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  • Willowdale

    Yesterday's Farms, Today's Legacy

    by Scott Kennedy ...
    In 1855, Willowdale's post office opened in Jacob Cummer's store on Yonge Street. Today, streets in Toronto's community of Willowdale are peppered with the names of the early farm families of North York, such as the Shepards, Finches, and Kennedys.Author Scott Kennedy's intriguing stories embrace the evolution of Willowdale from the earliest acquisition of land to today's urban environment. You ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Don Mills

    From Forests and Farms to Forces of Change

    by Scott Kennedy ...
    How Toronto’s own city farms were crowded out.First settled in the early nineteenth century, the area now known as Don Mills retained its rural character until the end of the Second World War. After the war, population growth resulted in pressure to develop the area around Toronto and, in a relatively short time, the landscape of Don Mills was irreparably altered.Today, the farms are all gone, as ... Read more

    $13.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Toronto Neighbourhoods 7-Book Bundle

    A City in the Making / Unbuilt Toronto / Unbuilt Toronto 2 / Leaside / Opportunity Road / Willowdale / The Yonge Street Story, 1793-1860

    Series series
    The Toronto Neighbourhoods bundle presents a collection of titles that provide fascinating insight into the history and development of Canada’s largest and most diverse city. Beginning with histories of Canada’s longest street and the early days of what was once called York (The Yonge Street Story, 1793-1860; A City in the Making; Opportunity Road), the titles in the bundle go on to examine the ... Read more

    $33.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Toronto Local History 3-Book Bundle

    Don Mills / 200 Years at St. John's York Mills / Willowdale

    by Scott Kennedy ...
    A colourful look at Toronto's pioneer roots, tracing the history of three neighbourhoods from their farming days to modern day.Includes:Don Mills: From Forests and Farms to Forces of ChangeAs recently as 1970, wheat crops were grown at Don Mills — and no small amount, but enough to line Toronto’s grocery-store shelves with baked goods. Single-herd milk was also commonplace, thanks to this last ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 200 Years at St. John's York Mills

    The Oldest Church in Toronto

    by Scott Kennedy ...
    The history of the oldest parish church in the Toronto area is also the history of North Toronto and a changing culture.The War of 1812 was barely over when the people of York Mills felled the trees that would become the first St. John’s Anglican Church. Built in 1816 on land donated by pioneer settlers Joseph and Catherine Shepard, the little log church was the first outpost of St. James Church ... Read more

    $21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Make Money Online

    11 Proven Systems to Make 5 Figures a Month While Working from Anywhere in the World

    by Scott Kennedy ...
    Just admit it… You probably wish you did not have to work your job.You would probably rather be lounging at home or traveling the world, working from your laptop with no boss to take orders from. With the power of the internet, there are dozens of thousands of people living that dream life right now. (me included, I'm actually writing this from Hawaii right now)My book called "How to Make Money ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tales From the Hollow

    The Story of Hogg's Hollow and York Mills

    by Scott Kennedy ...
    This story begins some 13,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, before travelling thousands of years ahead to the early pioneers and the farms they established, and right up to the present day.Readers will learn how the local St. John’s Anglican Church welcomed its first worshippers when Beethoven was still performing in the concert halls of Europe. They will meet Cornelius van Nostrand, ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Beyond the Middle Kingdom

    Comparative Perspectives on China’s Capitalist Transformation

    Edited by Scott Kennedy ...
    Series series Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific
    This book breaks new ground by systematically examining China's capitalist transformation through several comparative lenses. The great majority of research on China to date has consisted of single-country studies. This is the result of the methodological demands of studying China and a sense of the country's distinctiveness due to its grand size and long history. The moniker Middle Kingdom, a ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Global Governance and China

    The Dragon’s Learning Curve

    Edited by Scott Kennedy ...
    Series series Global Institutions
    This volume offers systematic analysis of China’s growing engagement in global governance institutions over the past three decades. During this period, China has gone from outsider to observer to insider. The volume is based on studies of Chinese involvement in a wide cross section of regimes, including trade, finance, intellectual property rights, foreign aid, and climate change.The contributions ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Beyond the Middle Kingdom

    Comparative Perspectives on China’s Capitalist Transformation

    Edited by Scott Kennedy ...
    Series series Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific
    This book breaks new ground by systematically examining China's capitalist transformation through several comparative lenses. The great majority of research on China to date has consisted of single-country studies. This is the result of the methodological demands of studying China and a sense of the country's distinctiveness due to its grand size and long history. The moniker Middle Kingdom, a ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • State and Market in Contemporary China

    Toward the 13th Five-Year Plan

    by Scott Kennedy ...
    Series series CSIS Reports
    The short essays in this volume, contributed by leading experts on Chinese economic policy, provide crisp and insightful analyses of the Chinese state's approach toward markets, the role of key actors and institutions, the evolving nature of industrial policy and the effectiveness of China’s international commitments to constrain such practices, and a preview of the likely contents and ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

  • Perfecting China, Inc.

    China's 13th Five-Year Plan

    Series series CSIS Reports
    This study examines China’s 13th Five-Year Plan, the most authoritative strategic blueprint for the country’s economic policies under Xi Jinping. The plan seeks to rebalance the economy toward more advanced technologies, greater environmental protection, and a stronger social safety net. However, it does not fundamentally rebalance the relationship between state and market, with the government and ... Read more

    $50.29 USD