Sociology & Anthropology

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! The Fox and the Burglar From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter examines the 1962 collapse of Toronto’s Brandon Union Group and the tangled web of organized crime, labour politics, and public safety that unfolded across Canada in the early 1960s.	Gilberto Fernandes	12	2026	$1.20 Add
The Franz Boas Enigma Inuit, Arctic, and Sciences Baraka Books	“… Franz Boas has remained an enigma, so misunderstood as a person and so often misrepresented as an anthropologist.” William S. Willis, Jr. How did Franz Boas become the …	Ludger Müller-Wille	188	2014	View
NEW! The Future is Disabled Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs Arsenal Pulp Press	In The Future Is Disabled, Leah Laksmi Piepzna-Samarasinha asks some provocative questions: What if, in the near future, the majority of people will be disabled – and what if that’s …	Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha	334	2022	View
From The Future is Here From: Charging Ahead View Baraka Books	This chapter explores challenges faced by Hydro-Quebec and the future of their system and technologies. It explores the possibility of H-Q getting involved in new energy alternatives, in …	Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow	21	2019	$2.10 Add
From NEW! The Future of Montreal and 2nd-rank Cities Section 4: Cities as a Dynamic Economy From: Cities Matter View bar	Chapter 15 reflects on the future of the city of Montreal, exploring topics including the history of Montreal, Jacobs’ opinion on Montreal, comparison to Boston, the challenges of being a …	Charles-Albert Ramsay	24	2022	$2.40 Add
From The Future of Power Learning to Live Happily Within Limits From: Power View New Society Publishers	In the concluding chapter, Heinberg explores the territory between human self-annihilation and sufficient self-restraint.	Richard Heinberg	63	2021	$6.30 Add
From The Future of Sentencing From: Law of Sentencing View Irwin Law Inc.	Explores the future of sentencing, considering resources, the politics of victimization and the concept of restorative justice.	Allan Manson	12	2001	$1.20 Add
From The Future of the Commons From: Think Like a Commoner View New Society Publishers	There is much more that can be said about the commons — in greater depth, with greater precision, from different cultural perspectives, and with the wisdom of historians, poets and artists. …	David Bollier	8	2014	$0.80 Add
From The Futures of Grassroots Activism Key Themes to Keep in Mind From: Quiet No More View James Lorimer and Company	Chapter six provides this book with the conclusion that brings together the insights of previous chapters. Above all, I argue that activists are faced with two important tasks: first, to embrace …	Joel D. Harden	25	2013	$2.50 Add
From The Game From: The Teen Sex Trade View Formac Publishing	A black Nova Scotian woman outlines her experience as a 17 year old who begins working in the sex trade at the urging of her boyfriend as the best way for the couple to make money.	Jade M. Brooks	20	2017	$2.00 Add
From NEW! The Gendered Violence of Canadian Extraction Part One: Dispossession at Home From: Capitalism and Dispossession View Fernwood Publishing	In Chapter 2, author Rebecca Hall provides an expansive gendered analysis of the violence related to and actively caused by Canadian resource extraction. The chapter examines topics including …	Rebecca Hall	22	2022	$2.20 Add
From NEW! The Generational Dimension in Agrarian Change From: Agriculture and the Generation Problem View Fernwood Publishing	Topics covered in this chapter include: Frameworks and guiding concepts for understanding the generational dimension in agrarian change, and whether there is a crisis of social reproduction …	Ben White	25	2020	$2.50 Add
From The Giant Tamed From: The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History View James Lorimer and Company	Explores the slow, uphill battle to shake the solid hegemony of Canadian employers in industrial life in the two decades between the wars and then the breakthrough that took place at the end of …	Craig Heron	27	2012	$2.70 Add
From The Gig Is Up From: Essential Work Disposable Workers View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter is a small love note to the iwc (Immigrant Workers Centre) for always being willing to experiment to find new ways to build leadership and solidarity. It’s difficult for unions to …	Mostafa Henaway	10	2023	$1.00 Add
From The Girl on the Subway From: The M Word View Goose Lane Editions	Deanna McFadden reflects on thinking about her life as a mother both before and after, transit, commuting, driving, her pregnancy, patience, and more.	Deanna McFadden	11	2014	$1.10 Add
From The Glionna Clan and Toronto’s First Little Italy From: The Ward View Coach House Books		John E. Zucchi	3	2015	$0.30 Add