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UNINA9910821359803321 |
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Autore |
Cook Ramsay |
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Titolo |
The politics of John W. Dafoe and the Free press / / Ramsay Cook |
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Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1963 |
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©1963 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-3764-1 |
1-4426-5309-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-) |
Electronic books. |
Canada Politics and government 20th century |
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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 contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- I. Self- Made Man -- II. Sifton's Lieutenant 1901-5 -- III. Liberalism: Domestic and Imperial 1906-11 -- IV. The Luxury of Opposition 1911-14 -- V. The War and a New Political Alignment 1914-17 -- VI. Ushering in a New World 1918-20 -- VII. "In the Lap of the Gods" 1920-3 -- VIII. The Triumph of Liberal Nationalism 1921-3 -- IX. Lord Byng Intervenes 1924-6 -- X. Canada, the Commonwealth and the World 1923-30 -- XI. Bennett, King and Chaos 1927-37 -- XII. Remodelling the Canadian Constitution -- XIII. The Whole World in Travail 1929-39 -- XIV. Canada Fights 1939-44 -- XV. Western Liberal Nationalist -- A Note on Sources -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book is a study at close quarters of Dafoe, the man of politics. It is the biography of a political mind. The impression is of a mind recalled to its full vigour, for no prejudgments have been made about it and no restraints upon it. |
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