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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From They Came from L’Islet SECTION TWO - The other side of the cotton From: A Distinct Alien Race View	A large segment of Brunswick’s Franco-Americans came from the town of L’Islet; this chapter looks at the context surrounding this group’s emigration to New England.	David Vermette	8	2018	$0.80 Add
Through the Mill Girls and Women in the Quebec Cotton Textile Industry, 1881-1951	Girls and women were essential to industrialization in Canada, particularly in the cotton textile industry, which was concentrated in Quebec. In 1891, for example, more than 2000 girls and women …	Gail Cuthbert Brandt	324	2018	View
From Timeline From: A People's History of Quebec View	A thorough timeline outlining Quebec’s history.	Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot	6	2002	$0.60 Add
From Trading with the Enemy From: Montreal, City of Secrets View	This chapter looks at trade/economic ties and factors between America and Canada/specifically Montreal during this period. The cotton trade and key figures are explored.	Barry Sheehy; Cindy Wallace	17	2017	$1.70 Add
From US Supremacy’s All-Conquering March From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires View	Chapter twelve, US Supremacy’s All Conquering March focuses on the United States commitment to ending the DPRK or North Korea state. The DPRK has a people- and Korean-centred economy, …	Stephen Gowans	14	2018	$1.40 Add
From Vagaries of Arctic Geography, 1886: Landscapes and Human Occupancy / Getting settled in the United States, 1886-1888: Ethnological and Geographical Writings Chapters 9 and 10 From: The Franz Boas Enigma View	Chapter 9 begins after the publication of Baffin-Land, discussing its author’s enthusiasm, reception of the book, its structure/contents (chapter by chapter). It also comments on his …	Ludger Müller-Wille	21	2014	$2.10 Add
From Ville-Marie (1642-1665) From: The History of Montréal View	This chapter looks at the founding of Ville-Marie, the context surrounding its settlement by Europeans, and its history throughout the 17th century.	Paul-André Linteau	11	2013	$1.10 Add
From Visible from Space From: Charging Ahead View	This chapter looks at Hydro-Quebec, criticisms, and environmental concerns.	Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow	17	2019	$1.70 Add
From Wall Street’s Empire From: Washington's Long War on Syria View	The United States has an empire, even if it’s not often called one. More often, the U.S. Empire is widely referred to by various euphemisms, anodyne terms which make the unacceptable appear …	Stephen Gowans	20	2017	$2.00 Add
Washington’s Long War on Syria	When President Barack Obama demanded formally in the summer of 2011 that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down, it was not the first time Washington had sought regime change in Damascus. The …	Stephen Gowans	280	2017	View
From Washington’s Power Projection Platform in the Pacific From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires View	Chapter eleven, Washington’s Power Projection Platform in the Pacific focuses on the shift in shift in politics in South Korea by 1993. The Berlin Wall had fallen, the German Democratic …	Stephen Gowans	10	2018	$1.00 Add
From Washington’s State Islamic Allies From: Washington's Long War on Syria View	Most people in the West remember the Arab Spring protests as touching the Arab republics—Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and of course, Libya and Syria. They seldom remember, or know at all, that …	Stephen Gowans	15	2017	$1.50 Add
From "Watch out for Africa!" Closing in on the Congo From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa View	In Chapter 15, Philpot explores the end of the Rwandan crisis and what it evolved into in the Congo. Philpot examines what happened to the 1,300,000 Rwandan refugees who remained displaced in …	Robin Philpot	20	2013	$2.00 Add
From We Had to Make the Government Work From: Let's Move On View	The author recounts his life after graduation in the field of law and later politics. He talks about the early days after being elected and the political decisions he made.	Paul Okalik	15	2018	$1.50 Add
From We Used to Deal With Problems Right Away, and Move On From: Let's Move On View	Okalik speaks on his preferred methods for conflict resolution and the Inuit conflict resolution system. He critiques the Canadian justice system and touches on mental health response and needed …	Paul Okalik	7	2018	$0.70 Add
From Who Were the Immigrants? SECTION TWO - The other side of the cotton From: A Distinct Alien Race View	The standard theory claims that most of the Canadien immigrants to New England were debt-strapped farmers, but this is not the only important story about Franco-American origins in Québec; …	David Vermette	16	2018	$1.60 Add