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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  NEW! Hare DiaryFrom: Blind Persistence |
In this chapter, Hong Kingston recounts her journey through the U.S.-Mexico border. | Maxine Hong Kingston | 20 | 2025 | $2.00 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 NEW! Holler / GritoFrom: Blind Persistence |
This chapter gathers poems by Sean Hill and Juan Felipe Herrera that examine racial violence, historical memory, and the natural world across American landscapes. | Juan Felipe Herrera | 11 | 2025 | $1.10 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 |
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From  NEW! How Canada DisappearsFrom: Last Call for Canada |
In this conclusion, McFarlane argues that the country risks losing effective sovereignty to the United States not through annexation but through accumulating trade and defence dependencies. | Peter McFarlane | 9 | 2026 | $0.90 Add |
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From  How Is the Empire? |
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 … | Robin Philpot | 14 | 2013 | $1.40 Add |
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From  NEW! How We Love: Protest as an Expression of Our TendernessFrom: Razing Palestine |
In this chapter, Lesego Molope frames protest as an act of tenderness toward those harmed by injustice, weaving together her experience at the University of Cape Town in the early 1990s and her … | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add | |
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From  NEW! Hub Cities and Transport CostsSection 1: The Economist’s City From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 2 explores transportation networks and hub cities, discussing topics including networks, ‘Transport Cost’ theory, and more. | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From  A War against Africa: AFRICOM, NATO, and RacismFrom: Slouching Towards Sirte |
In this chapter, Forte examines the 2007 establishment of AFRICOM and its role in the 2011 Libyan civil war. | Maximilian Forte | 49 | 2012 | $4.90 Add |
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From  Hydro WorldFrom: Charging Ahead |
This chapter explores Hydro-Quebec and international energy circles, and the work of Hydro-Quebec International (HQI). | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 10 | 2019 | $1.00 Add |
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From  I Don’t Just Sit There and Smile and Clap My HandsFrom: 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 … | Paul Okalik | 8 | 2018 | $0.80 Add |
