Baraka Books
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From  A New People is Born |
This chapter explores the emergence of a new culture and identity in what is now Canada/Quebec. It touches on relations between Canada and Europe, and the process of Canadians becoming distinct … | Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot | 8 | 2002 | $0.80 Add |
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From A New Society Comes to Life |
This chapter covers developments in post-WW2 Quebec in the areas of labour, culture, religion, politics, and economics. It covers developments in French Canadian nationalism. | Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot | 25 | 2002 | $2.50 Add |
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From  A North American City (1914-1929)From: The History of Montréal |
This chapter looks at World War 1 and its effects on Montreal. The First World War curbed the sustained period of growth Montreal had enjoyed since the end of the nineteenth century. The city … | Paul-André Linteau | 12 | 2013 | $1.20 Add |
A People’s History of Quebec |
This lively guide to Quebec history tells the fascinating story of the settlement of the St. Lawrence River Valley over nearly 500 years. But it also tells of the Montreal and Quebec-based … | Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot | 209 | 2002 | View |
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From A Province Unlike the Others |
This chapter looks at the aftermath of Confederation and its effects on Canada’s Francophone population, who faced systemic discriminations in many instances. It examines French Canadian … | Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot | 20 | 2002 | $2.00 Add |
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From  A Rich Uncle from the States?SECTION TWO - The other side of the cotton From: A Distinct Alien Race |
Despite the poor housing conditions in the mill towns, Canadiens continued to come to New England seduced by tales of fabulous salaries. This chapter examines the myth of Franco-American … | David Vermette | 23 | 2018 | $2.30 Add |
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From A Royal Colony |
This chapter continues to explore Quebec’s early history, from 1663 on. It looks at tensions and interactions between the French, British, and Indigenous nations living in Nouvelle-France, … | Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot | 13 | 2002 | $1.30 Add |
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From A Small French Town (1665-1760)From: The History of Montréal |
After our brief look at the fur trade and French expansion in North America, time now to return to the town and its development. Montreal’s political and administrative reorganization from … | Paul-André Linteau | 12 | 2013 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! A Strategy of ContemptFrom: At Any Cost |
In this chapter, Bouthillier traces Pierre Trudeau’s use of contemptuous rhetoric from his 1947 Paris speech through the 1960s. | Guy Bouthillier | 12 | 2026 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! A Sudan and Palestine: Resisting Erasure in the Attention EconomyFrom: Razing Palestine |
In this chapter, Elmardi examines violence in Sudan and Palestine, tracing how colonial legacies, capital interests, and the global attention economy conspire to render both crises invisible. | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add | |
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From A Textile Industry for New EnglandSECTION ONE - From ships’ captains to captains of industry From: A Distinct Alien Race |
This chapter looks at the global economy and textile industry in different contexts at the beginning of the 19th century, then focuses on Boston specifically. It then looks at "Mill … | David Vermette | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
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From  A Tour de ForceFrom: Charging Ahead |
This chapter explores just how impressive Hydro-Quebec and its services are, considering H-Q have one of the biggest power systems on the continent with the "most reliable service." The … | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Libyan Pan-Africanism and Its DiscontentsFrom: Slouching Towards Sirte |
In this chapter, Forte examines the geopolitical consequences of the 2011 NATO-led intervention in Libya. | Maximilian Forte | 49 | 2012 | $4.90 Add |
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From  NEW! A War by Other Means: Sanctions and the U.S. Regime-Change OperationFrom: Syria |
In this chapter, Kuzmarov and Kovalik examines how U.S. economic sanctions, imposed from 2011 to 2024 under three administrations, functioned as a strategy to weaken Syria. | Dan Kovalik; Jeremy Kuzmarov | 10 | 2025 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! A War of Lies |
In this chapter, Rever examines how Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame used propaganda justify military incursions into the Democratic Republic of Congo from the late 1990s through 2009. | Judi Rever | 13 | 2026 | $1.30 Add |
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From NEW! A War Without a Front |
In this chapter, Rever examines the conflict in eastern Congo, spanning 1996 to 2025, characterized by sexual violence, Rwandan military infiltration, and Western complicity. | Judi Rever | 16 | 2026 | $1.60 Add |
