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A Thousand Dreams

Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and the Fight for Its Future

par Larry Campbell, Neil Boyd, Lori Culbert ...

In this mix of history, journalism, political analysis, and first-person accounts, former chief coroner and Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell, renowned criminologist Neil Boyd, and investigative journalist Lori Culbert, offer a portrait of one of North America’s poorest, most drug-challenged neighbourhoods: Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.A Thousand Dreams raises provocative questions about the ... En savoir plus

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In this mix of history, journalism, political analysis, and first-person accounts, former chief coroner and Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell, renowned criminologist Neil Boyd, and investigative journalist Lori Culbert, offer a portrait of one of North America’s poorest, most drug-challenged neighbourhoods: Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.A Thousand Dreams raises provocative questions about the
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