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Suburb, Slum, Urban Village

Transformations in Toronto’s Parkdale Neighbourhood, 1875-2002

UBC Press

A history of Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood, spanning three eras of suburban and urban development and examining the controversial planning practices that shaped it.

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Solidarity First

Canadian Workers and Social Cohesion

Edited by Robert O'Brien
UBC Press

Solidarity First examines the concept and practice of social cohesion in terms of its impact on, and significance for, workers in Canada.

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Settlers on the Edge

Identity and Modernization on Russia's Arctic Frontier

UBC Press

Deeply researched and eloquently written, Settlers on the Edge ... makes an important and long-overdue contribution to our understanding of who belongs in the North.
– Farley Mowat

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Murdering Holiness

The Trials of Franz Creffield and George Mitchell

UBC Press

Murdering Holiness explores the story of the "Holy Roller" sect led by Franz Creffield, a charismatic, self-styled messiah, in the early years of the 20th century.

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Makúk

A New History of Aboriginal-White Relations

UBC Press

This award-winning work explores Aboriginal people’s displacement from the new economy from the arrival of the first Europeans to the 1970s.

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Landing Native Fisheries

Indian Reserves and Fishing Rights in British Columbia, 1849-1925

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Japan's Motorcycle Wars

An Industry History

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Contributing Citizens

Modern Charitable Fundraising and the Making of the Welfare State, 1920-66

UBC Press

A social and political history of Community Chests, and the development of Canada's welfare state.

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Contradictory Impulses

Canada and Japan in the Twentieth Century

UBC Press

Contradictory Impulses is a comprehensive study of the social, political, and economic interactions between Canada and Japan from the late nineteenth century until today.

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Cautious Beginnings

Canadian Foreign Intelligence, 1939-51

UBC Press

A convincing portrait of Canada's active role in Second World War intelligence gathering.

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