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Plateaus of freedom : nationality, culture and state security in Canada, 1940-1960 /

The security and cultural policy measures examined here, from the RCMP investigations at the National Film Board that led to numerous firings, to the harassment of the extraordinary African-American singer and Soviet sympathizer Paul Robeson, 'attest to the fragility and the enduring power of a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kristmanson, Mark, 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, 2014.
Series:Canadian social history series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Characterizations of Tracy Philipps
  • 2. Love Your Neighbour: The RCMP and the National Film Board, 1948-1953
  • 3. Remembering To Forget
  • 4. State Security and Cultural Administration: The Case of Peter Dwyer
  • 5. Pulp History: Repossessing the Gouzenko Myth
  • 6. 'I Came To Sing': Paul Robeson on the Border
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index