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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452552303321

Autore

Banks Margaret A. <1928->

Titolo

Sir John George Bourinot, Victorian Canadian [[electronic resource] ] : his life, times, and legacy / / Margaret A. Banks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001

ISBN

1-282-85936-6

9786612859366

0-7735-6926-X

Descrizione fisica

xviii, 367 p. : ill. ; ; 24 cm

Disciplina

971.05

Soggetti

Intellectuals - Canada

Political scientists - Canada

Electronic books.

Canada Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: 1 Family Background and Early Years 3 -- 2 Student and Journalist, Toronto, 1854-58 Io -- 3 A Period of Transition, I858-60 23 -- 4 Journalist and Parliamentary Reporter, Halifax, -- 1860-67 27 -- 5 Freelance Writer, Sydney, 1867-69 52 -- 6 Officer of the Canadian Senate, I869-73 62 -- 7 From Senate to Commons, 1873-80 76 -- 8 Clerk of the Commons: An Ambition Realized, -- 1880-1902 89 -- 9 Authority and Adviser on Constitutional Matters IIo -- 10 Author and Consultant on Procedure at Meetings 144 -- 11 Family Life, 1880-1902 163 -- 12 Historian and Litterateur 177 -- 13 The Royal Society of Canada - Twenty Years of -- Service 199 -- 14 Last Illness and Death 222 -- 15 A Canadian Robert, the Erskine May of Canada, -- or Simply a Great Victorian Canadian? 225 -- Appendices -- 1 Continued Use and Updating of Bourinot's Books after -- His Death 239 -- 2 Memorials to Bourinot 252 -- 3 A Note on Sources 254 -- Notes 259 -- Index 355.