Canada
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 Early InterventionHow Canada's social programs can work better, save lives, and often save money |
Governments and social agencies tackle the toughest social problems their citizens face — poverty, homelessness, mental and physical illness, violence, abuse, and more. Yet these problems … | James Hughes | 232 | 2015 | View |
 NEW! Everyday Violence in the Lives of YouthSpeaking Out and Pushing Back |
Though interpersonal violence is widely studied, much less has been done to understand structural violence, the often-invisible patterns of inequality that reproduce social relations of exclusion … | Catherine Richardson/Kinewesquao; Helene Berman; Kate Elliot | 248 | 2020 | View |
 How Societies WorkClass, Power, and Change |
In 2011, protesters around the world – including Canada – called for changes to the societies in which they live. Many observers were asking: “What do they want?” Some … | Joanne Naiman | 367 | 2012 | View |
 National DreamsMyth, Mystery, and Canadian History |
As Canadians, we remember the stories told to us in high-school history class as condensed images of the past—the glorious Mountie, the fearsome Native, the Last Spike. National … | Daniel Frances | 217 | 1997 | View |
 The Canadian Distinctiveness into the XXIst Century – La distinction canadienne au tournant du XXIe siecle |
In this collection of essays some of Canada’s foremost writers and thinkers, including John Ralston Saul and Margaret Atwood, call for equilibrium among economics, culture, and … | Chad Gaffield; Karen Gould | 335 | 2003 | View |
 What We Talk About When We Talk About War |
An Amazon.ca Editor’s Pick for 2012 and a Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of 2012 Shortlisted, Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction, Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, and … | Noah Richler | 376 | 2012 | View |
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From Canada’s Social Safety NetA Snapshot From: Early Intervention |
An overview of Canada’s social safety net. Canadian governments are at the centre of and have control over the social safety net. They work with and through myriad partners, professionals, … | James Hughes | 15 | 2015 | $1.50 Add |
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From IntroductionThe Story of Canada From: National Dreams |
In the introduction the author states that Indians were referred to as looking “Alien Like” and that the “British-born Canadians” are the “Elect of the earth”. … | Daniel Frances | 30 | 1997 | $0.90 Add |
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From Introduction |
The author introduces the book’s subject, discussing war, militarism, masculinity, nationalism, and Canadian perceptions/depictions of war in literature, media, and popular culture. | Noah Richler | 35 | 2012 | $3.50 Add |
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From Perspectives sur la distinction canadienne au tournant du XXIe siecle |
Introduction | Chad Gaffield | 4 | 2003 | $0.32 Add |
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From Society and the Study of SocietyFrom: How Societies Work |
- | Joanne Naiman | 24 | 2012 | $3.84 Add |
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From Is Human Behaviour the Result of Our Biology?From: How Societies Work |
- | Joanne Naiman | 20 | 2012 | $3.20 Add |
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From Making TracksThe Myth of CPR From: National Dreams |
The myth of the CPR as creator of the country is, in fact, as old as the railway itself, which is not surprising given that it was the railway itself which created the myth. The mundane act of … | Daniel Frances | 39 | 1997 | $1.17 Add |
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From Perspectives on the Canadian Distinctiveness into the XXIst Century |
Introduction | Chad Gaffield | 4 | 2003 | $0.32 Add |
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From The Development of Canada’s Social Safety NetFrom: Early Intervention |
The History of Canada’s Social Safety Net | James Hughes | 15 | 2015 | $1.50 Add |
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From The Vimy Effect |
The author discusses militarism and nationalism in Canada, exploring Canadian military history, Vimy Ridge’s special role in Canadian culture, and perceptions of war and military culture. … | Noah Richler | 77 | 2012 | $7.70 Add |
