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Politics in Newfoundland /
Alone among the present provinces of Canada, Newfoundland remained politically separate until 1949, and until 1933 maintained its political independence as a self-governing dominion, constitutionally the equal of Canada itself. At that time, however, facing financial collapse, it became the first co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
[2020]
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| Colección: | Heritage
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- 1. The land, the people, and the constitution
- 2. The political system
- 3. The railway and politics
- 4. The Liberal party and relations with the United States and Canada
- 5. The fall of the Liberal party
- 6. The People's party and the constitutional crisis of 1908-9
- 7. The rise of the union movement
- 8. The union in politics
- 9. Politicians and the war, 1914-19
- 10. The post-war coalition
- 11. The crisis of the twenties
- 12. The collapse of responsible government
- 13. Unconditional surrender
- 14. The Dominion of Newfoundland: a retrospect
- 15. Government by commission: the apotheosis of the bureaucrat
- 16. The return to open politics
- 17. Post-confederation society and politics
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Bibliography
- Index