The politics of John W. Dafoe and the Free press / Ramsay Cook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cook, Ramsay, author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dafoe, John Wesley, 1866-1944.

Dafoe, John Wesley.

Canada--Politics and government--20th century.

Canada.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1963.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book is a study at close quarters of Dafoe, the man of politics. It is the biography of a political mind. The impression is of a mind recalled to its full vigour, for no prejudgments have been made about it and no restraints upon it.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Contents

I. Self- Made Man

II. Sifton's Lieutenant 1901-5

III. Liberalism: Domestic and Imperial 1906-11

IV. The Luxury of Opposition 1911-14

V. The War and a New Political Alignment 1914-17

VI. Ushering in a New World 1918-20

VII. "In the Lap of the Gods" 1920-3

VIII. The Triumph of Liberal Nationalism 1921-3

IX. Lord Byng Intervenes 1924-6

X. Canada, the Commonwealth and the World 1923-30

XI. Bennett, King and Chaos 1927-37

XII. Remodelling the Canadian Constitution

XIII. The Whole World in Travail 1929-39

XIV. Canada Fights 1939-44

XV. Western Liberal Nationalist

A Note on Sources

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 10, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4426-3764-1

1-4426-5309-4

OCLC:

992508147