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From Ecological Nightmare From: Tar Sands Showdown View	This chapter discusses the multiple forms of environmental damage caused by the massive development of the tar sands for crude exports to the US: (a) global warming: the emergence of the tar …	Tony Clarke	41	2008	$4.10 Add
From Economic and Political Crisis From: Big Business and Hitler View	Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels examines the period of 1929-1932 and the economic and political crises that led more and more of Germany’s elite to support Hitler.	Jacques R. Pauwels	11	2017	$1.10 Add
From Economic Myths and Political Realities: The Inequality Agenda and the Sustainability of Medicare From: Medicare View	Analyzes the economic and political sides of the Canadian Medicare system. Specifically looks at the ideas of a sustainable medicare system and how the system is fraught with inequality	Robert G. Evans	48	2007	$4.80 Add
From Economic Skirmishes and Pressures: Whose Oil Is It? From: Oil and World Politics View	Discusses economic pressures on oil-producing countries to conform to the Washington Consensus. Examines the use of the IMF, World Bank and regional development banks to promote neoliberalism, …	John Foster	38	2018	$3.80 Add
From Early Years From: Beverley McLachlin View	Discusses McLachlin’s early life and childhood in rural Alberta. An overview of her family, school and early influences.	Ian Greene; Peter McCormick	15	2019	$1.50 Add
From Empire, War and Revolution From: Big Business and Hitler View	Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels examines the situation in Germany from 1900-1919 that led to Hitler’s rise to power paying particular focus on the German elite of aristocrats and …	Jacques R. Pauwels	12	2017	$1.20 Add
From NEW! “Enclosure,” Land Policy, Social Differentiation, and Early Class Formation, 1795-1850 From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890 View	This chapter discusses land enclosure in Canada I the first part of the nineteenth century as settlement and development continued in relation to Indigenous populations and early class formation.	Bryan D. Palmer	16	2024	$1.60 Add
From End of an Era From: Sweethearts View	1970s examines the slow down of growth due to regulations that had been put into place and the choice of some companys to team up with US companies where there was still a boom happening	Catherine Wismer	8	2014	$0.80 Add
NEW! Ending Homelessness in Canada The Case for Homelessness Prevention	Homelessness is at critical levels. This book identifies the causes and offers ideas about what it will take to prevent Canadians from finding themselves without a roof over their head. More …		186		View
From Enemy Aliens From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Italian Canadian Internment in the Second World War View	This chapter describes how the actions taken by the Canadian governemnt against Italian Canadians after the outbreak of war. It illustrates this with drawings, photographs, documents and …	Jean Smith Cavaluzzo; Pamela Hickman	12	2012	$1.20 Add
From Enemy Aliens From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Japanese Canadian Internment in the Second World War View	This chapter describes the initial action taken by the Canadian Government against Japanese Canadians. It illustrates this with drawings, photographs, documents and firsthand accounts.	Musako Fukawa; Pamela Hickman	24	2012	$2.40 Add
From Energy Alternatives to the Site C Dam in a Climate-Challenged World From: Damming the Peace View	Sustainable energy expert Guy Dauncey looks at alternatives to the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley for meeting the electricity needs of British Columbia, and …	Guy Dauncey	28	2018	$2.80 Add
From NEW! Energy and Climate Capturing the Imagination of Canada’s Climate Policy From: Corporate Rules View	In this chapter, Jason MacLean argues that the key barrier to addressing climate change in Canada is not a deficit of scientific understanding or our technological capacity, but instead politics. …	Jason MacLean	18	2022	$1.80 Add
From Energy Superpower From: Tar Sands Showdown View	This chapter concerns the promotion of Canada as “the world’s next energy superpower,” largely because of the development of the tar sands, with these themes: (a) corporate …	Tony Clarke	41	2008	$4.10 Add
From Engineers for Hire From: BlackBerry Town View	Discusses the early staff additions at Research in Motion, most notably the addition of Jim Balsillie. Reviews the development of RIM during the late 1980s and early 1990s.	Chuck Howitt	9	2019	$0.90 Add
From English-Canadian Nationalism From: Our Lives: Canada after 1945 View	1963-1980. Looks at Canada’s national identity and the quest to keep it separate from America. Specifically looks at economic policy, continental integration of industry and foreign policy	Alvin Finkel	21	2012	$2.10 Add