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  • Women Workers And Technological Change In Europe In The Nineteenth And twentieth century

    Edited by Gertjan De Groot, Marlou Schrover ...
    From the traditional stereotyped viewpoint, femininity and technology clash. This negative association between women and technology is one of the features of the sex-typing of jobs. Men are seen as technically competent and creative; women are seen as incompetent, suited only to work with machines that have been made and maintained by men. Men identify themselves with technology, and technology is ... Read more

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    The 'Industrial Revolution' was a pivotal point in British history that occurred between the mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries and led to far reaching transformations of society. With the advent of revolutionary manufacturing technology productivity boomed. Machines were used to spin and weave cloth, steam engines were used to provide reliable power, and industry was fed by the ... Read more

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  • The Prime Ministers of Canada

    by Jean Chevrier, Denis Daigneault, Gaétan Jeaurond, Jeanne Poulin, Gerald C. Gummersell ...
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    The Prime Ministers of Canada is a unique work that features original essays by Canada's leading historians and is illustrated with exceptional archival images. The first in a series of books on Canadian leaders, it was first published in 2002 and now has well over 10,000 copies in print form. The fourth edition was published in early 2016 and is now available for the first time in digital format. ... Read more

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  • Across the Aisle

    Opposition in Canadian Politics

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    How do parties with official opposition status influence Canadian politics? Across the Aisle is an innovative examination of the theory and practice of opposition in Canada, both in Parliament and in provincial legislatures. Extending from the pre-Confederation era to the present day, it focuses on whether Canada has developed a coherent tradition of parliamentary opposition.David E. Smith argues ... Read more

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  • Rural Geography

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  • England's Great Transformation

    Law, Labor, and the Industrial Revolution

    by Marc W. Steinberg ...
    With England's Great Transformation, Marc W. Steinberg throws a wrench into our understanding of the English Industrial Revolution, largely revising the thesis at heart of Karl Polanyi's landmark The Great Transformation. The conventional wisdom has been that in the nineteenth century, England quickly moved toward a modern labor market where workers were free to shift from employer to employer in ... Read more

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  • Prime Ministerial Power in Canada

    Its Origins under Macdonald, Laurier, and Borden

    by Patrice Dutil ...
    Series series The C.D. Howe Series in Canadian Political History
    Many Canadians lament that prime ministerial power has become too concentrated since the 1970s. This book contradicts this view by demonstrating how prime ministerial power was centralized from the very beginning of Confederation and that the first three important prime ministers – Macdonald, Laurier, and Borden – channelled that centralizing impulse to adapt to the circumstances they faced.Using ... Read more

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  • Energy and the English Industrial Revolution

    by E. A. Wrigley ...
    The industrial revolution transformed the productive power of societies. It did so by vastly increasing the individual productivity, thus delivering whole populations from poverty. In this new account by one of the world's acknowledged authorities the central issue is not simply how the revolution began but still more why it did not quickly end. The answer lay in the use of a new source of energy. ... Read more

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  • A Social History of Milton Keynes

    Middle England/Edge City

    by Mark Clapson ...
    Series series British Politics and Society
    Established in 1967, Milton Keynes is England's largest new city and one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the UK. It is also a suburban city, genuinely liked and appreciated by most of its citizens. For many reasons, however, Milton Keynes is misunderstood, and its valuable recent lessons are mostly ignored in debates about national urban policy. This book discusses the popular and ... Read more

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    England and Wales in the Twentieth Century

    by Gordon Cherry, A.W. Rogers ...
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    This book provides a critical overview of rural change over the eighty years since the outbreak of the Great War, making clear the historical origins of present-day policy. It also provides a structural integration for the many diverse themes which must be interwoven in order to understand current conditions in the countryside. ... Read more

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  • Arts and Science at Toronto

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    by Craig Brown ...
    The University of Toronto’s Faculty of Arts and Science is older than the university itself. Chartered in 1827 as King’s College, it officially opened in 1843 with four professors and twenty-seven students. In this lively and engaging book, Robert Craig Brown vividly recounts the 150-year history of the faculty’s staff, students, and achievements.Brown takes readers on a sweeping journey though ... Read more

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