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From  NEW! The Supply RegionSection 3: Jacobs’ Spectrum of Economic Regions From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 10 explores supply regions also know as resource economies, which are areas that are endowed with highly demanded natural resources and exploited as such. This chapter discusses the … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 5 | 2022 | $0.50 Add |
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From NEW! The Transplant RegionSection 3: Jacobs’ Spectrum of Economic Regions From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 11 describes how transplant regions are brought to life by the transfer of work from a congested city to a lower-cost production area. The chapter explores their relationship with supply … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 5 | 2022 | $0.50 Add |
 The Truth About the ’37 Oshawa GM StrikeThey Made Cars and They Made Plans: Reds, the Rank and File, and International Solidarity Unionized GM |
Autoworkers unionized the General Motors plant in Oshawa in 1937 after a bitterly fought strike that pitted them against a rabidly anti-union government, hostile press and GM corporation. It was … | Tony Leah | 288 | 2024 | View |
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From  The Unbearable Whiteness of Oklahoma!From: Bigotry on Broadway |
The author explores the ways in which Okahoma! is about whiteness. | Soraya Nadia McDonald | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From  The US Occupation |
Chapter four, The US Occupation focuses on the reasoning behind American interests in the Korean Peninsula after the Second World War. He focuses on the perspective of the American, Soviets, and … | Stephen Gowans | 14 | 2018 | $1.40 Add |
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From The War Against Communists of the South |
Chapter six, The War Against Communists of the South focuses on the brutal measures the US occupation forces and their Korean subalterns look to suppress communism and communist sympathies in the … | Stephen Gowans | 6 | 2018 | $0.60 Add |
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From  The War Years 1949-1945 |
In this chapter, Jerome traces the political and social developments in Palestine between 1939 and 1945, from the British White Paper’s immigration restrictions to the Biltmore Conference … | Fred Jerome | 11 | 2024 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NEW! The White Helmets: Al Qaeda’s Partner in CrimeFrom: Syria |
In this chapter, Kuzmarov and Kovalik examine the White Helmets and their alleged function as a propaganda partner to Al-Qaeda-affiliated forces during the Syrian War (2011–2024). | Dan Kovalik; Jeremy Kuzmarov | 10 | 2025 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Theories, theorization, and theorists of imperialismFrom: Imperialism |
In this chapter, Saul traces three intellectual traditions—liberalism, underconsumptionism, and Marxism—that shaped the analysis of imperialism from the late eighteenth century to the … | Samir Saul | 47 | 2025 | $4.70 Add |
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From  They Came from L’IsletSECTION TWO - The other side of the cotton From: A Distinct Alien Race |
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 MillGirls 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 |
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From  Timeline |
A thorough timeline outlining Quebec’s history. | Jacques Lacoursière; Robin Philpot | 6 | 2002 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Trading with the Enemy |
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 |
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From  Uganda, 1971 |
In this chapter, Engler and Schalk examine the 1971 coup in Uganda, in which general Idi Amin overthrew Milton Obote with the tacit support of Britain, the United States, and Canada. | Owen Schalk; Yves Engler | 6 | 2024 | $0.60 Add |
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From Ukraine, 2014 |
In this chapter, Engler and Schalk trace Canada’s long involvement in Ukrainian politics, from the 1940s alliance with Ukrainian-Canadian nationalist groups through the 2014 Maidan protests. | Owen Schalk; Yves Engler | 17 | 2024 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! Urban Land ValuesSection 1: The Economist’s City From: Cities Matter |
Chapter 3 examines urban land value, discussing topics including land value, the choice between urban, suburban or rural, types of buildings such as office towers, apartment buildings, rental … | Charles-Albert Ramsay | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
