the Onset of the Cold War From: The Myth of the Good War |
Eastern vs Western front post war reorganization and the road to the Cold War. | Jacques R. Pauwels | 14 | 2015 | $1.40 Add |
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From  On EscalationFrom: Conflict Is Not Abuse |
This chapter explores the reasons why people are compelled to escalate. The centerpiece of this dynamic is the role of “bad” groups in encouraging bullying and shunning instead of … | Sarah Schulman | 31 | 2016 | $0.93 Add |
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From  NEW! One Hundred Girls and a ScandalFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 10 discusses the scandal at the Dionne Spinning Mills, in Saint-Georges, Quebec, that Wanda over 100 other Polish women found themselves in when arriving in Canada after May, 1947. The … | Marsha Faubert | 23 | 2023 | $2.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Opening DoorsFrom: Righting Canada's Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis |
This chapter discusses Canada’s increasing openness to accepting refugees and immigrants after the war. it illustrates this with firsthand accounts, photographs, and documents. | Rona Arato | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Opening DoorsFrom: Righting Canada's Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis |
This chapter discusses Canada’s increasing openness to accepting refugees and immigrants after the war. it illustrates this with firsthand accounts, photographs, and documents. | Rona Arato | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From Origins of the LaboratoryFrom: Montreal and the Bomb |
This chapter explores the early days for the British-led project to develop an atomic bomb in a Montreal laboratory, looking at key figures in the project’s foundation and management such … | Gilles Sabourin | 38 | 2021 | $3.80 Add |
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From NEW! Ostarbeiter in GermanyFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 4 discusses Wanda’s experience as a Ostarbeiter (eastern worker), one of the 1.6 million foreigner forced labourers used by the Nazi’s during the Second World War. The … | Marsha Faubert | 16 | 2023 | $1.60 Add |
