World War II
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From  A Mixed BlessingThe Pacifist Sects of Upper Canada and Exemption from Militia Duty, 1793–1867 From: Worth Fighting For |
This chapter provides an overview of colonial militia laws regarding accommodation for those settlers of Upper Canada who were Quaker, Mennonite, or Tunker. By charting the methods by which the … | Ross Fair | 15 | 2015 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Anti-Semitism in GermanyFrom: Righting Canada's Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis |
This chapter provides an overview of the rise of Nazi Germany in the 1930s and the increasingly anti-semitic attitutes that coincided with it. it illustrates this with firsthand accounts, … | Rona Arato | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Anti-Semitism in GermanyFrom: Righting Canada's Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis |
This chapter provides an overview of the rise of Nazi Germany in the 1930s and the increasingly anti-semitic attitutes that coincided with it. it illustrates this with firsthand accounts, … | Rona Arato | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 1History of the United Nations |
Topics in this chapter include the conferences during and after the Second World War that led to the creation of the United Nations, as well as summaries of events that occured during each … | Tavadian Alexandre | 70 | 2021 | $7.00 Add |
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From  Chapter TwoMarriage and Travel to Canada From: Captured Hearts |
Chapter Two explore what life was like for these women after marriage and how they travelled to their new homes across the Atlantic. This chapter highlights the formal approval process from the … | Melynda Jarratt | 22 | 2008 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Evacuation from Woodfibre |
January 1942, the evacuation of Japanese from Woodfibre | Leatrice M. Willson Chan; Takeo Ujo Nakano | 4 | 2012 | $0.40 Add |
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From  Italian Canadians 1900-1939From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Italian Canadian Internment in the Second World War |
This chapter discusses the factors that led many Italian immigrants to make Canada their new home. It illustrates this with drawings, photographs, documents and firsthand accounts. | Jean Smith Cavaluzzo; Pamela Hickman | 22 | 2012 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Japanese Canadians in BC, 1900-1939From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Japanese Canadian Internment in the Second World War |
This chapter discusses the experience of Japanese Canadians in the early 20th century including the discrimination they faced upon their arrival. It illustrates this with drawings, photographs, … | Musako Fukawa; Pamela Hickman | 40 | 2012 | $4.00 Add |
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From  Laboratory at WarFrom: Montreal and the Bomb |
This chapter continues to trace the history of this project, looking at key figures such as Bertrand Goldschmidt and the Quebec Conference, among other topics. | Gilles Sabourin | 32 | 2021 | $3.20 Add |
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From  Lyceum Camp, SoerabajaFrom: Bamboo Cage |
This section of the diary details Wyse’s time at the Lyceum Camp in Soerabaja, on the island of Java. Here he found little solidarity among the prisoners; food was always in short supply, … | Jonathan F. Vance | 30 | 2009 | $3.00 Add |
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From  Mussolini the Champion of Land ReclamationDid the Duce drain the marshes? |
This chapter looks at the supposed success of Mussolini’s fascists in the area of bonifica, or land reclamation, exploring the actual results and data resulting from their efforts. It also … | Francesco Filippi | 20 | 2021 | $2.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Selfless ServiceWomen and Volunteering in Wartime From: Material Traces of War |
In both world wars, volunteering was arguably the most socially acceptable manner for women to support the war effort. This chapter includes a number of stories of individuals whose contributions … | Krista Cooke; Molly McCullough; Stacey Barker | 54 | 2021 | $5.40 Add |
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From  The American Power Elite and FascismFrom: The Myth of the Good War |
Analyzes how before and even after the outbreak of war in Europe Hitler and his National Socialism, and fascism in general, enjoyed a disproportionate amount of sympathy within the ranks of the … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 16 | 2015 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Wars and Rumours of WarsHow Wars Start From: Disarming Conflict |
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From  What We’re Up AgainstThe New Climate Denialism in Canada From: A Good War |
In Chapter 2, Klein examines the present day political, economic, and cultural barriers we face in our efforts to begin to meaningfully fight climate change and climate emergences. The chapter … | Seth Klein | 32 | 2020 | $3.20 Add |
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From  You’ll Get Used to It |
After a short stay in Trois-Rivières, 711 men and boys arrived at Camp B in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, where locals had been toiling to finish constucting the site. Here they were … | Andrew Theobald | 46 | 2019 | $4.60 Add |
