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1917

1917

The Year of Troubles

From: The Great Class War 1914-1918

The soldiers of all belligerent countries become rebellious and mutinies break out. On the home front, the restlessness and discontent of undernourished civilians is reflected in countless … 26 $2.60 Add
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1939–1945

1939–1945

Hitler’s War?

From: Big Business and Hitler

Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels examines World War II (1939-1945) focussing on how it furthered the interests of big business in Germany and Germany’s elite 15 $1.50 Add
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A Better Social Safety Net for Canada

A Better Social Safety Net for Canada

From: Early Intervention

The twin purposes of this final chapter are to sum up the early intervention approach, including how its different parts might fit together, and to offer some ideas on how such an approach might … 25 $2.50 Add
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A Book on . . . Jury Nullification?

A Book on . . . Jury Nullification?

From: The Secret Power of Juries

The first chapter of this book explains how I became interested in the matter of jury independence as it relates to justice, and clarifies some of the terms used 12 $1.20 Add
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A Breakthrough in the B.C. Courts — 2012

A Breakthrough in the B.C. Courts — 2012

From: The Right to Die

By 2011 the public interest in a change in the law on assisted suicide again started to gain momentum. Parole Board slights to Robert Latimer continued to gain public attention. The experience of … 18 $1.80 Add
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A Canadian Response to an American War

A Canadian Response to an American War

From: Living with Uncle

Looks at the War in Afghanistan and Iraq as American wars and how Canada is implicated by them because of its integration with the US. Examines the current economy of war 13 $1.30 Add
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A civilian casualty

A civilian casualty

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

Discusses one of the camp members who he had known well dying due to appendicistis ; 4 $0.40 Add
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Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890
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A Coming Capitalism

The Nineteenth-Century Transportation Revolution

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter examines the transportation revolution in Canada in the nineteenth century. 17 $1.70 Add
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A Crew of One

A Crew of One

From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

Analyzes the safety practices of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, the railway which ran through Lac-Mégantic: How the company pushed for single member crews and regularly ignored … 13 $1.30 Add
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A Digression

A Digression

Elsewhere in the World

From: Canadian Culture in a Globalized World

Culture and media policies adopted by New Zealand and South Korea at the time of trade negotiations between Canada and the United States offer a contrasting example to Canadian policies.. 5 $0.50 Add
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Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890
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A Fateful Transition, 1870–90

Big Industries, Big Banks

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter discusses the rise of big Industry and Banking in Canada in the late nineteenth century. 12 $1.20 Add
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A friend to labour?
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A friend to labour?

The Trudeau record on labour rights and labour relations

From: The Trudeau Record

This chapter examines the Trudeau government’s record on labour rights and labour relations. 15 $1.50 Add
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A Global Ban on Nuclear Weapons

A Global Ban on Nuclear Weapons

From: Peacemakers

Examines the development of the global ban on nuclear weapons, what it means and hopes to achieve, and the civil societies that make it their priority to ensure the ban stays 20 $2.00 Add
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A Guaranteed Livable Income for Canadians

A Guaranteed Livable Income for Canadians

From: Basic Income For Canadians

This chapter provides an outline of what basic income is. 27 $2.70 Add
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A Guest of the Government of Iraq

A Guest of the Government of Iraq

From: From Bombs to Books

Describes the experience of a Kurdish man from Iraq who was imprisoned by the Iraqi government and the trials he experienced trying to get his family to safety. 15 $1.50 Add
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A Home Fit for Heroes

A Home Fit for Heroes

From: Our Lives: Canada after 1945

1945-1963 Looks at the idea of two canadas (prosperity vs inequality) and how it is reflected in terms of housing in urban areas and how state policies helped to create them. The emphasis is on … 44 $4.40 Add