Unbuttoned : a history of Mackenzie King's secret life /

"This book is a history of the afterlife of Mackenzie King in print and in Canadian culture. When King died in 1950 little was known publicly about his eccentric private life; King's final will declared that his voluminous diary should be destroyed and its contents were carefully guarded d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dummitt, Chris, 1973- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017.
Temas:
King, William Lyon Mackenzie, > 1874-1950 > In mass media.
King, William Lyon Mackenzie, > 1874-1950 > Public opinion.
King, William Lyon Mackenzie, > 1874-1950 > Opinion publique.
King, William Lyon Mackenzie, > 1874-1950
Prime ministers > Canada > Biography.
Politicians > Canada > Public opinion.
Political culture > Canada.
Premiers ministres > Canada > Biographies.
Politiciens > Canada > Opinion publique.
Culture politique > Canada.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Mass media
Political culture
Politicians > Public opinion
Prime ministers
Public opinion
Öffentliche Meinung
Privatleben
Politische Kultur
Canada
Electronic books.
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1: King, then and later
  • Changing tastes
  • Death of a statesman
  • Part 2: Keeping secrets (or trying to)
  • Psychic newsflash
  • The official story
  • Striking an unhappy medium
  • Part 3: No one could fool the people so long
  • Statesman or politician?
  • Blame Freud
  • Ferns and Ostry
  • Official secrets
  • Part 4: On the precipice
  • End of an era
  • Close-up
  • Ravenous for the remaining courses
  • Final spasm of hypocrisy
  • To open or not to open
  • Part 5: The people unfooled
  • Weird Willie
  • Victorianitis
  • The cover-up is the story
  • The greatest prime minister?

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