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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781691603321

Autore

Wardhaugh Robert Alexander <1967->

Titolo

Behind the scenes : the life and work of William Clifford Clark / / Robert A. Wardhaugh ; with Douglas MacEwan and William Johnston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-4426-6045-7

1-4426-8676-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (510 p.)

Collana

IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance

Disciplina

971.063092

Soggetti

Government executives - Canada

Biographies.

Canada Officials and employees Biography

Canada Economic policy 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. An Academic Mind, 1889-1922 -- Chapter 2. American Financier, 1922-1932 -- Chapter 3. Civil Servant, 1932-1935 -- Chapter 4. A New Boss, 1935-1939 -- Chapter 5. Preparing For War, 1939-1940 -- Chapter 6. Dark Days, 1940-1941 -- Chapter 7. Mobilizing the Nation, 1941-1942 -- Chapter 8. Building a Brave New World, 1942-1943 -- Chapter 9. Getting the Job Done, 1944-1945 -- Chapter 10. The Postwar World and New Beginnings, 1946 -- Chapter 11. The Trials of Prosperity, 1947-1949 -- Chapter 12. The End of an Era, 1950-1952 -- Chapter 13. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

William Clifford Clark, federal deputy minister of finance from 1932 to 1952, had a profound impact on Canadian history. An important intellectual figure during the first half of the twentieth century, he was leader of 'The Ottawa Men, ' a group of federal civil servants who shaped a new liberal vision of the nation. Robert A. Wardhaugh chronicles Clark's contributions to Canada's modern state in Behind the Scenes, which reconstructs the public life and ideas of one of Canada's most important bureaucrats. The Department of Finance sat at the



centre of critical federal decisions and debates. From this axis, Clark's wide-ranging contributions to Canadian policy were nothing short of phenomenal: he was the driving force behind the creation of the Bank of Canada and he spearheaded national housing policy. Clarke also managed the economy during the Great Depression and during the Second World War and he was instrumental in forging Canada's international economic role in the postwar era.