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The Dismal Arithmetic of Water

The Dismal Arithmetic of Water

From: Back to the Well

In this chapter, de Villiers outlines the anatomy of a water crisis, using the city of Sao Paulo Brazil as an example. He shows how limits in supply and distribution, in concert with growing … 12 $1.20 Add
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The Disorienting Disability Support Maze

The Disorienting Disability Support Maze

From: Persistent Poverty

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The domestic wife: The problem with retro revival, the new motherhood, and the glamorization of pre-feminist gender Roles

The domestic wife: The problem with retro revival, the new motherhood, and the glamorization of pre-feminist gender Roles

From: F-Bomb

This chapter discusses the nostalgia-fueled revival of 20th century gender norms and the way in which the role of the housewife has come back into vogue. 29 $2.90 Add
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The Dominican Republic, 1963

The Dominican Republic, 1963

From: Canada’s Long Fight Against Democracy

In this chapter, Engler and Schalk examine the 1963 military coup against elected President Juan Bosch in the Dominican Republic and the 1965 US invasion that followed. ; 7 $0.70 Add
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The Dumpling in Me Honours the Dumpling in You
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The Dumpling in Me Honours the Dumpling in You

The Filling

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

Sylvia Putz discusses her love of Asian styles of dumplings, the experience of making dumplings with her book club, her friend Lucy and her Korean dumplings, bonding over food, and being like a … 8 $0.80 Add
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The Dutiful Son

The Dutiful Son

From: Imagined Truths

The author further details his relationship with his mother. 25 $2.50 Add
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The Duty of Repair

The Duty of Repair

From: Conflict Is Not Abuse

In the Conclusion, the author explores how people with social commitments have a special responsibility to intervene to end shunning, facilitate communication, and do the work to reveal complex … 15 $0.15 Add
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The Dynamic Telos of History — A Shared Democratic World

The Dynamic Telos of History — A Shared Democratic World

From: Multicultural Dynamics and the Ends of History

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The Dynamics of Racism

The Dynamics of Racism

From: Uprooting Racism

One of the purposes of racism and religious-based oppression is to keep people of color, Muslims, Jews, and others at the center of attention while keeping white people in general, and white male … 39 $3.90 Add
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The Early Years of the Mission School

The Early Years of the Mission School

Education and Discipline

From: Victims of Benevolence

Native children learned the skills they needed to survive, and the beliefs, values, and codes of behaviour appropriate to their society, by a trial-and error process of observing and imitating … 28 $0.56 Add
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The Eclipsed History of the Commons

The Eclipsed History of the Commons

From: Think Like a Commoner

One of the most insidious things about enclosures is how they eradicate the culture of commons and our memory of them. The old ways of doing things; the social practices that once bound a people … 17 $1.70 Add
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Listening to the Voices of Niqab-Wearing Women
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Listening to the Voices of Niqab-Wearing Women

From: In Your Face

In this chapter, Bahkt posits that most people in Canada have never actually conversed with a niqab-wearing woman. She attempts to rectify this situation by sharing some perspectives of women who … 32 $3.20 Add
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Veiled Objections:
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Veiled Objections:

Facing Public Opposition to the Niqab

From: In Your Face

This chapter is an attempt to analyze the growing agitation that has been expressed about Muslim women who cover their faces. 43 $4.30 Add
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The Editors

The Editors

From: Subdivided

Editor’s biographies. ; 1 $0.10 Add
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The Effects of History

The Effects of History

From: Uprooting Racism

This part of Uprooting Racism explores how white racism has defined and controlled specific other groups. All the sections are about white people and what we have done to people of color, even … 73 $7.30 Add
The Einstein File

The Einstein File

The FBI’s Secret War Against the World’s Most Famous Scientist - New Updated Edition

Einstein arrived in the United States in 1933, the year the Nazis rose to power in Germany. From that moment until he died in 1955, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI—with other … ; ; 402 View