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Autore |
Ajzenstat Janet |
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Discovering Confederation : a Canadian's story / / Janet Ajzenstat |
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Montréal, Québec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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0-7735-9026-9 |
0-7735-9025-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (167 p.) |
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Collana |
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Footprints Series ; ; Volume 18 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political science - Canada - History |
Political scientists - Canada |
Intellectuals - Canada |
Canada History Confederation, 1867 |
Canada Politics and government |
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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 bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1 Confederation Lost and Found -- 2 Finding Canada's Texts Getting to Political Science -- 3 Getting to Political Science -- 4 McMaster's Basement Lecture Halls -- 5 Allan Bloom and C.B. Macpherson -- 6 Our Greatest Constitutionalist -- 7 Divided Mind -- 8 Janet's Dilemma -- 9 The Great Delayers -- 10 Knocking on the Academic Door -- 11 Enter Peter J. Smith -- 12 The Failed Siege of McMaster -- 13 Happy Home in the West -- 14 The World Remade -- 15 On the Inside -- 16 The Law Class -- 17 The Confederation Texts -- 18 Making the Book -- 19 Human Rights -- 20 Return to the Law Class -- 21 Retirement as Career -- 22 Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig -- 23 In Demand as Expert: The Canadian Senate -- 24 "Your Publisher Is on the Line" -- 25 The "Revisionist Account" Revisited -- 26 Double-Duty Retirement -- 27 Return Trip to Primary Texts. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The author is one of Canada's most respected thinkers on the moral and philosophical foundations of responsible government and Confederation. This book offers a study of political science over the years through the intellectual lens of her career. |
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