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Alfred Valdmanis and the Politics of Survival /
Alfred Valdmanis is best known in Canada for his infamous role in Premier Joey Smallwood's scheme to industrialize Newfoundland. A Latvian immigrant, he was appointed Director General of Economic Development in 1950 with the understanding that through his connections to Europe he could entice G...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Heritage
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Spelling and Translations
- Abbreviations and Glossary
- Introduction
- 1. Wunderkind in Reborn Latvia: Background, Education, and Civil Service Career, 1908-1938
- 2. 'The Most Active and Influential Member of the Cabinet': Minister of Finance, 1938-1939
- 3. 'Better to Die Standing Up Than to Keep on Living on Your Knees': War, Resignation, and Soviet Occupation, 1939-1941
- 4. 'Elected to Lead and Manage Latvian National Affairs': The Janus Face of Collaboration, July 1941 to November 1942
- 5. 'Made No Bones about His Antipathy to the German Regime': The Janus Face of Resistance, November 1942 to May 1945
- 6. 'I Had Committed All My Heart and My Efforts to Latvian Exiles': Refugee Politics, 1945-1948
- 7. 'Starting Anew Like Our Fathers Did after the First World War': Immigrant in Canada, 1948-1950
- 8. 'Develop or Perish': The Challenges of Newfoundland, 1950-1953
- 9. 'The Past, Instead of Helping to Rebuild, Denies Itself: The Latvian Refugee Community and the Shadows of the Past, 1950-1954
- 10. 'Only One Could Topple Him from His Height - Himself: Newfoundland's 'Economic Tsar,' 1952-1954
- 11. 'Something Had Happened and a Culprit Had to Be Found': Con Man or Scapegoat? 1954-1957
- 12. 'Maybe My Luck Is Used Up Already, Maybe Not': Epilogue, 1956-1970, and Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- Index