1989178 pages. Analyses Quebec's drive to be a sovereign state with Canadians paying the bill. Exposes the dangers of the Meech Lake Accord to the Canadian nation. Author was born in Rhodesia in 1905, emigrated to Canada in 1929, and has lived and worked in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia. Glossy blue covers. Unmarked. Light wear. Small nitch to fore-edge of back cover. (ISBN 1969179014) Book

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Neill, Thomas P.; McGarry, Daniel D.; Hohl, Clarence L. Jr.MareMagnum

A History of Western Civilization - Complete Edition

19621293 pages including index. 74 chapters divided into the following nine sections: The Ingredients of Western Civilization; The Early Middle Ages (400-1000); The High Middle Ages (1000-1300); The Age of Transition (1300-1500); The Age of Religious Revolt and Reform (1500-1600); The Age of Dynastic Statecraft (1600-1775); The Age of Revolution (1775-1850); The Age of the National State (1852-1919); The Age of Total Politics (1919- ). Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Bookplate upon front endpaper. Minimal wear. Unmarked. Bright silver lettering upon navy boards and spine. Excellent copy. Book

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Felder, Raoul; Victor, BarbaraMareMagnum

Getting Away with Murder : Weapons for the War Against Domestic Violence

1997288 pages including index. Demonstrates that only a complete reform of society's treatment of both victims and perpetrators can stop the violence against women. Light curling to illustrated covers. Unmarked. Light moisture-induced rippling to top edge of pages. Light wear. Remainder mark to top edge. Book

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Mills, DennisMareMagnum

The Single Tax - Fair and Simple for All Canadians

1990188 pages. "I believe there is an urgent need to reform the tax system so that it is simpler, fairer and more efficient.... The Single Tax provides a better solution." - Author. Mills was MP for Broadview Greenwood. Unmarked. Light wear. Nice copy. Book

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Shirk, Susan L.MareMagnum

The Political Logic of Economic Reform in China (California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy, No. 24)

1993399 pages including index. How did China succeed at economic market reform without changing communist rule? Shows that Chinese communist political institutions are more flexible and less centralized than their Soviet counterparts were. Excellent copy with minimal wear. Considerable light pencil markings to contents. Book

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Richmond, Dr. GuyMareMagnum

Prison Doctor - One Man's Story That Must be Told in Canada Today

1977186 pages. A dramatic insight into our penal system and the critical need to seek reform. "It's refreshing to encounter a quiet voice of reason amid the rising clamor for a return to capital punishment and harsher treatment of prisoners." - William French, Globe and Mail. A dramatic insight into our penal system and the critical need to seek reform. Rubber stamp atop front cover and title page else unmarked. Average wear. Solid copy. Book

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Norman, Jane Margaret (Signed)MareMagnum

Loran Arthur DeWolfe and the Reform of Education in Nova Scotia 1891-1959

1989277 pages including extensive notes, bibliography and index. Author's signature and inscription to her cousin, dated 1990, upon dedication page. Throughout his career of nearly seventy years in public education, whether as a teacher, a professor, Director of Rural Education in Nova Scotia, or as promoter of the Home and School movement in Canada, subject's main desire was to improve the quality of public education for children in the schools of Nova Scotia. Undated. Book is clean, tight, unmarked and shows lightest wear. Some wrinkling to bottom edge of dust jacket which is otherwise in excellent condition. Excellent copy. Book

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Greider, WilliamMareMagnum

One World, Ready or Not : The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism

1997528 pages including index. Exposes the myths and the realities of the global economy in terms of human struggle. Contends that the global economy is sowing 'creative destruction' everywhere: while making possible great accumulations of wealth, it is also reviving forms of human exploitation that characterized industry 100 years ago. Warms that without reform, social peace and middle-class lifestyles will be threatened. Bright, clean and unmarked but for remainder dot upon bottom edge. Excellent copy. Book

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Hodgetts, J. E.; McCloskey, William B., Jr.; Whitaker, Reginald; Wilson, V. SeymourMareMagnum

The Biography of an Institution : The Civil Service Commission of Canada, 1908-1967 (Canadian Public Administration Ser.)

1972532 pages including bibliography and index. The first full-scale study of the history of the Civil Service Commission of Canada, an organization launched on a wave of civil service reform to uphold the merit principle of selection. Culminates in the 1967 legislation which reshaped personnel policy in the federal bureaucracy and set the Public Service Commission on its contemporary path. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Solid copy. Book

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Dabbs, FrankMareMagnum

Preston Manning : The Roots of Reform

1997228 pages. "If ever there was a definitive examination of Preston Manning and the birth of his movement of Western Canadian Populists, this is it." - Peter C. Newman. Gift greetings upon title page else book clean and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to dust jacket. Attractive copy. Book

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Sharpe, Sydney; Braid, DonMareMagnum

Storming Babylon : Preston Manning and the Rise of the Reform Party

1991216 pages including index and bibliography. The first in-depth examination of the leader of the Reform Party, a Party which presented itself as a grassroots movement, but which appealed primarily to the interests of rich, white, middle-aged and older men. Front endpaper very neatly removed. Very light wear. Clean and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book

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Goodman, David S.G.: EditorMareMagnum

China's Regional Development

1989204 pages including selected bibliography and index. "Considers two major aspects of China's economic reform: the new 'open policy' towards the west, aimed at attracting technology and skills into the country, and the new emphasis on 'regionalization', which has established market-orientated rather than bureaucratically-controlled patterns of economic development. Provides a detailed and comprehensive survey of the prospects for China's regional development in the future." - from dust jacket. Minimal wear. Tight and square. Red cloth-covered boards. Ink underlining and marginalia. Light wear to dust jacket with one inch opening at top of front fore-edge. Solid attractive copy. Book

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Philpott, Thomas LeeMareMagnum

The Slum and the Ghetto : Neighborhood Deterioration and Middle-Class Reform, Chicago 1880-1930 (The Urban Life in America Series)

1978428 pages including notes and index. Critically assesses middle-class reform, and addresses the question of ethnic Americans: 'If we did it, why couldn't they?' "...a sober, very well researched, and very valuable contribution to our general knowledge of the relations between immigrants, Blacks, and reformers in the North... a fine and sobering book." - Nathan Glazer, Professor, Harvard University. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Slight warping to red cloth-covered boards. Dust jacket rough. Solid copy overall. Book

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Manning, PrestonMareMagnum

Think Big! : My Adventures in Life and Democracy

2002452 pages. Index. Black and white photographs. The ultimately sad political story of a man who had the potential to save Canada. Unfortunately for him, and for Canada, in the end he was defeated by his continued insistence upon shedding bedrock supporters in exchange for a better shot at Sussex Drive. Woulda' coulda' shoulda'... but didn't. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Pristine copy. Book

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Allen, RichardMareMagnum

The Social Passion: Religion and Social Reform in Canada 1914-28

1971385 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. "This book is a study in the history of ideas, specifically with reference to the conjunction of the movements of religion and social reform in Canada in the years 1914 to 1928... The book catches the social gospel in mid-passage, in a period when its influence was high but its fortunes in crisis." - from Preface. Book clean and unmarked with very light wear. Tight and square. Moderate wear to dust jacket which is preserved in protective Brodart cover. Nice copy. Book

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Griffith, KeithMareMagnum

The Right to Know Who You Are - Reform of Adoption Law with Honesty, Openness and Integrity

1991Multi-paginated. 5/8 inches thick. Index. "Clarifies the crucial issues in adoption." - Betty Jean Lifton, Ph.D. Usual library markings. Heavy wear. Still a worthy reference copy. Book

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Bradshaw, Marian HahnMareMagnum

Canadian Collector Magazine, January/February 1985, Volume 20, No. 1

198578 pages. Features: The Joseph Shephard House - a rural gem in Metro Toronto; Conservation Laws - fact or fiction?; Parks Canada Centennial; The Wheat Pattern; Pictures of home and family life - Parks Canada's research collection; Military Portraiture; Wildfowl Sculptor - Regina's William Hazzard; Necessitous Strangers - the Huguenots and their influence on English silver; Article on the mementos that filled the ornate parlours of the late Victorian era; Tapestries and needlework in the home; The True Spirit of Reform - Flasks. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book

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Bellemare, EugeneMareMagnum

Meet Your MPs: 1993-1997

1997Unpaginated. Book is over one inch thick. "The caricatures of my colleagues of the 35th Parliament (of Canada) are dedicated to their sense of humour. If I have captured a feeling, a mood, or a particular look, I thank my models for having inspired me." - Artist. *Hilarious* caricatures of many Canadian Members of Parliament who sat from 1993-1997 by one of their own. Book is clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Lovely copy. After viewing these wonderfully detailed and creative images it is hard not to wonder what the artist actually spent most of his time doing while in Ottawa! Will delight fans and families of the MPs represented herein! Our favourite image is that of North Vancouver Reform Party M.P. Ted White. Book

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Flanagan, ThomasMareMagnum

Waiting for the Wave: The Reform Party and Preston Manning

1995245 pages. Index. Notes. "Studies the rapid rise of the Reform Party and presents some fascinating insights into the party and its leaders." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Surprisingly light wear. Quality copy. Book