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Canada 1900-1945 /

Through war, depression, and social upheaval, the first half of the twentieth century was a period of unprecedented turbulence in Canada. In this lively and contentious survey, Robert Bothwell, lan Drummond, and John English explore the political and economic forces that shaped this era of change. A...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bothwell, Robert
Other Authors: English, John, 1945-, Drummond, Ian M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1987.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Canadians in their Setting
  • 2. A Nation and its Parts
  • 3. Politics and Political Culture
  • 4. The Great Boom of 1900-13
  • 5. Drink, Labour, Public Ownership, and Corruption, 1900-14
  • 6. Canada, the World, and the Empire
  • 7. The Politics of War
  • 8. Canada's Army
  • 9. The War at Home
  • 10. Slump and Boom and Slump Again, 1913-22
  • 11. Literacy, Literature, and Education
  • 12. The Politics of the 1920s
  • 13. The Economy in the 1920s
  • 14. Defining Canada and her New Empire, 1917-31
  • 15. The Social and Economic Impact of the Depression
  • 16. Politics and Policy in the Great Depression
  • 17. The Making of Modern Times: Culture and Communications, 1919-39
  • 18. The Dominion and the Dictators
  • 19. The Politics of War, 1939-45
  • 20. Fighting the War
  • 21. The War Economy, 1939-45
  • 22. The Second World War at Home
  • 23. Planning for Reconstruction
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index