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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787203303321

Autore

Barrett Stanley R.

Titolo

Is God a racist? : the right wing in Canada / / Stanley R. Barrett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, Ontario ; ; Buffalo, New York ; ; London, England : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1987

©1987

ISBN

1-4426-5972-6

1-4426-5514-3

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

305.800971

Soggetti

Racism - Canada

Right and left (Political science)

Electronic books.

Canada Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO THE RIGHT WING -- 1 The Study -- 2 Organizations and Members -- 3 Forerunners: The Canadian Nazi Party and the Edmund Burke Society -- PART TWO: THE RADICAL RIGHT -- 4 The Western Guard -- 5 The Nationalist Party -- 6 The Ku Klux Klan -- 7 Others on the Radical Right -- PART THREE: THE FRINGE RIGHT -- 8 Fromm and Gostick -- 9 Keegstra -- 10 Others on the Fringe Right -- PART FOUR: EXPLANATIONS AND PUZZLES -- 11 Institutional Racism -- 12 Deeper Questions -- Appendix: List of Organizations -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

Barrett's study, grounded in a scientific tradition that has regularly exposed racial myths, is guided by humanist values that celebrate individual worth. It sheds new light on a growing phenomenon that threatens those values.