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The Wikimedia Movement in Canada
The Wikimedia Movement in Canada examines the distinctive role Canadians have played in creating and sustaining the world’s largest free encyclopedia. Drawing on interdisciplinary case studies, this volume investigates how Wikimedia projects transform the creation, circulation, and governance of knowledge.
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Technique and Control
Technique and Control re-introduces Jacques Ellul’s work on technology, propaganda, and social life. By re-invigorating these writings for contemporary readers, Frank W. Elwell illuminates Ellul’s important sociological work for a new generation of social scientists, students, and those interested in modern society and its continuing evolution.
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The Red Baron of IBEW Local 213
Les McDonald, the “Red Baron” of IBEW Local 213, was a Communist activist and leader in Vancouver’s electrical workers’ union. He played a pivotal role in the 1966 Lenkurt Electric wildcat strike that led to the imprisonment of four trade union leaders and shaped Canadian labour history. Referencing Local 213’s Minute Books, newspaper articles, collected correspondence, as well as personal interviews, this book examines the history of IBEW Local 213 in the turbulent years leading up to the Lenkurt strike.
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