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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Policies to Support Housing From: Scandinavian Common Sense View	Housing conditions can have major impacts on physical and psychological health; as such, efforts to reduce social inequalities in health include fighting for access to decent housing. This …	Dominique Côté; Marie-France Raynault; Sébastien Chartrand	6	2015	$0.60 Add
From Political Highs and Lows From: Charging Ahead View	This chapter looks at politics, evolutions in the energy industry, and Hydro-Quebec’s future.	Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow	10	2019	$1.00 Add
From Postwar Fallout From: The Einstein File View	This chapter explores Einstein’s reaction to– as well as broader conversations during the period surrounding– the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and developments in nuclear …	Fred Jerome	62	2018	$6.20 Add
From Power to Those Who Have It! Phillip Gourevitch From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa View	In Chapter 9, Philpot explores the notion of the chosen “good” chiefs who the Europeans used during their imperial and colonial pursuits in Africa. Philpot discusses two African …	Robin Philpot	11	2013	$1.10 Add
From Preface From: Let's Move On View	A Preface by Hon. Paul Aarulaaq Quassa, Premier of Nunavut, December 2017	Paul Okalik	5	2018	$0.50 Add
From Preface From: The Einstein File View	Preface.	Fred Jerome	8	2018	$0.80 Add
From Preface From: The First Jews in North America View	“Preface by Herbert Marx”	Herbert Marx	3	2012	$0.30 Add
From Regime Change From: Washington's Long War on Syria View	Two forces sought to topple the secular Arab nationalists of Ba’athist Syria, each for its own, and separate reasons. Both forces were equally determined to end the influence of secular …	Stephen Gowans	31	2017	$3.10 Add
From Return to Germany, March 1885 – July 1886: Seeking and Testing Academic Pursuits in Geography / Baffin-Land – Surveys and Inuit Place Names, 1885: Coping with Map Design and Language Chapters 7 and 8 From: The Franz Boas Enigma View	Chapter 7 covers the period of Boas’ life after he returned to Germany, detailing his feelings, travels, research and lectures. Chapter 8 starts as Boas is finishing his influential book …	Ludger Müller-Wille	16	2014	$1.60 Add
Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa From Tragedy to Useful Imperial Fiction	“… essential reading.” Edward S. Herman An accepted narrative holds that horrible Rwandan Hutu génocidaires planned and executed a satanic scheme to eliminate nearly a million Tutsis after a …	Robin Philpot	276	2013	View
From Sabotaging an Alternative to the US-Led Global Economic Order From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires View	Chapter thirteen, Sabotaging an Alternative to the US-Led Global Economic Order focuses on a north Korean reunification. The DPRK defines itself as “a revolutionary State” originating …	Stephen Gowans	29	2018	$2.90 Add
From Saving a Grand Old Lady Part I From: Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel View	Part one of Saving a Grand Old Lady focuses on the life of Louise Bethune (born Jennie Louise Blanchard), one of the “exceptional women” admitted into the architecture profession …	Carla Blank; Tania Martin	30	2014	$3.00 Add
From Saving a Grand Old Lady Part II From: Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel View	Part two of Saving a Grand Old Lady focuses on the life of Louise Bethune (born Jennie Louise Blanchard), one of the “exceptional women” admitted into the architecture profession …	Carla Blank; Tania Martin	22	2014	$2.20 Add
From Saving a Grand Old Lady Part III From: Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel View	Part three of Saving a Grand Old Lady focuses on the life of Louise Bethune (born Jennie Louise Blanchard), one of the “exceptional women” admitted into the architecture profession …	Carla Blank; Tania Martin	25	2014	$2.50 Add
Scandinavian Common Sense Policies to Tackle Social Inequalities in Health	When some claim austerity is the only answer to today’s economic woes, a close look at the best practices in Scandinavia and Finland gives pause for thought. Cited as models for their …	Dominique Côté; Marie-France Raynault; Sébastien Chartrand	192	2015	View
From Scouts at her Majesty’s Service From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa View	In Chapter 4, Philpot critiques and highlights the fact that a commission comprising of mainly American, Canadian, and French nationals– six of ten members of whom admitted that they knew …	Robin Philpot	12	2013	$1.20 Add