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rate is nine times greater; extreme poverty is 30 times as common; two-and-a-half times as many children work; corruption is higher; and only 78 percent of girls aged 15 to 24 are literate. …

rate is nine times greater; extreme poverty is 30 times as common; two-and-a-half times as many children work; corruption is higher; and only 78 percent of girls aged 15 to 24 are literate. …

the least economically free places, the share of children who work is nearly two-and- a-half times greater … least economically free places, the share of children who work is nearly two-and- a-half times greater … Percent of Children (Aged 7–14) Who Work Figure 1.11: Economic Freedom and Percent of Children Working …

rate is nine times greater; extreme poverty is 30 times as common; two-and-a-half times as many children work; corruption is higher; and only 78 percent of girls aged 15 to 24 are literate. …

Approaching the novels of early Quebec through the counterintuitive lens of the sacred, Lisa Gasbarrone challenges negative views of these novels as dated and even unreadable for the contemporary reader. …

heri- tage that he will be able to pass on to his children. Gérin-Lajoie’s novel fulfills the utopian promise …

The Great Right North charts the growth of far-right groups in Canada, illuminating how official and unofficial government attention generates the context in which they flourish. Breaking new ground by …

with Alexia Moyer 264 Small Stories of War Children, Youth, and Conflict in Canada and Beyond Edited …

Critic, translator, essayist, and gay man, Édouard Roditi (1910–1992) was a singular witness to the twentieth century. His writings over six decades are a unique account of a life lived …

perhaps the last in which upper-class European children such as I, from Lisbon to St Petersburg and from … tional museum. Together with some Rothschild children of more or less my own age and a few of their … trunks or wicker hampers. To these teas the children always came accompanied by their English nurses … was still called the nursery, although her own children were adults by now and no longer used it for its … childish eyes, to be a very elderly lady. Like most children, I still divided people roughly into five age …

Vancouver, British Columbia, now reports “no religion” as its leading religious identity, putting it in the vanguard of a trend happening across North America. What does this mean for the …

Finally, my deepest appreciation to Laura and our children Emily, Jack, and Sadie for their patience and … Mission pleasantries were exchanged as we pushed our children on their sleds, and at one point he inquired …

Through detailed analyses of nineteenth-century spirit photography, horror films, ghost-hunting reality television, and the viral internet phenomenon “Slender Man,” Poetics of the Paranormal shows how the figure of the ghost …

sexist implications; in this context, women, children, and the working class were perceived to be particularly …

“Coren tells us the stories of his fascinating life with clarity, self-deprecating wit, and page-turning verve.” — STEPHEN FRY From England’s working class to high profile media personality, Michael Coren …

poor backgrounds and were determined that their children would always be surrounded by food. Steak and … those seemingly innocent and safe days, the local children would spend most of their summer holidays atwhat … all this now, because I would never have let my children go to a park on their own, without any supervision … its way through the country, and many of the children of London and other major cities were evacuated … anti- Semitism and friction. Dad was one of four children — two boys, two girls — and unlike my mum, he …

The Past, Present, and Future of Canadian Cities explores the historical functions of municipalities, their current ability to tackle major problems, and how to unlock the potential of cities to …

For liberal reformists, schools would educate children, municipalities would educate adults; they were …