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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From ![]() A Selected History of Sexual Assault Legislation in Canada, 1892-1983 |
Constance Blackhouse | 5 | 2016 | $0.50 Add | |
From ![]() Are Generation Y/Millennial Parents More Equal? |
This chapter looks at current gender roles and divisions of domestic/parental labour and asks whether we are on a good path towards equality. The author tries to get to the root of inequality for … | Marilyse Hamelin | 12 | 2018 | $1.20 Add |
From ![]() Barbadian – And West Indian – Canadian Relations |
Christopher Stuart Taylor | 49 | 2016 | $4.90 Add | |
From ![]() Black Face For Black PeopleIdeas of “Black” and “Blackness” in Barbadian History |
Christopher Stuart Taylor | 25 | 2016 | $2.50 Add | |
From ![]() NEW! Cities and Nation-StatesSection 2: Jacobs’ Urban Economics From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 6 explores the political and economic environments cities have to compete within their larger political structures, such as nation-states, federations, or confederations. It explores … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
![]() 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 |
From ![]() NEW! City InstabilitiesSection 2: Jacobs’ Urban Economics From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 5 examines the weaknesses of cities. The chapter focuses on exploring the built-in instabilities of cities such as congestion, pollution, crime, labour reducing process innovations, … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
From ![]() City States and Cityscapes in Canada: The Politics and Culture of Canadian Urban DiversityFrom: Managing Diversity |
The sociocultural foundations of this or that nation competing within a single territory is an old debate. The Quebec project is about allowing all cultures to participate in its construction for … | Caroline Andrew | 21 | 2007 | $2.52 Add |
From ![]() Colonialism Colonialism and Present |
Elizabeth Comack | 25 | 2016 | $2.50 Add | |
From ![]() Complicating NarrativesChinese Women and the Head Tax |
Sandra Ka Hon Chu | 7 | 2016 | $0.70 Add | |
From ![]() ConclusionNecessary Changes |
The conclusion reiterates the need to strive towards better parental and gender equality in Quebec, reiterating key arguments and touching briefly on valuable topics/angles that the book did not … | Marilyse Hamelin | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
From ![]() NEW! ConclusionFrom: Cities Matter |
The conclusion reflects on COVID-19’s impact on cities, urban anxiety, healthy cities, and what kind of society we want to live in. | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
From ![]() ConclusionWhere Do We Fly From Here? |
Christopher Stuart Taylor | 6 | 2016 | $0.60 Add | |
From ![]() Criminalizing Race |
Wendy Chan | 25 | 2016 | $2.50 Add | |
From ![]() NEW! Diversity Trumps SpecializationSection 4: Cities as a Dynamic Economy From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 14 explores Jacobs’ theory of diversity as the most important feature for thriving cities and urban economies. The chapter discusses topics including macroeconomics, economic … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 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 |