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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Introduction From: Montreal and the Bomb View bar	A peek into the diaries of William Lyon Mackenzie King and his thoughts on the atomic bomb.	Gilles Sabourin	2	2021	$0.20 Add
From Introduction Machines, People, Places and a World Transformed From: Car Nation View James Lorimer and Company	Examines the car as a technology that changed the world as we know it. Outlines that the car became a fulcrum for human interaction. Looks at the American Influence on the Canadian Car Industry. …	Dimitry Anastakis	9	2008	$0.90 Add
From Introduction From: Techno-Fix View New Society Publishers	Techno-Fix questions a primary paradigm of our age: that advanced technology alone will extricate us from an ever-increasing load of social, environmental and economic ills. Techno-Fix shows why …	Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann	6	2011	$0.60 Add
From King Car: The Automobile’s Golden Age From: Car Nation View James Lorimer and Company	1945-1973. Analyzes the Great post-war boom in the car industry and argues that the automobile emblems of the era They represented a new industrial might, a new ethos of consumption and a new …	Dimitry Anastakis	19	2008	$1.90 Add
From Laboratory at War From: Montreal and the Bomb View bar	This chapter continues to trace the history of this project, looking at key figures such as Bertrand Goldschmidt and the Quebec Conference, among other topics.	Gilles Sabourin	32	2021	$3.20 Add
From Locked down Reimagining access for marginalized people From: Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? View Between The Lines	Chapter six of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? considers the issue of access for marginalized people relating to the three automobility revolutions, and argues that these coming trends do not …	James Wilt	20	2020	$2.00 Add
From Manufacturing automobility The anti-transit underpinnings of the “three revolutions” From: Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? View Between The Lines	The second chapter of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? outlines, defines and unpacks the implications of the three revolutions of automobility on the future of equitable public transit. The …	James Wilt	14	2020	$1.40 Add
From Mi’kmaq Social Values and Economy From: We Were Not the Savages, Third Edition View Fernwood Publishing		Daniel Paul	25	2006	$1.75 Add
From Military Involvement From: Oak Island and Its Lost Treasure View Formac Publishing	This chapter summarizes the evidence for a military connection to Oak Island. What follows is a reconstruction of how the Flood Tunnel was excavated and the Smith’s Cove cofferdam …		24	2013	$2.40 Add
From Minimizing Farming’s Water Needs From: Back to the Well View Goose Lane Editions	In this chapter, de Villiers looks at the vast amount of water used by the agricultural sector and ways to reduce that total, either by changing how we grow crops or by changing which crops we grow.	Marq de Villiers	16	2018	$1.60 Add
From Money and power What is to be done? From: Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? View Between The Lines	The last chapter of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? nails home the theme of the whole book, that public transit that works for the climate and for all people is a matter of political …	James Wilt	20	2020	$2.00 Add
From NEW! Montreal The Ambiguity of the Smart City From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs View James Lorimer and Company	Chapter 7 explores Montreal’s various projects in the 21st century which were taken with the goal of integrating technology into the urban landscape. The chapter explores how different …	Lyne Nantel	13	2020	$1.30 Add
Montreal and the Bomb bar	WINNER OF THE HUBERT REEVES 2021 AWARD FOR SCIENCE COMMUNICATORS This one is a story peopled by leading figures of modern nuclear physics, bold chemists, and scientists accused of spying. The one …	Gilles Sabourin	208	2021	View
From More Bounties for Human Scalps and the Treaty of 1752 From: We Were Not the Savages, Third Edition View Fernwood Publishing		Daniel Paul	19	2006	$1.33 Add
From More People Using Ever More Water From: Back to the Well View Goose Lane Editions	In this chapter, de Villiers looks at the impact of population growth on water availability, and tries to answer the question of whether there will be enough clean, safe water for a more populous …	Marq de Villiers	9	2018	$0.90 Add
From Myth 3 New Tech Will Come to Our Rescue! From: Ecology for the 99% View Between The Lines	This chapter examines the idea that the adoption of new technologies, such as geoengineering, will help mitigate the climate crisis. It explores how these proposed technologies risk further …	Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault	12	2024	$1.20 Add