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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! Was Sidewalk Toronto a PR Experiment or a Development Proposal From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs View James Lorimer and Company	Chapter 6 asks the question of whether Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs project was a realistic urban development program or a PR stunt by Google to market their products on a large stage.	David Murakami Wood	8	2020	$0.80 Add
Washington’s Long War on Syria Baraka Books	When President Barack Obama demanded formally in the summer of 2011 that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down, it was not the first time Washington had sought regime change in Damascus. The …	Stephen Gowans	280	2017	View
From Washington’s Power Projection Platform in the Pacific From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires View Baraka Books	Chapter eleven, Washington’s Power Projection Platform in the Pacific focuses on the shift in shift in politics in South Korea by 1993. The Berlin Wall had fallen, the German Democratic …	Stephen Gowans	10	2018	$1.00 Add
From Washington’s State Islamic Allies From: Washington's Long War on Syria View Baraka Books	Most people in the West remember the Arab Spring protests as touching the Arab republics—Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and of course, Libya and Syria. They seldom remember, or know at all, that …	Stephen Gowans	15	2017	$1.50 Add
From Wasáse: Indigenous Pathways of Action and Freedom From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition View Emond Montgomery	Excerpt of a 2005 book by Taiaiake Alfred describing a strategic vision of nonviolent contention as a means for indigenous peoples to regain freedom and achieve political independence.	Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell	6	2015	$0.60 Add
From Watch Surveillance of Threats From: False Security View Irwin Law Inc.	Analysis of surveillance as an anti-terrorism tool and its effect on privacy.	Craig Forcese; Kent Roach	24	2015	$2.40 Add
From "Watch out for Africa!" Closing in on the Congo From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa View Baraka Books	In Chapter 15, Philpot explores the end of the Rwandan crisis and what it evolved into in the Congo. Philpot examines what happened to the 1,300,000 Rwandan refugees who remained displaced in …	Robin Philpot	20	2013	$2.00 Add
From NEW! Water and Sewage: The Original Urban Networks The Technology of Cities From: Dream States View Coach House Books	The Technology of Cities: Part 3 explores the original urban networks, water and sewage systems. Topics discussed include the London Fire of 1666, water pumps, sewers and urban health.	John Lorinc	10	2022	$1.00 Add
From Water Use in the Home From: Dry Run View New Society Publishers	Let’s take a look now at residential water use, something that most of us are quite familiar with. The sources of water use inside the home with almost 60 percent goes for shower, toilet …	Jerry Yudelson	17	2010	$1.70 Add
From Water, Water, Clean Water — But Not Everywhere From: Canada after Harper View James Lorimer and Company	Maude Barlow next focuses on the alarming shrinkage and pollution of Canada’s fresh water supply, a precious resource which lacks the effective laws and regulations needed to protect it	Maude Barlow	13	2015	$1.30 Add
From Watering the Garden The Chretien Years From: The Tangled Garden View James Lorimer and Company	A first‑hand account of the development of Canadian culture policy by the Brian Mulroney Conservative government (1984 to 1993). Focuses specifically on initiatives by former communications …	Richard Stursberg	16	2019	$1.60 Add
From NEW! We Are a Union, What Do We Do Now? 1970-79 From: Leading Progess View Between The Lines	This chapter discusses who belonged to and led PIPSC in the 1970s, how collective bargaining took place, and what policy positions the Institute adopted. It also explores the collective …	Jason Russell	33	2020	$3.30 Add
From NEW! We Can Live With That From: Messy Cities View Coach House Books	Leslie Woo writes about the plan to evolve the Greater Golden Horseshoe region within Canada in the early 2000’s, and how bureaucratic short-sightedness eroded the plan’s potential and original …	Dylan Reid	7	2025	$0.70 Add
From We Had to Make the Government Work From: Let's Move On View Baraka Books	The author recounts his life after graduation in the field of law and later politics. He talks about the early days after being elected and the political decisions he made.	Paul Okalik	15	2018	$1.50 Add
From We Have Seen Other Countries and Have Another Culture: Migrant Domestic Workers and the International Production and Circulation of Feminist Knowledge and Organization 2016 From: Revolution at Point Zero View Between The Lines	The essays in part 3 of the book explore the modern female experience from a variety of perspectives. These include individuals involved in elder care, migrant domestic workers and subsistence farmers.	Silvia Federici	14	2020	$1.40 Add
From NEW! "We Hired Hitler!" From: Myths of Modern History View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter explores the rise of fascism in Europe, highlighting the fact that Europe’s upper class used its wealth and influence to create fascist movements everywhere and to bring …	Jacques R. Pauwels	45	2022	$4.50 Add