LEADER 04089nam 2200529 450 001 9910149434703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-3764-1 010 $a1-4426-5309-4 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442653092 035 $a(CKB)3710000000926058 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4730286 035 $a(DE-B1597)479249 035 $a(OCoLC)992508147 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442653092 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4730286 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11292447 035 $a(OCoLC)962450082 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000926058 100 $a20161110h19631963 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe politics of John W. Dafoe and the Free press /$fby Ramsay Cook 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1963. 210 4$dİ1963 215 $a1 online resource (320 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aHeritage 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4426-3934-2 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tIntroduction -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tContents -- $tI. Self- Made Man -- $tII. Sifton's Lieutenant 1901-5 -- $tIII. Liberalism: Domestic and Imperial 1906-11 -- $tIV. The Luxury of Opposition 1911-14 -- $tV. The War and a New Political Alignment 1914-17 -- $tVI. Ushering in a New World 1918-20 -- $tVII. "In the Lap of the Gods" 1920-3 -- $tVIII. The Triumph of Liberal Nationalism 1921-3 -- $tIX. Lord Byng Intervenes 1924-6 -- $tX. Canada, the Commonwealth and the World 1923-30 -- $tXI. Bennett, King and Chaos 1927-37 -- $tXII. Remodelling the Canadian Constitution -- $tXIII. The Whole World in Travail 1929-39 -- $tXIV. Canada Fights 1939-44 -- $tXV. Western Liberal Nationalist -- $tA Note on Sources -- $tIndex 330 $aJohn W. Dafoe was a dominant figure in western Canadian political history during the first half of the twentieth century. As editor of the Winnipeg Free Press from 1901 to 1944, he gained an international reputation for his perceptive analysis of the issues facing Canada and the world. He was at the centre of almost every major political development of his time: he advised prime ministers, was deeply involved in organizing the Progressive party, and was a member of the crucial Rowell-Sirois Commission on federal-provincial relations. His influence was enormous, and at the time of his death he was widely regarded as the nation's most distinguished editor. This book is a study at close quarters of Dafoe, the man of politics. It focuses on the Dafoe who read and studied and the Dafoe who observed men and events; on Dafoe in his centre of operation and at the Free Press and Dafoe moving watchfully about the country and abroad when critical decisions were in the making; on the ideas confided in letters to friends and the ideas delivered in public speeches; on contributions made to conferences and commissions and advice given to political figures. The book is not intended as a complete biography of Dafoe in all his aspects, but it is even less an abstract treatise in the field of political theory. 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. Ramsay Cook treats his subject with candour, but also with understanding and a sense of humour. He has ordered his material with extraordinary skill, so that his book is enjoyable reading as well as a valuable source of information about a distinguished Canadian and a momentous period in Canadian history. 606 $aHISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-)$2bisacsh 607 $aCanada$xPolitics and government$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aHISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-). 676 $a971.06 700 $aCook$b Ramsay$0880148 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910149434703321 996 $aThe politics of John W. Dafoe and the Free press$92281069 997 $aUNINA