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-- How barriers between nations are changing our world.2018., Adult, Scribner Call No: 320.905 M367a Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Politics of place Volume: book 3.Summary Note: Walls are going up. Nationalism and identity politics are on the rise once more. Thousands of miles of fences and barriers have been erected in the past ten years, and they are redefining our political landscape. There are many reasons why we erect walls, because we are divided in many ways: wealth, race, religion, politics. In Europe the ruptures of the past decade threaten not only European unity, but in some countries liberal democracy itself. In China, the Party's need to contain the divisions wrought by capitalism will define the nation's future. In the USA the rationale for the Mexican border wall taps into the fear that the USA will no longer be a white majority country in the course of this century. Understanding what has divided us, past and present, is essential to understanding much of what's going on in the world today.
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-- Revolution in 1960s Quebec.2023., Drawn + Quarterly Call No: NEW GN 971.4 O48a Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: There are no initials more volatile in Quebec history than F-L-Q. Standing for the Front de libération du Québec (or in English, the Quebec Liberation Front).The original goal of this socialist movement was to fight for workers rights of the French majority who found their rights trampled on by English bosses. The goal became ridding the province of its English oppression by means of violent revolution. Using dozens of obscure and long-forgotten sources, Oliveros skillfully weaves a comics oral history where the activists, employers, politicians, and secretaries piece together the sequence of events.
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2014., Adult, Alfred A. Knopf Canada Call No: QWF 971.404 H446m Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "From one of Canada's most popular political analysts, Chantal Hébert, and one of Quebec's top political broadcasters, Jean Lapierre. They dare to open the old wounds of the 1995 Quebec referendum, a still-murky episode in Canadian history that continues to defy our understanding. The referendum took place in Quebec on October 30, 1995. A record 94% of 5,087,009 registered Quebecers voted in the referendum, with 49.42% voting "Yes" (that Quebec should proclaim national sovereignty) and 50.58% voting "No" -- the Canadian federation came within 54,288 votes of having to grapple with its continued existence. The referendum brought one of the world's most successful democracies to the brink of the unknown, and yet Quebecers' attitudes toward sovereignty continue to baffle the country's political class. Interviewing 17 key political leaders from the duelling referendum camps, Hébert and Lapierre begin with a simple premise: asking what were these political leaders' plans if the vote had gone the other way. Even 2 decades later, their answers may shock you. And in asking an unexpected question, these veteran political observers cleverly expose the fractures, tensions and fears that continue to shape Canada today. Chantal Hébert is a national affairs writer with the Toronto Star. Jean Lapierre is a political commentator for CTV"--Provided by publisher.
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2023., Penguin Press Call No: NEW 394.12 V945n Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: National Dish peels back the layers of myth, commercialization, and fetishization around the great world cuisines. In so doing, it brings us to a deep appreciation of how the country makes the food, and the food the country.
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Never without consent : James Bay Crees' stand against forcible inclusion into an independent Québecc1998., ECW Press ; Distributed in the U.S. by General Distribution Services Call No: 342.714 G751n Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
