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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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2010., Hamish Hamilton Call No: SC Fic Rob Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Michael Pendreich is curating an exhibition of photographs by his late, celebrated father Angus for the National Gallery of Photography in Edinburgh. The show will cover fifty years of Scottish life but, as he arranges the images and writes his catalogue essay, what story is Michael really trying to tell: his father's, his own or that of Scotland itself?And what of the stories of the individuals captured by Angus Pendreich's lens over all those decades? The homeless wanderer collecting pebbles; the Second World War veteran and the Asian shopkeeper, fighting to make better lives for their families; the Conservative MP with a secret passion, and his drop-out sister, vengeful against class privilege; the alcoholic intelligence officer betrayed on all sides, not least by his own inadequacy; the activists fighting for Scottish Home Rule all have their own tales to tell.Tracing the intertwined lives of an unforgettable cast of characters, James Robertson's new novel is a searching journey into the heart of a country of high hopes and unfulfilled dreams, private compromises and hidden agendas. Brilliantly blending the personal and the political, And The Land Stay Still sweeps away the dust and grime of the postwar years to reveal a rich mosaic of 20th-century Scottish life.
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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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By Nelles, H. Vc1999., University of Toronto Press Call No: 971.4471 N421a Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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[c1967]., Adult, Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada Call No: 971 C814c Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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1988., Oxford University Press Call No: 972.91 P438c Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Latin American histories
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2007., Key Porter Books Call No: 971.064 G7868g Edition: Rev. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
