Repression and Resistance : Canadian Human Rights Activists, 1930-1960 /

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"Examining the history of human rights in Canada from 1930 to 1960, the period just before the emergence of contemporary human rights groups, Repression and Resistance focuses on the activists who fought against what they perceived to be the major injustices of the time - the Quebec anti-Commun...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lambertson, Ross, 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Activisme.
Mensenrechten.
Bürgerrechtsbewegung
Human rights workers.
Human rights.
HISTORY > Canada > Post-Confederation (1867- )
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Canada > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Defenseurs des droits de l'homme > Canada > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Human rights > Canada > History > 20th century.
Human rights workers > Canada > History > 20th century.
Kanada
Canada.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Civil libertarians and the Padlock Law
  • The Second World War: civil liberties at risk
  • The Japanese-deportation issue
  • The Gouzenko affair, civil libertarians, and the Shugar case
  • The Canadian Jewish Congress and the human rights community
  • Civil liberties groups and the Cold War
  • The Dresden Story: the Jewish labour committee and blacks in Dresden, Ontario
  • The Canadian human rights community and the bill of rights.

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