Quebec
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() About Canada: Poverty |
For a country as wealthy as Canada, poverty is utterly unnecessary. In About Canada: Poverty, Jim Silver illustrates that poverty is about more than a shortage of money: it is complex and … | Jim Silver | 192 | 2014 | View |
![]() NEW! Cities MatterA Montrealer’s Ode to Jane Jacobs, Economist |
Why do cities exist? Can’t we find better ways of organizing life on earth? With the climate crisis and other environmental issues, are cities part of the problem? Or can they help solve … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 152 | 2022 | View |
![]() In Defiance |
On February 7, 2012, as students in Quebec prepared to vote to go on strike, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois gave a rousing speech: “What you do today will be remembered. The decision you make will … | Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler | 186 | 2015 | View |
![]() Quebec in Question |
This new edition of Marcel Rioux’s bestselling history of Quebec offers an interpretation of the dramatic events of the seventies and the victory of the Parti Quebecois. Written by an … | Marcel Rioux | 218 | 1978 | View |
From ![]() ForewordFrom: Quebec in Question |
The intellectual foundations of the movement for Quebec sovereignty are set out in this brief, influential book first published in 1969. The book offers an account of Quebec history that … | Marcel Rioux | 1 | 1978 | $0.10 Add |
From ![]() Forms of PovertyFrom: About Canada: Poverty |
- | Jim Silver | 12 | 2014 | $1.08 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionFrom: In Defiance |
Introduction and background to the events that resulted in the Quebec student strike of 2011 and 2012, including a discussion of the provincial government’s attempts to raise tuition fees. | Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |
From ![]() NEW! IntroductionFrom: Cities Matter |
- | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
From ![]() A Twelve-Vote MarginFrom: In Defiance |
How student organizations engaged students on various campuses and fostered mass meetings and voting on the strike. | Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler | 12 | 2015 | $1.20 Add |
From ![]() Chapter 1The Quebec Question From: Quebec in Question |
A brief account of the political circumstances in Quebec in the late 1960s, and the emergence of separatist support among the francophone population. | Marcel Rioux | 10 | 1978 | $1.00 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Economies of AgglomerationSection 1: The Economist’s City From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 1 examines the theory of economic agglomeration, topics discussed include “economies of scale,” types of economies of agglomeration (Shared pool of labour, Input sharing, … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
From ![]() Poverty by the NumbersFrom: About Canada: Poverty |
- | Jim Silver | 35 | 2014 | $3.15 Add |
From ![]() A Generation No One Was Counting OnFrom: In Defiance |
The meetings at some schools attract thousands of students, and the debates about the strike heat up. This chapter asks why this particular generation of students became vocal and active so quickly. | Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois; Lazer Lederhendler | 9 | 2015 | $0.90 Add |
From ![]() Chapter 2From Frenchmen to Habitants From: Quebec in Question |
A brief account of Quebec’s history from its founding to the defeat of France in 1755 and the end of the French regime in Canada. | Marcel Rioux | 17 | 1978 | $1.70 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Hub Cities and Transport CostsSection 1: The Economist’s City From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 2 explores transportation networks and hub cities, discussing topics including networks, ‘Transport Cost’ theory, and more. | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
From ![]() Neoliberalism and its EffectsFrom: About Canada: Poverty |
- | Jim Silver | 26 | 2014 | $2.34 Add |