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Heading for Confrontation

Heading for Confrontation

From: A People's History of Quebec

This chapter explores escalating French-English tensions after 1793 in Canada. It touches on controversies over uniting Upper and Lower Canada, the Parti Patriote led by Louis-Joseph … ; 20 $2.00 Add
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Hochelaga

Hochelaga

From: The History of Montréal

This chapter looks at the early history of the island of Montreal and its colonization by the French. It looks at the Iroquoian/Indigenous and French perspective on this history. 9 $0.90 Add
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How Is the Empire?

How Is the Empire?

From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

In Chapter 7, Philpot examines the meaning behind former Secretary General Boutros-Ghali’s 1998 statement that “the Americans were one hundred percent responsible” for the … 14 $1.40 Add
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Humanitarianism and the Invention of Emergency

Humanitarianism and the Invention of Emergency

From: Slouching Towards Sirte

In Chapter 5, Forte asks the reader to consider what the alternatives were to foreign intervention. He does this by criticizing popular myths that worked to legitimize military intervention and … 30 $3.00 Add
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Hydro World

Hydro World

From: Charging Ahead

This chapter explores Hydro-Quebec and international energy circles, and the work of Hydro-Quebec International (HQI). ; 10 $1.00 Add
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I Don't Just Sit There and Smile and Clap My Hands

I Don’t Just Sit There and Smile and Clap My Hands

From: Let's Move On

Okalik discusses the 2008 election, challenges and controversies faced by his administration, becoming a regular member of the Legislative Assembly and his view of the Aariak government, his … 8 $0.80 Add
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I Was Thinking About Tomorrow

I Was Thinking About Tomorrow

From: Let's Move On

The author continues to recount his early life and path towards university, detailing jobs and passions along the way. 10 $1.00 Add
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I Was Young, Stupid, and Full of Energy!

I Was Young, Stupid, and Full of Energy!

From: Let's Move On

Paul Okalik recounts his early life. 14 $1.40 Add
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I'm Out!

I’m Out!

From: Let's Move On

Okalik critiques the state of Canadian politics/the liberal party, Inuit exclusion from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, and lack of support for Northern Canada, … 11 $1.10 Add
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Imperialism

Imperialism

From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires

Chapter two, Imperialism focuses on defining imperialism and how it relates to both the history of Korea and its present day geopolitics. Imperialism is the activity, enterprise and methodology … 17 $1.70 Add
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In the Name of Peace and Democracy

In the Name of Peace and Democracy

From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

In Chapter 2, Philpot discusses the larger political atmosphere of the Great Lakes region in East Africa before the war, and how with the aid of the Western powers, Paul Kagame, and the Rwandan … 14 $1.40 Add
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International Criminal Justice as "Battering Ram"

International Criminal Justice as "Battering Ram"

From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

In Chapter 13, Philpot examines the ad hoc criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. He does this to discuss the injustice and inept of the tribunal, which the founding resolution … 22 $2.20 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

The Future of Electricity

From: Charging Ahead

; 11 $1.10 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

Liberalism and the New Scramble for Africa

From: Slouching Towards Sirte

15 $1.50 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

From: Through the Mill

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Introduction

Introduction

From: Songs Upon the Rivers

; ; 14 $1.40 Add