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Taiwan's Working Government
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Taiwan’s Working Government

From: Inspired by Taiwan

In this chapter, Takach examines Taiwan’s democratic governance, from the constitutional amendments of the 1990s through the 2024 elections and the failed ‘Great Recall’ of 2025. 30 $3.00 Add
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The Africville Experience: Lessons for the Future
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The Africville Experience: Lessons for the Future

From: The Spirit of Africville

In this chapter, Stephen Kimber describes the resilience of former Africville residents and how the community fought to stay connected after relocation by organizing Africville reunions. He also … 26 $2.60 Add
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The Age of Crisis
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The Age of Crisis

From: Breaking Free of Neoliberalism in Trump Times

In this chapter, Himelfarb discusses the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, and traces how neoliberal policies have from deepened inequality, corporate concentration, and social … 22 $2.20 Add
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The Age of Industry
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The Age of Industry

From: Toronto: The First 13,000 Years

In this chapter, Andreae traces Toronto’s transformation from a modest mercantile port into Canada’s dominant commercial city between 1851 and the early 1940s, driven by railways and … 27 $2.70 Add
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The Arts in Interesting Times
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The Arts in Interesting Times

From: Reclaiming Canadian Sovereignty in a Ruptured World

This chapter is Margaret Atwood’s 2026 keynote at the Canadian Arts Summit in Banff, in which she reflects on the evolution of Canadian arts from the infrastructure-less 1960s to a sector … 14 $1.40 Add
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The Auto Revolution Begins: Invention and Industry
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The Auto Revolution Begins: Invention and Industry

From: Car Nation Canada

A history of the auto industry in Canada from 1900 to the 1920s. Includes details of early manufacturers and makes of vehicles, including many photos and illustrations, and a description of the … 14 $1.40 Add
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The Bitter Fruits of Crisis Capitalism: The  Gig Economy and Homelessness, 2000–25
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The Bitter Fruits of Crisis Capitalism: The Gig Economy and Homelessness, 2000–25

From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises

In this chapter, Palmer discusses how the gig economy emerged, impact on workers’ incomes, the emergence of homelessness across Canada in the period, and the rising cost of housing— … 13 $1.30 Add
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The Colonized Strike Back: Quebec, 1960–72
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The Colonized Strike Back: Quebec, 1960–72

From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises

This chapter explores how in the early 1960s Quebec sovereignists reframed francophone economic subordination as internal colonialism. Worker exploitation and separatist sentiment together with … 13 $1.30 Add
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The End of Two Solitudes?
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The End of Two Solitudes?

From: Reclaiming Canadian Sovereignty in a Ruptured World

In this chapter, Deschamps-Laporte examines whether Québec’s historical political divergence from the rest of Canada is giving way to convergence during the 2025–2026 … 12 $1.20 Add
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The Fox and the Burglar
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The Fox and the Burglar

From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks

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. 12 $1.20 Add
The Governors General
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The Governors General

An Intimate History of Canada's Highest Office

In this delightful and often whimsical account of the Canadians who have held this post since 1952, journalist and author John Fraser explains the successful, if illogical, evolution of the … 159 View
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The Great Recession: The  Financial Crash of 2007–09
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The Great Recession: The Financial Crash of 2007–09

From: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Crises

In this chapter, Palmer outlines the structural causes of the financial crisis and global recession of 2007-2009 and how it was experienced in Canada. 10 $1.00 Add
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The “Lucky” Ones
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The “Lucky” Ones

From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks

This chapter explores Toronto’s underground construction workers from the late 1940s through the 1970s. The chapter traces the deadly conditions faced by tunnellers building the Yonge and … 16 $1.60 Add
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“The Lucky Things That  Happen to Me”
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“The Lucky Things That Happen to Me”

From: Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks

This chapter traces the life of Gerry Gallagher, an Irish immigrant who arrived in Canada in 1951 to organize construction workers. It examines his wartime experiences, his founding of LIUNA … 15 $1.50 Add
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The Middle Power Advantage in the Age of AI
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The Middle Power Advantage in the Age of AI

From: Reclaiming Canadian Sovereignty in a Ruptured World

In this chapter, Wang examines how Canada can exercise agency in the wake of artifical intelligence. 12 $1.20 Add