2010

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Race & Well-Being

The Lives, Hopes, and Activism of African Canadians

 Through in-depth qualitative and quantitative research with African Canadians in three Canadian cities – Calgary, Toronto and Halifax – this book explores how experiences of racism, … ; ; ; ; 215 View

The 1956 Hungarian Revolution

Hungarian and Canadian Perspectives

 In October 1956, a spontaneous uprising took Hungarian Communist authorities by surprise, prompting Soviet authorities to invade the country. After a few days of violent fighting, the revolt was … ; 306 View

The Global Fight for Climate Justice

Anticapitalist Responses to Global Warming and Environmental Destruction

 As capitalism continues with business as usual, climate change is fast expanding the gap between rich and poor, and between and within nations, as well imposing unparalleled suffering on those … 286 View

Thriving Beyond Sustainability

Pathways to a Resilient Society

 Every 15 seconds on our Earth Island, a child dies from waterborne disease. Three times an hour, another species becomes extinct. Each day we consume 85 million barrels of oil and pump 23 million … 241 View

Weapons of Mass Instruction

A Schoolteacher’s Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling

 John Taylor Gatto’s Weapons of Mass Instruction, now available in paperback, focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and … 241 View

White Femininity

Race, Gender & Power

 This book contributes to the emerging field of white studies – an examination of the notion that whiteness is not an invisible category, but is itself a category of race. Looking at … 144 View
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From: Persistent Poverty

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 The Introduction describes the process by which the the Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition (ISARC) gathered the material for this book through a 2010 social audit process that engaged … ; ; 5 $0.50 Add
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Animals and Social Justice

A Civilized Society?

From: About Canada: Animal Rights

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Elsewhere from Here

Remapping the Territories of White Femininity

From: White Femininity

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From: Peak Everything

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 Back in 2005, Richard Heinberg and I both published books on peak oil and its implications for everyday life in technologically “advanced” societies. We saw the general situation very … 3 $0.30 Add
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From: Out Loud

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Forward and Preface

From: Dry Run

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 For this book, I’ve chosen to focus on my first love in the professional world, water, a subject to which I devoted a considerable part of my early professional career. With the arrival of … 7 $0.70 Add
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Girl, Interrupted

From: Maternity Rolls

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Introduction

From: North of Superior

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 Outlines the exact area of Northwestern Ontario, explains how this book bridges a gap in history of this reason giving an accessible overview of the region for the first time, explains the three … ; 8 $0.80 Add
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From: Humanizing the Economy

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 It is a story about how a revolution in human society that began with the rise of democracy in politics continues to unfold as the democratic idea struggles to find its place in the world of … 7 $0.70 Add
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The Political Economy of Agrarian Change

From: Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change

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