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From  NEW! Globalization, financialization, rentierism: Imperialism todayFrom: Imperialism |
In this chapter, Saul examines the United States’ structural position as a rentier power since the 1971 collapse of Bretton Woods, where foreign capital inflows sustain American consumption … | Samir Saul | 55 | 2025 | $5.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Gone AlreadyFrom: Eyes Have Seen |
In this chapter, Anderson recounts 1966, higlighting his experience with the Mississippi Freedom Summer, violent encounters in Southwest Georgia, and border crossing into Canada. | Fred Anderson | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add |
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From NEW! Gonna Be A Long NightFrom: Eyes Have Seen |
In this chapter, Anderson recounts his experiences in Montreal during the winter of 1966, holding seasonal jobs. | Fred Anderson | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Great Moments with Mr. HamiltonFrom: Bigotry on Broadway |
The author critiques Disney and Hamilton, asserting that the sugarcoated treatment of American history that the musical presents is perfectly in sync with the Disney ethos. This chapter explores … | Lonely Christopher | 35 | 2021 | $3.50 Add |
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From  Greece, 1967 |
In this chapter, Engler and Schalk examine the 1967 Greek military coup and Canada’s response to the junta’s rule. | Owen Schalk; Yves Engler | 6 | 2024 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! Greenville, Mississippi: Queen of the Mississippi DeltaFrom: Eyes Have Seen |
In this chapter, Anderson recounts the summers of 1963 and 1964 within the Mississippi Delta, focusing civil rights organizing in Greenville and the impoverished Issaquena County. | Fred Anderson | 18 | 2025 | $1.80 Add |
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From Guatemala, 1954 |
In this chapter, Engler and Schalk examine the 1954 CIA-backed overthrow of Guatemalan president Jacobo Árbenz, exploring how United Fruit Company interests and Cold War paranoia shaped the … | Owen Schalk; Yves Engler | 6 | 2024 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Guilt by AssociationsFrom: The Einstein File |
This chapter further explores the FBI’s interest in Einstein and his political beliefs and activism, and particularly his little-known support for civil rights and outspoken opposition to … | Fred Jerome | 29 | 2018 | $2.90 Add |
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From Haiti, 2004 |
In this chapter, Engler and Schalk exame the February 2004 ousting of Haiti’s elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. | Owen Schalk; Yves Engler | 28 | 2024 | $2.80 Add |
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From  Hard Slow Beginnings |
This chapter explores Quebec’s early history, starting in 1534. It touches on key figures, tensions, and events in this early period. | Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot | 11 | 2002 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Head of the Mercantile Community of BostonSECTION ONE - From ships’ captains to captains of industry From: A Distinct Alien Race |
The chapter first looks at the story of the merchant Thomas Handasyd Perkins and the New England textile industry, using this merchant’s life and beliefs as a case study. It also examines … | David Vermette | 13 | 2018 | $1.30 Add |
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From Heading for Confrontation |
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 … | Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot | 20 | 2002 | $2.00 Add |
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From NEW! Hellenic variantFrom: Imperialism |
In this chapter, Saul traces the rise of maritime and commercial empires in the ancient Mediterranean, discussing Minoan Crete around 2700 BC, Mycenaean Greece, Phoenician trade, Carthage, and … | Samir Saul | 4 | 2025 | $0.40 Add |
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From NEW! Heyday of free-trade imperialism (1830s-1860s)From: Imperialism |
In this chapter, Saul examines Britain’s free-trade imperialism between the 1830s and 1860s, tracing how the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 and the abolition of the Navigation Acts … | Samir Saul | 20 | 2025 | $2.00 Add |
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From  HochelagaFrom: 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. | Paul-André Linteau | 9 | 2013 | $0.90 Add |
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From Honduras, 2009 |
In this chapter, Engler and Schalk examine Canada’s diplomatic response to the 2009 military coup in Honduras, in which elected president Manuel Zelaya was seized and exiled. | Owen Schalk; Yves Engler | 12 | 2024 | $1.20 Add |
