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T.A. Crerar : a political life /

Born in June 1876, T.A. Crerar's Scots inheritance and rural Manitoba upbringing gave him a life-long commitment to the liberal values of independence, self-reliance, thrift, and co-operation. He became the founding president of United Grain Growers in 1917 and was Prime Minister Borden's...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rea, J. E. (James Edgar), 1931-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1997.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE: A LIBERAL IN THE GRAIN TRADE, 1876â€?1917
  • 1 Grain and Cooperation, 1876â€?1915
  • 2 Political Apprentice, 1909â€?17
  • 3 Turning-Point, Summer 1917
  • PART TWO: UPHEAVAL IN OTTAWA, 1917â€?22
  • 4 Minister of Wheat, 1917â€?19
  • 5 Leading the Progressives, 1919â€?21
  • 6 A Divided House, 1921â€?22
  • PART THREE: WORKING FROM WINNIPEG, 1922â€?34
  • 7 Wheat Pools and the Home Bank, 1922â€?25
  • 8 Rethinking Canada, 1923â€?24
  • 9 Progressive Absorption, 1925â€?29
  • 10 Rethinking Liberalism, 1929â€?34PART FOUR: MINISTRY OF TALENTS, 1935â€?45
  • 11 Mines, Wheat, and Keynes, 1935â€?39
  • 12 Men and War, Federalism and Wheat, 1939â€?42
  • 13 War and Reconstruction, 1942â€?45
  • PART FIVE: THE SENATE AND AFTER, 1945â€?75
  • 14 Guarding the Treasury, 1945â€?57
  • 15 The Last Gladstonian Liberal, 1957â€?66
  • 16 Retirement and Reflection, 1966â€?75
  • Notes
  • A Note on Sources
  • Index
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