LEADER 04418nam 2200745 450 001 9910456202303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612009365 010 $a1-4426-7707-4 010 $a1-282-00936-2 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442677074 035 $a(CKB)2430000000000842 035 $a(EBL)4671709 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000302617 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11234153 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000302617 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10274094 035 $a(PQKB)11107954 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600192 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3254837 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671709 035 $a(DE-B1597)464639 035 $a(OCoLC)1013948624 035 $a(OCoLC)944177934 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442677074 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671709 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257409 035 $a(OCoLC)244767729 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000000842 100 $a20160921h20032003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMarriage of minds $eIsabel and Oscar Skelton reinventing Canada /$fTerry Crowley 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2003. 210 4$dİ2003 215 $a1 online resource (357 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in Gender and History 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-7902-4 311 $a0-8020-0932-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tPREFACE -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tChapter One. THE LETTER -- $tChapter Two. A CRITICAL CANADIAN COMMITMENT -- $tChapter Three. IDENTITIES, POWER, AND PROGRESSIVE DISILLUSIONMENT -- $tChapter Four. INVENTING A NATION -- $tChapter Five. THE WORLD STAGE -- $tChapter Six. THE ORIGINAL MANDARIN AND THE RELUCTANT CONSORT -- $tChapter Seven. WOMEN'S TIME AND MEN'S TIME, 1926-1935 -- $tChapter Eight. CANADA'S WAR? -- $tChapter Nine. DEATH AND RECONSTRUCTION -- $tCONCLUSION -- $tNOTES -- $tBIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRIMARY SOURCES -- $tILLUSTRATION CREDITS -- $tINDEX -- $tBackmatter 330 $aOscar Skelton (1878-1941) was a prominent early-twentieth century scholar who became a civil servant and political advisor to prime ministers Mackenzie King and R.B. Bennett. He wrote a number of important books and one, Socialism: A Critical Analysis, was highly praised by Vladimir Lenin. His wife, Isabel Skelton (1877-1956), wrote extensively about literature and history; she was the first historian to treat women from the country's past individually in their own right rather than as a generalized category. Both husband and wife promoted the idea that Canada was an independent nation that no longer needed Britain's tutelage.Terry Crowley has written a unique double biography that examines the lives of Isabel and Oscar, their works, and their careers. He shows how both individuals in their own way influenced the development of Canada as a nation state. Crowley questions why, when both Isabel and Oscar wrote influential works, Oscar's career blossomed, while Isabel remains virtually unrecognized. He concludes that despite Isabel's literary accomplishments, her life remained enmeshed in domestic and family roles, while Oscar's rise to prominence was facilitated by male scholarly and publishing networks as well as the support that women provided to men's careers. This book traces the lives of two people who rejected British colonialism and hailed a new nation on the world's stage, examining the intersections of gender, nationality, and literary expression at a significant juncture in Canada's history. 410 0$aStudies in gender and history. 606 $aHistorians$zCanada$vBiography 606 $aWomen historians |z$zCanada$vBiography 606 $aMarried people |z$zCanada$vBiography 607 $aCanada$xOfficials and employees$vBiography 607 $aCanada$xHistory$y1914-1945$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHistorians 615 0$aWomen historians |z 615 0$aMarried people |z 676 $a971.062/0922 700 $aCrowley$b Terence Allan$f1946-$01040660 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456202303321 996 $aMarriage of minds$92463699 997 $aUNINA