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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154969603321

Autore

Haycock Ronald G (Ronald Graham), <1942->

Titolo

Sam Hughes : the public career of a controversial Canadian, 1885-1916 / / Ronald G. Haycock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Waterloo, Ont.], : Wilfrid Laurier University Press in collaboration with Canadian War Museum, Canadian Museum of Civilization, National Museums of Canada

Gerrards Cross, : Colin Smythe [distributor], c1986

ISBN

9780889207868

0889207860

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Collana

Historical publication (Toronto, Ont.) ; ; no.21

Disciplina

971.05

971.05/092

971.05/092/4

Soggetti

Generals - Canada

Statesmen - Canada

Canada Politics and government 1867-1914

Canada Militia Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Background, 1853-1885; 2. Journalism, the Militia, and Local Politics, 1885-1890; 3. Getting Elected, 1890-1892; 4. In Parliament, 1892-1899; 5. Hughes, Hutton, and the Contingents for South Africa, 1899; 6. The Proving Ground: South Africa, 1900; 7. A Loyal Veteran, 1900-1911; 8. A Loyal Maverick; 9. The Peacetime Minister, 1911-1914; 10. The Critics; 11. War and Mobilization: One Man's Show, 1914; 12. Recruiting, 1914-1916; 13. ""Done in Our Own Country"": War Supplies, 1914-1916; 14. Hughes' Hydra Overseas, 1914-1915

15. A Nightmare Removed: Reform and Resignation, 191616. Eclipse; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is based on the public career of a highly controversial Canadian, Sam Hughes 1885?1916. He is one of the most colourful, even bizarre, figures in Canadian history.     Though he died in 1921,



his name can still conjure up controversy and not a little misunderstanding. His long career?in so many respects the quintessential story of a poor backwoods Ontario farm boy who made good by his own efforts?continues to exert a fascination that few other Canadian political figures could duplicate.     Even though there has never been a major scholarly study of Sam Hughes, historia