James Lorimer and Company
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From  Terraview Park and Willowfield Gardens Park |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes Terraview and Willowfield Gardens Parks, located near the artificial headwaters of Taylor-Massey Creek, and focal point for Toronto’s fledgling … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Chapter 10: Telling Canadian StoriesFrom: Canada Vs California |
Chapter 10 discusses the need for Canadian Stories. Howard Law speaks to the core goals of the national media strategy as the means to build a collective identity and foster a nationhood in the … | Howard Law | 7 | 2024 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 10: The Inuit Confront Capitalism and Colonialism in the 1920s |
This chapter looks at how Inuit life was transformed by the fur trade, the church, state policing, and resource exploitation. | Bryan D. Palmer | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
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From Charles Sauriol Conservation Reserve |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes Charles Sauriol Conservation Reserve and Milne Hollow, located in Toronto’s Don River watershed. He celebrates the historic contributions made by … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 7 | 2020 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 11: Canadian Capital and the Global South, 1900-30 |
This chapter recounts how from the 1890s–1920s, Canadian capital went abroad and sugar, banking, and railway ventures across Cuba and the West Indies connected Canadian business internationally. | Bryan D. Palmer | 13 | 2025 | $1.30 Add |
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From Brookbanks Park and Deerlick Creek |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes Brookbanks Park, located along Deerlick Creek in Toronto’s Don River watershed. He uses the park to illustrate how the ecological and historic … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 12: Indigenous Waged Work and First Nations Organizing, 1890-1930 |
This chapter shows how in the early decades of the twentieth century Indigenous Peoples, with diminished roles in traditional work, endured economic hardship and were excluded from steady wage jobs. | Bryan D. Palmer | 15 | 2025 | $1.50 Add |
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From The Leslie Street Spit and Tommy Thompson Park |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes the novel ecosystem of Toronto’s Leslie Street Spit (Tommy Thompson Park), a five-hundred-hectare constructed peninsula built from decommissioned … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 13: Residential Schooling and the Suppression of "the Indian," 1890-1930 |
This chapter explains how Residential schools assimilated Indigenous children by separating them from their families, subjecting them to coercion and abuse and erasing their culture. | Bryan D. Palmer | 17 | 2025 | $1.70 Add |
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From The Forks of the Don |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes Toronto’s Forks of the Don, a natural, cultural, and historical nexus where the waters of Taylor-Massey Creek merge with the East & West Don … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 14: Class Conflict and SocialistsThe Era of World War and Revolution |
The chapter discusses how early-twentieth-century labour militancy —from the rise of the AFL to the Winnipeg General Strike — took place alongside Indigenous resistance but ultimately … | Bryan D. Palmer | 19 | 2025 | $1.90 Add |
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From E.T. Seton Park |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes E. T. Seton Park, one of the most vibrant recreational areas in Toronto’s Don River watershed. Here, nature provides a scenic backdrop to biking, … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 5 | 2020 | $0.50 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 15: Women’s Work and Capitalism’s Changing Employment Opportunities, 1910-29 |
This chapter outlines how women’s waged work expanded in the early decades of the twentieth century with employment in offices, banking, and retail. | Bryan D. Palmer | 8 | 2025 | $0.80 Add |
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From Edwards Gardens and Wilket Creek Park |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown explores the relationship between the Toronto Botanical Garden, Edwards Gardens and Wilket Creek Park, a crossroads of native, exotic, and invasive plant life in … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 7 | 2020 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 16: The Distinct Society of Quebec, 1900-30 |
This chapter examines Québec’s Distinct Society which emerged in response to foreign economic and cultural control. Resistance emerged in the figure of Henri Bourassa and his … | Bryan D. Palmer | 14 | 2025 | $1.40 Add |
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From Lower Don Recreational Trail |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes the Lower Don Recreational Trail, a commuting and recreational corridor that cuts through Toronto nature and history. He explores how ongoing cultural and … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
