2008

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Chapter Two

Chapter Two

Vimy Ridge and Conscription, January - November 1917

From: The Bitter Harvest of War

In this chapter, Theobald provides an overview on the bitter debate over conscription in New Brunswick and across Canada. Both federally and provincially, the Conservatives and Liberals were … 23 $2.30 Add
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Chapter Two

Chapter Two

Marriage and Travel to Canada

From: Captured Hearts

Chapter Two explore what life was like for these women after marriage and how they travelled to their new homes across the Atlantic. This chapter highlights the formal approval process from the … 22 $2.20 Add
Colonial Systems of Control

Colonial Systems of Control

Criminal Justice in Nigeria

A pioneering book on prisons in West Africa, Colonial Systems of Control: Criminal Justice in Nigeria is the first comprehensive presentation of life inside a West African prison. Chapters by … 535 View
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Conclusion:

Conclusion:

Cars, Canadians and the Twenty-first Century

From: Car Nation

Looks at the interconnectedness of the car to the great political, environmental and economic questions of our time as a testament to the automobile’s continuing centrality in both our … 8 $0.80 Add
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Conclusion

Conclusion

From: Defending a Contested Ideal

Conclusion ; 13 $1.30 Add
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Conclusion

Conclusion

From: The Bitter Harvest of War

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Conclusion

Conclusion

From: Captured Hearts

The conclusion reflects on the lives these women made for themselves in their adopted home of New Brunswick. This chapter highlights the communities, work, and support these women created and … 5 $0.50 Add
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Creating a Merit System: 1918-1944

Creating a Merit System: 1918-1944

From: Defending a Contested Ideal

This chapter will explore three themes that characterized the Civil Service Commission’s struggle to create a merit system that would find broad support among Canadians between the two … ; 26 $2.60 Add
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Crude Awakening

Crude Awakening

From: Tar Sands Showdown

This chapter covers the early development of the tar sands with the following subsections: (a) black gold: the pioneers who developed the technology to extract oil from the tar sands; (b) land … 38 $3.80 Add
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Cycling to Emancipation

Cycling to Emancipation

From: Immodest and Sensational

1880-1899. Examines the history of cycling in Canada and how a woman riding a bicycle in the 1890s became the epitome of the New Woman 9 $0.90 Add
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De-colonizing Canadian Aboriginal Health and Social Services from the Inside Out: A Case Study - The Ahousaht Holistic Society

De-colonizing Canadian Aboriginal Health and Social Services from the Inside Out: A Case Study – The Ahousaht Holistic Society

From: Aboriginal Canada Revisited

This paper is a product of my observation of and participation in a decolonizing process that involved the creation of the Ahousaht Holistic Society in British Columbia and describes some of my … 20 $2.00 Add
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Decolonizing the Mind': Drew Hayden Taylor's Play with the Semantics of Irony in Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth

Decolonizing the Mind’: Drew Hayden Taylor’s Play with the Semantics of Irony in Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth

From: Aboriginal Canada Revisited

Like all culture, Native (Canadian) culture is not static. Native (Canadian) writing, as an expression of Native (Canadian) cultures, likewise, continues to develop. Some writers tell stories in … 22 $2.20 Add
Defending a Contested Ideal

Defending a Contested Ideal

Merit and the Public Service Commission, 1908–2008

In 1908, after decades of struggling with a public administration undermined by systemic patronage, the Canadian parliament decided that public servants would be selected on the basis of merit, … ; 265 View
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Defining Class in Girl Culture

Defining Class in Girl Culture

From: The Mean Girl Motive

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Dream Change

Dream Change

From: Tar Sands Showdown

This final chapter discusses the need to start changing the dream of the good life based on accumulating wealth and power, including our model of industrialization, and developing strategies for … 40 $4.00 Add