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  • 1
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    All Shook Up : The Shifting Soviet Response to Catastrophes, 1917-1991 (2017)
    Montreal : MQUP
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    ISBN: 9780773550049
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (210 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Raab, Nigel All Shook Up : The Shifting Soviet Response to Catastrophes, 1917-1991
    DDC: 904
    Keywords: Disasters--Soviet Union--History--20th century ; Disasters-Social aspects-Soviet Union-History-20th century ; Disasters-Political aspects-Soviet Union-History-20th century ; Disasters ; Soviet Union ; History ; 20th century ; Disasters ; Social aspects ; Soviet Union ; History ; 20th century ; Disasters ; Political aspects ; Soviet Union ; History ; 20th century ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The first full-length study of natural and man-made disasters in the Soviet Union
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  • 2
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    Lives in Transition : Longitudinal Analysis from Historical Sources (2015)
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    ISBN: 9780773596689
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (396 pages)
    Series Statement: Carleton Library Ser. v.232
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    DDC: 304.809/034
    Keywords: Immigrants Social conditions 20th century ; Immigrants Social conditions 19th century ; Migration, Internal History 20th century ; Emigration and immigration History 20th century ; Migration, Internal History 19th century ; Emigration and immigration History 19th century ; Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century ; Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century ; Migration, Internal -- History -- 19th century ; Migration, Internal -- History -- 20th century ; Immigrants -- Social conditions -- 19th century ; Emigration and immigration ; History ; 19th century ; Emigration and immigration ; History ; 20th century ; Immigrants ; Social conditions ; 19th century ; Migration, Internal ; History ; 19th century ; Migration, Internal ; History ; 20th century ; Electronic books
    Abstract: An examination of mobility, inequality, and the unfolding of lives on three continents during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
    Abstract: Cover -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- PART ONE: TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATIONS -- 2 A Test of Character: A Case Study of Male Convicts Transported to Van Diemen's Land, 1826-38 -- 3 Sickness and Death on Convict Voyages to Australia -- 4 Wanderlust: The Multiple Migrations of New Zealand's Scots, 1840-1920 -- PART TWO: MOBILITY IN THE RURAL WORLD -- 5 Lives in Motion: Revisiting the "Agricultural Ladder" in 1860s Ontario, A Study of Linked Microdata -- 6 Change amid Continuity in Canadian Work Patterns during the 1870s -- 7 Wilson Benson Revisited: Movement and Persistence in Rural Perth County, Ontario, 1871-81 -- 8 Revisiting Wealth on the American Frontier: Farm Growth, Inequality, and Social Persistence in Kansas, 1875-1940 -- PART THREE: MOBILITY IN THE URBAN WORLD -- 9 Ladders of Mobility in a Fast-Growing Industrial City: Two by Two and Twenty Years Later -- 10 Moving around the City: Residential and Economic Mobility in Chicago, 1925-30 -- PART FOUR: ETHNICITY AND WAR -- 11 Genes, Class, or Culture? French-English Height Differences in Canada -- 12 Aboriginal and Mixed-Race Men in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-18 -- 13 Tracing "The Trail of Infected Armies": Mobilizing for War, the Spread of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic, and the Case of the Polish Army Camp at Niagara-on-the-Lake, 1917-19 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
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    The Politics of Popular Culture : Negotiating Power, Identity, and Place (2015)
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    ISBN: 9780773596856
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (209 pages)
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    DDC: 306.20971
    Keywords: Popular culture Political aspects ; Popular culture -- Political aspects -- Canada ; Popular culture ; Political aspects ; Canada ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Why popular culture matters to political science - and vice versa.
    Abstract: Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Popular Culture and the Study of Politics -- PART ONE: NEGOTIATING ORDER AND AUTHORITY -- 2 A Very Useful Engine: The Politics of Thomas and Friends -- 3 "Something Called the Politics of Lonely": The Politics of The Weakerthans and John K. Samson -- 4 Gender Identity in Deep Space: Representations of Political Leadership in Battlestar Galactica -- 5 Métis Political Identity and the Symbolism of Louis Riel -- PART TWO: NEGOTIATING THE NATION-STATE -- 6 Imagining the Nation with The Royal Canadian Air Farce -- 7 Leaving Nothing on the Tarmac: Cultural Exchanges and Post-European Cosmopolitics -- 8 Playgrounds of the Global Village? MMOS and the Contemporary Globalization Debate -- PART THREE: NEGOTIATING COLLECTIVE IDENTITY -- 9 Politics, Identity, and the Economy in Quebec Cinema: Film Narratives and the Movie Industry -- 10 The Portrayal of English and French Political Culture in Canadian Film -- 11 The Contribution of La Nuit sur l'Étang to the Construction of a Franco-Ontarian Identity -- PART FOUR: CONCLUSION -- 12 Culture and Politics Revisited: The Political Science of Popular Culture -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
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  • 4
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    Social Inequality in Canada : Measures the Consistency and Logic of Perceived Social Conditions and Priorities in Canada (2014)
    Montreal : MQUP
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    ISBN: 9780886292799
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (192 p)
    Series Statement: International Social Survey Programme v.1
    Parallel Title: Print version Social Inequality in Canada : Measures the Consistency and Logic of Perceived Social Conditions and Priorities in Canada
    DDC: 305.0971
    Keywords: Canada ; Social conditions ; Equality ; Canada ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Cover -- Table of Contents -- 1 The ISSP and International Research: An Introduction -- 2 Indicators of Social Inequality in Canada: Women, Aboriginal Peoples, and Visible Minorities -- 3 International Images of Social Inequality: A Ten-Country Comparison -- 4 Getting Ahead Around the World -- 5 Canadian Public Perceptions of Inequality: Directions and Policy Implications -- 6 Language, Region, Race, Gender, and Income: Perceptions of Inequalities in Quebec and English Canada -- 7 Gender and Inequality -- Appendix: Data Frequencies -- List of Contributors.
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Cover""; ""Table of Contents""; ""1 The ISSP and International Research: An Introduction""; ""2 Indicators of Social Inequality in Canada: Women, Aboriginal Peoples, and Visible Minorities""; ""3 International Images of Social Inequality: A Ten-Country Comparison""; ""4 Getting Ahead Around the World""; ""5 Canadian Public Perceptions of Inequality: Directions and Policy Implications""; ""6 Language, Region, Race, Gender, and Income: Perceptions of Inequalities in Quebec and English Canada""; ""7 Gender and Inequality""; ""Appendix: Data Frequencies""; ""List of Contributors""
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    Motivational Dimensions in Social Movements and Contentious Collective Action (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780773538658
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (184 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Motivational Dimensions in Social Movements and Contentious Collective Action
    DDC: 303.484
    Keywords: Social movements -- Psychological aspects ; Social action -- Psychological aspects ; Motivation (Psychology) -- Social aspects ; Motivation (Psychology) ; Social aspects ; Social action ; Psychological aspects ; Social movements ; Psychological aspects ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Approaches to Motivation in the Social Movement Literature -- The Role of Deprivations and Grievances in Various Theoretical Approaches -- 2 Controversies and Empirical Evidence regarding the Role of Grievances -- The Direction of Causality between Grievances and Mobilization -- The Constancy and Ubiquity of Grievances -- The Evidence regarding the Impact of Grievances -- The Evidence regarding the Impact of Emotions -- 3 Methodological Problems Invalidating Some Research on Grievances -- Data and Measurement Problems -- Problems of Analytical Designs -- 4 Other Motivational Components -- Aspirations as Internal Motives -- Deprivations, Incentives, Principles, and Solidarity -- Expectancy of Success as a Motivational Component -- 5 A Model of Motivation in Contentious Collective Action -- The Model -- Other Variations in Motivational Patterns -- 6 Important Factors Affecting Motivation -- Framing Processes and Motivation -- The Role of Collective Identities -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Approaches to Motivation in the Social Movement Literature; The Role of Deprivations and Grievances in Various Theoretical Approaches; 2 Controversies and Empirical Evidence regarding the Role of Grievances; The Direction of Causality between Grievances and Mobilization; The Constancy and Ubiquity of Grievances; The Evidence regarding the Impact of Grievances; The Evidence regarding the Impact of Emotions; 3 Methodological Problems Invalidating Some Research on Grievances; Data and Measurement Problems
    Description / Table of Contents: Problems of Analytical Designs4 Other Motivational Components; Aspirations as Internal Motives; Deprivations, Incentives, Principles, and Solidarity; Expectancy of Success as a Motivational Component; 5 A Model of Motivation in Contentious Collective Action; The Model; Other Variations in Motivational Patterns; 6 Important Factors Affecting Motivation; Framing Processes and Motivation; The Role of Collective Identities; Notes; References; Index
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  • 6
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    From White to Yellow : The Japanese in European Racial Thought, 1300-1735 (2014)
    Montreal : MQUP
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    ISBN: 9780773596832
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (707 pages)
    Series Statement: McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas v.63
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    DDC: 305.8956
    Keywords: Public opinion History ; Race Social aspects ; History ; Racism History ; Japan ; Foreign public opinion, European ; History ; Public opinion ; Europe ; History ; Race ; Social aspects ; Europe ; History ; Electronic books ; Japan Foreign public opinion, European ; History ; Europe Race relations ; History
    Abstract: An examination of the evolution of European racial views of the Japanese.
    Abstract: Cover -- McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Note on Translations and Conventions -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- PHASE ONE Speculation: Pre-Encounter Knowledge of the Japanese (1300-1543) -- 1 The Emergence of "Cipangu" and Its Precursory Ethnography -- 2 The "Cipanguese" at the Opening of the Age of Discovery -- PHASE TWO Observation: A Burgeoning Discourse of Initial Encounters (1543-1640) -- 3 Initial Observations of the Japanese -- 4 The Japanese Position in Contemporary Hierarchies -- 5 Concrete Mirrors of a New Human Order -- 6 "Race" and Its Cognitive Limits during the Phase of Observation -- PHASE THREE Reconsideration: Antecedents of a Mature Discourse (1640-1735) -- 7 Dutch Reappraisal of the Japanese Body and Origins -- 8 Power, Status, and the Japanese Position in the Global Order -- 9 In Search of a New Taxonomy: Botany, Medicine, and the Japanese -- 10 "Race" and Its Perceptual Limits during the Phase of Reconsideration -- Conclusion The Discourse of Race in Early Modern Europe and the Japanese Case -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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  • 7
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    Transatlantic Passages : Literary and Cultural Relations Between Quebec and Francophone Europe (2014)
    Montreal : MQUP
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    ISBN: 9780773537873
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (360 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Transatlantic Passages : Literary and Cultural Relations Between Quebec and Francophone Europe
    DDC: 303.48
    Keywords: Europe, French-speaking ; Relations ; Québec (Province) ; Québec (Province) ; Civilization ; European influences ; Québec (Province) ; Intellectual life ; Québec (Province) ; Relations ; Europe, French-speaking ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: An interdisciplinary, literary, critical, and creative anthology that explores cultural connections between Quebec and francophone Europe.
    Abstract: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: On "Passages," Passeurs and Passeuses in Paris and Montreal -- I: Women's History and Passages across the Atlantic -- A Place for the Spirit: Canada as Dream and Reality in the Autobiographical Writings of the Women of New France -- Time, Sir -- French and Quebec Feminisms: Influences and Reciprocities -- Je m'en vais à Trieste (excerpt) -- II: European Cultural Influences on Quebec Writers -- Writing Beyond Redemption: Hubert Aquin and Mordecai Richler in Postwar Paris -- Des châteaux en Suisse? Switzerland in the Quebec Imagination: Aquin and Brossard -- Je m'en vais à Trieste (excerpt) -- Chez Nous: Gail Scott's My Paris -- My Paris (excerpt) -- Transatlantic Reading in the Works of France Théoret -- Literary Border Crossings: Reconceptualizing Montesquieu's Lettres persanes in Lise Gauvin's Lettres d'une autre and Chahdortt Djavann's Comment peut-on être français? -- France in the Heart of the Eastern Townships -- III: The Theatrical Space of Exchange -- Marie Cardinal, Translator of Myths and Theatre: The Words to Say Difference -- (Post)Colonial Performances: Nationalist and Post-nationalist Quebec Theater in Europe -- Michel Cochet on Larry Tremblay: An Auto-Interview -- IV: Franco-European Immigrant Voices in Quebec -- From Flâneuse to Cybernomad: Roaming the World with Régine Robin -- Transatlantic Crossings in the Work of Alice Parizeau and Naïm Kattan -- From Europe to Quebec Cinematic History -- Three Demoiselles sauvages in Search of Other Worlds: Corinna Bille and Gabrielle Roy in the Films of Léa Pool -- V: Contemporary Art Forms and Popular Culture -- Riopelle and Me: Impression passagère -- Crossings: In Situ Art in Transit -- A Quiet Evolution: Artist's Books in Quebec and France (Beausoleil, Dorion, Desautels) -- La Chanson québécoise: Not the Same Old (French) Song.
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: On “Passages,� Passeurs and Passeuses in Paris and Montreal""; ""I: Women�s History and Passages across the Atlantic""; ""A Place for the Spirit: Canada as Dream and Reality in the Autobiographical Writings of the Women of New France""; ""Time, Sir""; ""French and Quebec Feminisms: Influences and Reciprocities""; ""Je m�en vais à Trieste (excerpt)""; ""II: European Cultural Influences on Quebec Writers""; ""Writing Beyond Redemption: Hubert Aquin and Mordecai Richler in Postwar Paris""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Des châteaux en Suisse? Switzerland in the Quebec Imagination: Aquin and Brossard""""Je mâ€?en vais à Trieste (excerpt)""; ""Chez Nous: Gail Scottâ€?s My Paris""; ""My Paris (excerpt)""; ""Transatlantic Reading in the Works of France Théoret""; ""Literary Border Crossings: Reconceptualizing Montesquieuâ€?s Lettres persanes in Lise Gauvinâ€?s Lettres dâ€?une autre and Chahdortt Djavannâ€?s Comment peut-on être franÃais?""; ""France in the Heart of the Eastern Townships""; ""III: The Theatrical Space of Exchange""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Marie Cardinal, Translator of Myths and Theatre: The Words to Say Difference""""(Post)Colonial Performances: Nationalist and Post-nationalist Quebec Theater in Europe""; ""Michel Cochet on Larry Tremblay: An Auto-Interview""; ""IV: Franco-European Immigrant Voices in Quebec""; ""From Flâneuse to Cybernomad: Roaming the World with Régine Robin""; ""Transatlantic Crossings in the Work of Alice Parizeau and Naïm Kattan""; ""From Europe to Quebec Cinematic History""; ""Three Demoiselles sauvages in Search of Other Worlds: Corinna Bille and Gabrielle Roy in the Films of Léa Pool""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""V: Contemporary Art Forms and Popular Culture""""Riopelle and Me: Impression passag�re""; ""Crossings: In Situ Art in Transit""; ""A Quiet Evolution: Artist�s Books in Quebec and France (Beausoleil, Dorion, Desautels)""; ""La Chanson québécoise: Not the Same Old (French) Song""; ""Ce soir je chante à l�Olympia/Tonight I�m Singing at the Olympia""; ""(Not so) Separate but Unequal: On the Circulation of Popular Culture Items between France and Quebec""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""
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    In Search of Political Stability : A Comparative Study of New Brunswick and Northern Ireland (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780773503663
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (239 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version In Search of Political Stability : A Comparative Study of New Brunswick and Northern Ireland
    DDC: 306.2
    Keywords: New Brunswick ; Politics and government ; Northern Ireland ; Politics and government ; Political stability ; New Brunswick ; History ; Political stability ; Northern Ireland ; History ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In Search of Political Stability offers a detailed comparison of society and politics in New Brunswick and Northern Ireland.
    Abstract: Cover -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Fragmentation and Instability -- The Pluralist Proposition -- The Pluralist Proposition Revised -- The Elite Proposition -- New Brunswick and Northern Ireland Compared -- 2. Two Fragmented Communities -- Major Subcultures -- Political Parties -- Education -- Communication Media -- Voluntary Associations -- 3. Stability and Instability -- Constitutional Durability -- Political Legitimacy -- Governmental Efficacy -- Civil Order -- 4. The Ethnic and Religious Cleavages -- The Ethnic Cleavage -- The Religious Cleavage -- Cleavage Patterns -- Effects of Congruence and Crosscutting -- 5. The Class Cleavage -- Occupational Stratification -- Socio-Economic Inequalities -- Political Influence -- Conclusion -- 6. The Political Elites: Coalescence and Competition -- Establishment of the Pattern -- Modern Composition of the Cabinets -- The Civil Service -- The Northern Ireland Coalition Executive, 1974 -- 7. Elite Political Culture: Cooperation and Confrontation -- The Traditions of Cooperation and Confrontation -- Election Slates -- Clientelism in New Brunswick Politics -- Cooperative Strategies -- 8. Conditions Conducive to Cooperative Elite Behaviour -- Elite Dominance -- Distinct Lines of Fragmentation -- Overarching National Solidarity -- Moderate Partisanship -- Other Contributing Conditions -- 9. Conclusion -- Political Stability -- New Brunswick -- Northern Ireland -- Appendix A: The National Election Study and the Northern Ireland Loyalty Survey -- Appendix B: Occupational Stratification in New Brunswick and Northern Ireland -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Tables""; ""Figures""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1. Introduction: Fragmentation and Instability""; ""The Pluralist Proposition""; ""The Pluralist Proposition Revised""; ""The Elite Proposition""; ""New Brunswick and Northern Ireland Compared""; ""2. Two Fragmented Communities""; ""Major Subcultures""; ""Political Parties""; ""Education""; ""Communication Media""; ""Voluntary Associations""; ""3. Stability and Instability""; ""Constitutional Durability""; ""Political Legitimacy""; ""Governmental Efficacy""; ""Civil Order""; ""4. The Ethnic and Religious Cleavages""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""The Ethnic Cleavage""""The Religious Cleavage""; ""Cleavage Patterns""; ""Effects of Congruence and Crosscutting""; ""5. The Class Cleavage""; ""Occupational Stratification""; ""Socio-Economic Inequalities""; ""Political Influence""; ""Conclusion""; ""6. The Political Elites: Coalescence and Competition""; ""Establishment of the Pattern""; ""Modern Composition of the Cabinets""; ""The Civil Service""; ""The Northern Ireland Coalition Executive, 1974""; ""7. Elite Political Culture: Cooperation and Confrontation""; ""The Traditions of Cooperation and Confrontation""; ""Election Slates""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Clientelism in New Brunswick Politics""""Cooperative Strategies""; ""8. Conditions Conducive to Cooperative Elite Behaviour""; ""Elite Dominance""; ""Distinct Lines of Fragmentation""; ""Overarching National Solidarity""; ""Moderate Partisanship""; ""Other Contributing Conditions""; ""9. Conclusion""; ""Political Stability""; ""New Brunswick""; ""Northern Ireland""; ""Appendix A: The National Election Study and the Northern Ireland Loyalty Survey""; ""Appendix B: Occupational Stratification in New Brunswick and Northern Ireland""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""
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    Transnationalism : Canada-United States History into the Twenty-first Century (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780773537620
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (317 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Transnationalism : Canada-United States History into the Twenty-first Century
    DDC: 303.482
    Keywords: Etats-Unis - Relations - Canada ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Original essays that argue the significance of the shared North American history of Canada and the United States rather than Canadian-American relations.
    Abstract: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Forging a New American Continent -- Transnational Theories and Studies -- PART ONE: FIRST NATIONS -- 2 Do Borders Matter in Native American History? An American Perspective -- 3 The Border and First Nations History: A Canadian View -- PART TWO: IDENTITIES AND CULTURE -- 4 Borders and Brows: Mass Culture and National Identity in North America since 1900 -- 5 Dancing with Our Neighbours: English Canadians and the Discourse of Anti-Americanism -- 6 Allied Christian Soldiers: Convergence and Divergence in the Canadian and American Missionary Movements at the Home Base in Korea, 1870-1960 -- PART THREE: CONFLICT AND COOPERATION -- 7 Adressing Cross-Border Pollution of the Great Lakes after World War II: The Canada-Ontario Agreement and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement -- 8 No Pushovers in Ottawa: Canadian-American Relations As Seen through Cars and Nixon 1962-1972 -- 9 From Conflict to Cooperation: Canada's US Oil and Gas Policy from the 1970s to the 1980s -- PART FOUR: SECURITY IN NORTH AMERICA -- 10 A North American Peace? Canada-United States Security Relations since 1967 -- 11 The Myth of "Obsequious Rex": Mackenzie King, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Canada-US Security, 1935-1940 -- 12 The Clayton Knight Committee: Clandestine Recruiting of Americans for the Royal Canadian Air Force, 1940-1941 -- 13 Nukes and Spooks: Canada-US Intelligence Sharing and Nuclear Consultations, 1950-1958 -- PART FIVE: FUTURE IMPERFECT -- 14 O.D. Skelton and the Rise of North Americanism -- 15 Great Expectations: America's Approach to Canada -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction: Forging a New American Continent; Transnational Theories and Studies""; ""PART ONE: FIRST NATIONS""; ""2 Do Borders Matter in Native American History? An American Perspective""; ""3 The Border and First Nations History: A Canadian View""; ""PART TWO: IDENTITIES AND CULTURE""; ""4 Borders and Brows: Mass Culture and National Identity in North America since 1900""; ""5 Dancing with Our Neighbours: English Canadians and the Discourse of Anti-Americanism""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""6 Allied Christian Soldiers: Convergence and Divergence in the Canadian and American Missionary Movements at the Home Base in Korea, 1870�1960""""PART THREE: CONFLICT AND COOPERATION""; ""7 Adressing Cross-Border Pollution of the Great Lakes after World War II: The Canada-Ontario Agreement and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement""; ""8 No Pushovers in Ottawa: Canadian-American Relations As Seen through Cars and Nixon 1962�1972""; ""9 From Conflict to Cooperation: Canada�s US Oil and Gas Policy from the 1970s to the 1980s""; ""PART FOUR: SECURITY IN NORTH AMERICA""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""10 A North American Peace? Canada�United States Security Relations since 1967""""11 The Myth of “Obsequious Rex�: Mackenzie King, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Canada-US Security, 1935�1940""; ""12 The Clayton Knight Committee: Clandestine Recruiting of Americans for the Royal Canadian Air Force, 1940�1941""; ""13 Nukes and Spooks: Canada-US Intelligence Sharing and Nuclear Consultations, 1950�1958""; ""PART FIVE: FUTURE IMPERFECT""; ""14 O.D. Skelton and the Rise of North Americanism""; ""15 Great Expectations: America�s Approach to Canada""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""
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    Protestants in a Catholic State : Ireland's Privileged Minority (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780773504127
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (248 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Protestants in a Catholic State : Ireland's Privileged Minority
    DDC: 305.630417
    Keywords: Christianity ; Ireland ; Ireland ; Social conditions ; Protestants ; Ireland ; History ; 20th century ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book traces the changing fortunes of the small Protestant community in the southern twenty-six counties of Ireland after independence was achieved in 1922.
    Abstract: Cover -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Demographic Trends -- The Transitional Years -- Population Trends -- Emigration -- Mixed Marriages -- 3 Ethnic Allegiance and Political Life -- Political Representation: Extinction and Incorporation -- Political Attitudes and Electoral Allegiances -- 4 Class Differences and Occupational Segregation -- The Engulfment of Minority Privilege -- The Decline of the Protestant Firm -- 5 Church and Faith -- The Religious Divide before Vatican II -- Organizational Problems: A Genteel Decline -- Ecumenism -- Secularization -- 6 Education -- Primary Schools -- Secondary Schools -- Trinity College Dublin -- The Curriculum and Protestant Identity -- 7 Community Life -- Farmers and Rural Townsmen -- West Britons -- The Urban Lower Classes -- The Urban Middle Class -- 8 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W.
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Demographic Trends""; ""The Transitional Years""; ""Population Trends""; ""Emigration""; ""Mixed Marriages""; ""3 Ethnic Allegiance and Political Life""; ""Political Representation: Extinction and Incorporation""; ""Political Attitudes and Electoral Allegiances""; ""4 Class Differences and Occupational Segregation""; ""The Engulfment of Minority Privilege""; ""The Decline of the Protestant Firm""; ""5 Church and Faith""; ""The Religious Divide before Vatican II""; ""Organizational Problems: A Genteel Decline""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Ecumenism""""Secularization""; ""6 Education""; ""Primary Schools""; ""Secondary Schools""; ""Trinity College Dublin""; ""The Curriculum and Protestant Identity""; ""7 Community Life""; ""Farmers and Rural Townsmen""; ""West Britons""; ""The Urban Lower Classes""; ""The Urban Middle Class""; ""8 Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""
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    Capital Cities : Les Capitales ; International Perspectives - Perspectives Internationales (2014)
    Montreal : MQUP
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    ISBN: 9780886291792
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (435 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Capital Cities : Les Capitales : International Perspectives - Perspectives Internationales
    DDC: 307
    Keywords: Capitals (Cities) ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- I: WHAT IS A CAPITAL CITY?/ QU'EST-CE QU'UNE CAPITALE? -- Capital Cities: What is a Capital? -- Une capitale est-elle l'expression d'une sémiosphère nationale ou le lieu de mise en scène du pouvoir? -- On the Nature of Capitals and their Physical Expression -- The Changing Role of Capital Cities: Six Types of Capital City -- Commentary: What is a Capital? -- II: ROLES ET ACTIVITÉS DES CAPITALES/ THE ROLES AND ACTIVITIES OF CAPITAL CITIES -- Rôles et activités des capitales -- Ancient Capital Cities and New Capital Cities of Latín America -- Le Statut des capitales européennes -- Ways of Governing Federal Capitals -- La Circulation des femmes musulmanes dans l'espace public et politique formel : le rôle « capitale » de Tunis -- Commentary: The Role and Activities of Capital Cities -- III: CAPITALS: SYMBOLISM AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT/ CAPITALES : SYMBOLISME ET CADRE BÂTI -- Capital Cities: Does Form Follow Values? -- The Creation of Washington, DC: Political Symbolism and Practical Problem Solving in the Establishment of a Capital City for the United States of America, 1787-1850 -- Cultural Hegemony and Capital Cities -- Commentary: Capital Cities as Symbolic Resources -- IV: CAPITALES DE L'AVENIR/ CAPITAL CITIES IN THE FUTURE -- Capitales de l'avenir -- Berlin or Bonn? The Dispute over Germany's Political Centre -- Capitale-ville, Ville-capitale, une approche holistique -- Comment une capitale devient macrocéphale en Afrique subsaharienne : le cas de Lomé au Togo (Afrique de l'ouest) -- Capital Cities in Europe: Directions for the Future -- World City/Capital City: New York in the Changing Global System -- Commentaire: capitales de l'avenir -- V: AVENUES FOR RESEARCH/ DIRECTIONS DE RECHERCHE -- Directions de recherche: Introduction -- Ottawa, Christaller, Horowitz and Parsons.
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""I: WHAT IS A CAPITAL CITY?/ QU'EST-CE QU'UNE CAPITALE?""; ""Capital Cities: What is a Capital?""; ""Une capitale est-elle l'expression d'une sémiosph�re nationale ou le lieu de mise en sc�ne du pouvoir?""; ""On the Nature of Capitals and their Physical Expression""; ""The Changing Role of Capital Cities: Six Types of Capital City""; ""Commentary: What is a Capital?""; ""II: ROLES ET ACTIVIT�S DES CAPITALES/ THE ROLES AND ACTIVITIES OF CAPITAL CITIES""; ""R�les et activités des capitales""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Ancient Capital Cities and New Capital Cities of Latín America""""Le Statut des capitales européennes""; ""Ways of Governing Federal Capitals""; ""La Circulation des femmes musulmanes dans l'espace public et politique formel : le r�le « capitale » de Tunis""; ""Commentary: The Role and Activities of Capital Cities""; ""III: CAPITALS: SYMBOLISM AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT/ CAPITALES : SYMBOLISME ET CADRE B�TI""; ""Capital Cities: Does Form Follow Values?""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""The Creation of Washington, DC: Political Symbolism and Practical Problem Solving in the Establishment of a Capital City for the United States of America, 1787-1850""""Cultural Hegemony and Capital Cities""; ""Commentary: Capital Cities as Symbolic Resources""; ""IV: CAPITALES DE L'AVENIR/ CAPITAL CITIES IN THE FUTURE""; ""Capitales de l'avenir""; ""Berlin or Bonn? The Dispute over Germany's Political Centre""; ""Capitale-ville, Ville-capitale, une approche holistique""; ""Comment une capitale devient macrocéphale en Afrique subsaharienne : le cas de Lomé au Togo (Afrique de l'ouest)""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Capital Cities in Europe: Directions for the Future""""World City/Capital City: New York in the Changing Global System""; ""Commentaire: capitales de l'avenir""; ""V: AVENUES FOR RESEARCH/ DIRECTIONS DE RECHERCHE""; ""Directions de recherche: Introduction""; ""Ottawa, Christaller, Horowitz and Parsons""
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    Ursula Franklin Speaks : Thoughts and Afterthoughts (2014)
    Montreal : MQUP
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    ISBN: 9780773592001
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (267 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 303.48/3
    Keywords: Technology -- Social aspects ; Technology -- Political aspects ; Social justice ; Feminism ; Civics, Canadian ; Civics, Canadian ; Feminism ; Social justice ; Technology ; Political aspects ; Technology ; Social aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: A wide-ranging collection of talks by one of Canada's best-known and best-loved thinkers.
    Abstract: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTERVIEW -- 1 Interview with June Callwood (National Treasures, Vision TV, November 1994) -- SPEECHES GIVEN TO CITIZENS -- 2 When the Seven Deadly Sins Became the Seven Cardinal Virtues (Acceptance speech on receiving the YWCA Women of Distinction Award, Toronto, 1986) -- 3 The Legacies of War (Keynote address, Voice of Women Conference, Ottawa, 1990) -- 4 Coexistence and Technology: Society between Bitsphere and Biosphere (Polanyi Lectures, Concordia University, Montreal, 1994 and 1995) -- 5 Canada and Social Justice (An address given at a Retreat of Anglican Women in 1997) -- 6 A Drive to Know: The Glory and Hell of Science - Reflections in Memory of Jacob Bronowski (The Jacob Bronowski Memorial Lecture, New College, University of Toronto, March 2000) -- 7 Thinking about Technology (A public "University Lecture," University of Toronto, 2004) -- 8 The Holy and the Microscope: Conversations between Faith and Knowledge (Guest lecture, Newman Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, 2007) -- 9 Reflecting on the Second Wave of Feminism: 1960-2010 (Taped at Massey College for a symposium on the History of the Canadian Women's Movement, Toronto 2008) -- INTERVIEW -- 10 Ursula Franklin Interviewed by Mary Hynes (Tapestry, CBC Radio, February 2007) -- SPEECHES GIVEN TO YOUTH -- 11 In Conversation with Two Grade 10 Students at the Ursula Franklin Academy, 1997 -- 12 Using Technology as if People Matter (Opening plenary, SciMaTech 96, Cowichan Campus of Malaspina College, Duncan, BC, 1996) -- 13 Developing a Li of Massey (Acceptance speech, Massey College's 40th Anniversary Awards, University of Toronto, 2004) -- 14 Three Lessons from the Natural World (Convocation address, McGill University, Montreal, 2006).
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    Recounting Migration : Political Narratives of Congolese Young People in Uganda (2014)
    Montreal : MQUP
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    ISBN: 9780773538818
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (246 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Recounting Migration : Political Narratives of Congolese Young People in Uganda
    DDC: 305.23508996
    Keywords: Congolese (Democratic Republic) -- Political activity -- Uganda ; Congolese (Democratic Republic) -- Uganda -- Social conditions ; Refugees -- Political activity -- Uganda ; Refugees -- Uganda -- Social conditions ; Youth -- Political activity -- Uganda ; Youth -- Uganda -- Social conditions ; Congolese (Democratic Republic) ; Political activity ; Uganda ; Congolese (Democratic Republic) ; Uganda ; Social conditions ; Refugees ; Political activity ; Uganda ; Refugees ; Uganda ; Social conditions ; Youth ; Political activity ; Uganda ; Youth ; Uganda ; Social conditions ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Glossary of Foreign Language Terms -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Politicizing Approaches to Refugee Young People -- 2 Maps and Methods: Migration Narratives in Context -- 3 Innocente's Story: The Daily Politics of Belonging -- 4 James's Story: "For Us Nande, a Tree Is Planted for Our Grandfather" - Roots and Routes along the Ugandan-Congolese Border -- 5 Rose's Story: The Politics of Administrative Categorization: Vulnerability, Agency, and Power Relations -- 6 Augustin's Story: "I Was Supposed to Be a Prince" - Discourses on Leadership and Realities of Decision-Making Opportunities -- 7 Lucie's Story: Riches to Rags - Negotiating Power Reversals in Refugee Contexts -- 8 Amani's Story: Of Marriageable Age - Cross-Border Extended Family Politics -- 9 Bondeko's Story: Social Networks and "Passive" Resistance -- 10 Jacob's Story: Respect and Respectability in Post-Migration Intergenerational and Intragenerational Relationships -- 11 Paul's Story: Morphologie douteuse and the Musicality of Body Politics -- 12 Marie's Story: Diploma for life? Education and Exclusion in Migration Discourse and Practice -- Conclusion: The Politics of Age and Generation in Migration Contexts -- Appendix: Research Subject Profiles -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Glossary of Foreign Language Terms""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Politicizing Approaches to Refugee Young People""; ""2 Maps and Methods: Migration Narratives in Context""; ""3 Innocente�s Story: The Daily Politics of Belonging""; ""4 James�s Story: “For Us Nande, a Tree Is Planted for Our Grandfather� � Roots and Routes along the Ugandan-Congolese Border""; ""5 Rose�s Story: The Politics of Administrative Categorization: Vulnerability, Agency, and Power Relations""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""6 Augustin�s Story: “I Was Supposed to Be a Prince� � Discourses on Leadership and Realities of Decision-Making Opportunities""""7 Lucie�s Story: Riches to Rags � Negotiating Power Reversals in Refugee Contexts""; ""8 Amani�s Story: Of Marriageable Age � Cross-Border Extended Family Politics""; ""9 Bondeko�s Story: Social Networks and “Passive� Resistance""; ""10 Jacob�s Story: Respect and Respectability in Post-Migration Intergenerational and Intragenerational Relationships""; ""11 Paul�s Story: Morphologie douteuse and the Musicality of Body Politics""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""12 Marie�s Story: Diploma for life? Education and Exclusion in Migration Discourse and Practice""""Conclusion: The Politics of Age and Generation in Migration Contexts""; ""Appendix: Research Subject Profiles""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
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    Passage to Promise Land : Voices of Chinese Immigrant Women to Canada (2013)
    Montreal : MQUP
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    ISBN: 9780773588394
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (287 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 305.48/4120971
    RVK:
    MG 72040
    Keywords: Chinese Interviews ; Women immigrants Social conditions 20th century ; Women immigrants Interviews ; Chinese -- Canada -- Interviews ; Women immigrants -- Canada -- Interviews ; Women immigrants -- Canada -- Social conditions -- 20th century ; Chinese ; Canada ; Interviews ; Women immigrants ; Canada ; Interviews ; Women immigrants ; Canada ; Social conditions ; 20th century ; Electronic books
    Abstract: How the Chinese community became an indispensable part of multicultural Canada.
    Abstract: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reuniting Families -- 3 The Formation of Chinese Canadian Identity -- 4 Picture Brides, Paper Sons, and Paper Daughters -- 5 Enter Those with Education and Language Skills -- 6 They Came for Higher Education -- 7 Multiculturalism and Chinese Canadian Identity -- 8 Racism and Business Immigration -- 9 Women in the New Chinese Canadian Communities -- 10 Conclusion -- Afterword -- Appendices -- 1 Interviewees -- 2 The Points System -- 3 Changes in Name of the Department of Immigration -- 4 Legislation and Regulations Pertaining to the Chinese, 1867-1990 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
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    International Perspectives : Integration and Inclusion (2012)
    Montreal : MQUP
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    ISBN: 9781553393177
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (325 p)
    Series Statement: Queen's Policy Studies v.164
    Series Statement: Queen's Policy Studies Ser. v.164
    Parallel Title: Print version Frideres, James International Perspectives : Integration and Inclusion
    DDC: 304.8
    Keywords: Immigrants - Social conditions ; Immigrants - Social conditions ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: How the rising tide of international migration is impacting state policy across the globe
    Abstract: Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1 Immigration in the International Arena -- Chapter 1 Integration and Inclusion of Immigrants in Australia -- Chapter 2 Integration Policy in Austria -- Chapter 3 Integrating Britain's Culturally Diverse Citizens -- Chapter 4 Canada - Fostering an Integrated Society? -- Chapter 5 Migrant Workers in China -- Chapter 6 The Social Integration of Immigrants in Finland -- Chapter 7 Israel: An Immigrant Society -- Chapter 8 Immigration and Social Integration in Japan
    Abstract: Chapter 9 Integration Immigration Governance Policies in Spain: A Practical Philosophy -- Chapter 10 Immigrant Integration and Policy in the United States: A Loosely Stitched Patchwork -- Part 2 Beyond Politics: Infrastructure and Policy -- Chapter 11 Integration Policies across the Atlantic: How Far behind Canada Is Europe, How Far Ahead? -- Chapter 12 Citizenship and Employment in Two Cold Countries: Canada and Sweden Compared
    Abstract: Chapter 13 Identities, Interests, and Immigrant Integration in the Twenty-First Century: Contrasting Public Opinion in Canada, the United States, France, and the United Kingdom -- Conclusion -- Contributors
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    Living Factories : Biotechnology and the Unique Nature of Capitalism (2012)
    Montreal : MQUP
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    ISBN: 9780773588011
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (233 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Living Factories : Biotechnology and the Unique Nature of Capitalism
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Fish, Kenneth, 1971 - Living factories
    DDC: 303.483
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    WF 9710
    Keywords: Biotechnologie ; Grüne Gentechnik ; Gentechnisch erzeugtes Produkt ; Umweltbewusstsein ; Soziologie ; Kapitalismus ; Marxismus ; Genetic engineering Economic aspects ; Capitalism Social aspects ; Environmental sociology ; Biotechnology industries ; Capitalism -- Social aspects ; Genetic engineering -- Economic aspects ; Biotechnology industries ; Capitalism ; Social aspects ; Environmental sociology ; Genetic engineering ; Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Biotechnologie ; Gentechnologie ; Kapitalismus ; Umweltbewusstsein ; Biotechnology ; Social aspects ; Biotechnology ; Economic aspects ; Biotechnology ; Political aspects ; Capitalism ; Biotechnologie ; Kapitalismus ; Biotechnologie ; Kapitalismus
    Abstract: How biotechnology is changing the definition of "life.".
    Abstract: Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction - Of Spider-Goats and Mechanical Monsters -- 1 - Marx and the Unique Nature of Industrial Capitalism -- 2 - Conceptualizing Living Factories -- 3 - Harnessing Life Itself as a Productive Force -- 4 - Breaking the Machine Metaphor: The Difference that Life Makes -- 5 - The Conscious Organ of the Living Factory -- 6 - The Meaning of Marx's Organic Metaphors -- 7 - Living Factories and the Materiality of Capitalism -- Conclusion - Towards a Bright Green Marxism? -- Notes -- References -- Index.
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction - Of Spider-Goats and Mechanical Monsters""; ""1 - Marx and the Unique Nature of Industrial Capitalism""; ""2 - Conceptualizing Living Factories""; ""3 - Harnessing Life Itself as a Productive Force""; ""4 - Breaking the Machine Metaphor: The Difference that Life Makes""; ""5 - The Conscious Organ of the Living Factory""; ""6 - The Meaning of Marx�s Organic Metaphors""; ""7 - Living Factories and the Materiality of Capitalism""; ""Conclusion - Towards a Bright Green Marxism?""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""
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    Democracy's Angels : The Work of Women Teachers (2012)
    Montreal : MQUP | [Ann Arbor, Michigan] : [ProQuest]
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    ISBN: 9780773586956
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (217 pages)
    DDC: 306.432
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    DH 1000
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    DV 2395
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: A groundbreaking study of the limits that "democratic" ideals placed on the work of women teachers.
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    Ignorance Explosion : Understanding Industrial Civilization (1994)
    Montreal : MQUP | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
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    ISBN: 9780773573901
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (301 pages)
    DDC: 303.483
    Keywords: Electronic books
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    City of Farmers : Informal Urban Agriculture in the Open Spaces of Nairobi, Kenya (1991)
    Montreal : MQUP
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    ISBN: 9780773562806
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (184 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version City of Farmers : Informal Urban Agriculture in the Open Spaces of Nairobi, Kenya
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Freeman, Donald B. A city of farmers
    DDC: 306.34909676
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    RS 56633
    Keywords: Stadt ; Stadtbevölkerung ; Schattenwirtschaft ; Landwirtschaft ; Lebensmittel ; Frau ; Electronic books ; local ; Urban agriculture ; Kenya ; Nairobi ; Statistics ; Urban agriculture ; Kenya ; Nairobi ; Electronic books ; Kenia ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Urban agriculture, until now largely neglected, is of increasing economic significance in many African cities. Agriculture in the heart of the city is critical to the survival of very poor families and, especially, women and landless or unemployed rural migrants.
    Abstract: Intro -- Contents -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Illustrations -- PART ONE: THE CONTEXT OF URBAN AGRICULTURE -- 1 The Lure of the City -- 2 Promises Unfulfilled: Life in the Urban Informal Sector -- 3 Open Spaces and Colonial Views: The Early Years in Nairobi -- 4 Open Space in the "City Beautiful": Nairobi as a Modern, Planned Capital -- PART TWO: KENYA'S URBAN FARMERS AND THEIR GARDENS -- 5 Urban Food Production and Consumption in Six Kenyan Municipalities -- 6 City Dwellers with Farming Backgrounds: Nairobi's Urban Cultivators -- 7 Inner City Farmers and Suburban Cultivators: A Comparison -- 8 Urban Farmland: Questions of Ownership -- 9 The Role of Women Cultivators -- 10 Maize, Beans, and What Else? Cultivation Practices of Nairobi's Urban Farmers -- 11 Harsh Realities: Impediments and Problems of Urban Agriculture -- PART THREE: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF URBAN AGRICULTURE -- 12 The Importance of Open-Space Farming to Urban Families -- 13 The Importance of Urban Agriculture to the Community and the Nation -- Appendix I: The 1987 York-Kenyatta University Survey -- Appendix 2: Statistical Tables -- Glossary of Kiswahili Terms -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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    Under Technology's Thumb. (1990)
    Montreal : MQUP
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    ISBN: 9780773562219
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (182 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Under Technology's Thumb
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Leiss, William Under technology's thumb
    DDC: 303.48/3
    RVK:
    MS 4850
    Keywords: Electronic books ; local ; Technological innovations ; Social aspects ; Technology ; Social aspects ; Technology and civilization ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Gesellschaft ; Sozialer Wandel ; Technischer Fortschritt
    Abstract: From the introduction:.
    Abstract: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part One - The Technological Imperative -- 1 Introduction: The Idols of Technology -- 2 Knowledge and Power -- 3 The False Imperatives of Technology: Idols of the Theatre -- 4 Sublime Machine: Idols of the Market-place -- 5 Things in the Saddle: Idols of the Cave -- 6 Dominion over Nature: Idols of the Tribe -- Part Two - Making Choices -- 7 Technology and the Environment -- 8 Caring for Things -- 9 The Misinformation Society -- 10 Conclusion: Managing Technologies -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
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    Ethnic Demography : Canadian Immigrant, Racial and Cultural Variations (1990)
    Montreal : MQUP
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    ISBN: 9780886291082
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (506 p)
    Series Statement: Carleton Library Series v.157
    Parallel Title: Print version Ethnic Demography : Canadian Immigrant, Racial and Cultural Variations
    DDC: 305.800971
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    Keywords: Electronic books
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contributors""; ""Table Of Contents""; ""Preface ""; ""1. The Social Demography of Ethnic Groups ""; ""2. Ethnic Origins in the Canadian Census. 1871-1986 ""; ""I. FERTILITY, MORTALITY AND MIGRATION ""; ""3. The Demography of Aboriginal People in Canada ""; ""4. The Fertility of Ethnic Groups ""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""5. Ethnicity and Geographic Mobility """"6. Immigrant Mortality Trends and Differentials ""; ""7. The Evolution of Immigrant Cohorts ""; ""8. ""New Wave"" Immigrants: Origins and Characteristics ""; ""II. DEMOGRAPHIC PROCESSES AND ETHNIC COHESION ""; ""9. Ethnic Language Maintenance and Shift ""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""10. Ethno-Religious Identity and Acculturation """"11. Family Structure and Ethnicity ""; ""12. Intermarriage Among Ethnic Groups ""; ""13. Variations in Aging and Ethnicity ""; ""14. The Aging of Ethnic Groups in Quebec ""; ""III. IMMIGRANT SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""15. Immigrant Women: Language and Socioeconomic Inequalities and Policy Issues """"16. Occupational Composition of Immigrant Women ""; ""17. Ethnic, Marital and Economic Status of Women ""; ""18. Immigrant Women in the Clothing Industry ""; ""19. The Income of Caribbean Immigrants in Canada ""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""IV. THE MULTIETHNIC CHALLENGE FOR DEMOGRAPHERS """"20. Third World Immigration and Multiculturalism ""; ""21. Ethnic Residential Segregation in Metropolitan Canada ""; ""22. The Emergence of Multiethnicities in the Eighties ""; ""Appendix A: Instructions and Questions for Ethnic Origin Data, 1871-1986""; ""Appendix B: Selected Ethnic Origin Data for 1981 and 1986""
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    Ascription and Achievement : Studies in Mobility and Status Attainment in Canada (1985)
    Montreal : MQUP
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    ISBN: 9780886290238
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (550 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Ascription and Achievement : Studies in Mobility and Status Attainment in Canada
    DDC: 305.5/13/0971
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Cover""; ""The Carleton Library""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface ""; ""Contents""; ""1. Introduction: The Canadian Mobility Study; Approaches and Procedures""; ""2. Canada: The Societal Content of Occupational Allocation""; ""3. Mobility and Attainment in Canada: the Effects of Origin ""; ""4. Educational and Occupational Attainment: Individual Achievement ""; ""5. Comparisons over Time ""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""6. Family Size and Status Attainment """"7. Educational and Occupational Attainments of Native-born Canadian Men and Women""; ""8. Occupational Mobility among Women ""; ""9. Language and Mobility: A Comparison of Three Groups ""; ""10. Ethnic Origin and Occupational Attainment ""; ""11. Immigration and Occupational Attainment in Canada ""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""12. Nativity: Further Considerations""""13. Internal Migration and Occupational Attainment ""; ""14. A Summary and Concluding Comments ""; ""Appendix 1:1. Job Mobility Survey ""; ""1:2. Bibliography ""
    Note: Description based upon print version of record
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