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Autore |
Haycock Ronald G (Ronald Graham), <1942-> |
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Titolo |
Sam Hughes : the public career of a controversial Canadian, 1885-1916 / / Ronald G. Haycock |
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[Waterloo, Ont.], : Wilfrid Laurier University Press in collaboration with Canadian War Museum, Canadian Museum of Civilization, National Museums of Canada |
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Gerrards Cross, : Colin Smythe [distributor], c1986 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (384 p.) |
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Collana |
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Historical publication (Toronto, Ont.) ; ; no.21 |
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971.05 |
971.05/092 |
971.05/092/4 |
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Soggetti |
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Generals - Canada |
Statesmen - Canada |
Canada Politics and government 1867-1914 |
Canada Militia Biography |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliography and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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, |
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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 |
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