World War II
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From  “Scruples of Conscience” and the Historic Peace Churches in the War of 1812From: Worth Fighting For |
Upper Canadian settlers in the Niagara region probably suffered greater effects from the land battles of the War of 1812 than citizens of any other region on the continent. Yet the many instances … | Jonathan Seiling | 14 | 2015 | $1.40 Add |
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From  NEW! A Different Life: The Story of Blair BourgeoisChapter One From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
Chapter One focuses on the story of Blair Bourgeois, a member of the RCAF from Moncton, New Brunswick, discussing his training in England, the No. 425 “Alouette” Squadron, four-leaf … | Ronald Cormier | 12 | 2022 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Bound For CanadaFrom: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Italian Canadian Internment in the Second World War |
This chapter discusses the factors that led millions of Italians to emigrate in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It illustrates this with drawings, photographs, documents and firsthand accounts. | Jean Smith Cavaluzzo; Pamela Hickman | 16 | 2012 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Chapter OneBritish War Brides From: Captured Hearts |
Chapter One explores the experiences of New Brunswick servicemen while overseas in Great Britain as well as the experiences of civilian women across Great Britain throughout the Second World War. … | Melynda Jarratt | 16 | 2008 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Come to CanadaFrom: Righting Canada's Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis |
This chapter provides an overview of Jewish immigration to Canada from the 18th to 20th centuries. It discusses the factors that drove immigration and the experiences of Jewish immigrants once … | Rona Arato | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Come to CanadaFrom: Righting Canada's Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis |
This chapter provides an overview of Jewish immigration to Canada from the 18th to 20th centuries. It discusses the factors that drove immigration and the experiences of Jewish immigrants once … | Rona Arato | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Coming to CanadaFrom: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Japanese Canadian Internment in the Second World War |
This chapter looks at the immigration of Japanese people to Canada: What prmpted their immigration, why they chose to settle in Canada, and the society that they found when the arrived. It … | Musako Fukawa; Pamela Hickman | 12 | 2012 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Far from Inflammable Materials |
This chapter concerns the first phase of the camp, during which it held German and Austrian Jewish refugees, including medical doctors, concert pianists, and young students. | Andrew Theobald | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
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From  IntroductionAmerica and the Myth of the Great Crusade From: The Myth of the Good War |
Outlines how America has gained history about the war through Hollywood and not in the classroom. Delves into the ides of Democracy for a few and outlines how the process of deciding to go to war … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 11 | 2015 | $1.10 Add |
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From  IntroductionConfronting Existential Threats, Then and Now From: A Good War |
In Chapter 1, Klein lays out the methodology of his thesis as he uses the history of Canada’s rapid and successful mobilization efforts in the Second World War as a road map to guide … | Seth Klein | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Malang Prison CampFrom: Bamboo Cage |
This section of the diary covers Wyse’s time in Malang Prison Camp, where the prisoners were mistreated and abused by their captors, and suffered from malnutrition and disease. | Jonathan F. Vance | 24 | 2009 | $2.40 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  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  Prologue:Woodfibre days |
Talks about life before Pearl Harbour in Woodfibre BC | Leatrice M. Willson Chan; Takeo Ujo Nakano | 5 | 2012 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! That Men May FightWomen and Military Service during the World Wars From: Material Traces of War |
This chapter describes what some Canadian women did in the military along with how they pushed and lobbied for expanded roles. From military nurses in both wars, to paramilitary auxiliary corps, … | Krista Cooke; Molly McCullough; Stacey Barker | 71 | 2021 | $7.10 Add |
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From NEW! A Bloody Colonial: The Story of Roger PichetteChapter Two From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
Chapter Two focuses on the story of Roger Pichette of the RCAF from Campbellton, New Brunswick, describing his education, time as a tail gunner, time with the No. 142 Squadron known as the … | Ronald Cormier | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
