Robert A. J. McDonald

A Long Way to Paradise: A New History of British Columbia Politics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A Long Way to Paradise is a lively account of the personalities and ideas that shaped the first hundred years of BC politics and created one of Canada's most fractious and dynamic political scenes.

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Produktdetails

• The C.D. Howe Canadian Politic
• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 717g
• ISBN-13: 9780774864718
• ISBN-10: 0774864710
• Artikelnr.: 62665335

Autorenporträt

Robert A.J. McDonald was professor emeritus of history at the University of British Columbia and a leading historian of British Columbia. He was the author of Making Vancouver: Class, Status, and Social Boundaries, 1863-1913, and co-editor of Vancouver Past: Essays in Social History, among other works. As editor of BC Studies and a member of various boards and committees, he was passionate about raising awareness of the history of the province and Vancouver. He was Seagram Chair at the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, president of the Vancouver Historical Society, and a much-loved teacher.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 Confederation and the Birth of Popular Politics, 1871-83
2 Politics before Parties in a New Province, 1884-1902
3 Singing the Song of Progress in the McBride Years, 1903-15
4 Paradise Modern and the Party of Reform, 1916-28
5 Pattullo's New Liberalism and the Revolt beyond the Rockies, 1928-41
6 Unsettling Capitalism during the Depression, 1933-39
7 The Politics of War and Keeping the Socialists at Bay, 1941-45
8 Right versus Left and Social Credit's Triumph, 1945-52
9 Prosperity for All and Province Building in the Bennett Era, 1952-72
10 Trying to Dress Up the NDP in a Saville Row Suit, 1961-72
11 Bennett's Defeat and BC's First Social Democratic Government, 1965-72
Conclusion
Appendix; Notes; About the Author; Index