Brown of the globe. Volume Two : statesman of confederation 1860-1880 / J. M. S. Careless.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Careless, J. M. S. (James Maurice Stockford), 1919-2009, author.

Series:

Brown of the Globe ; v. 2.

Brown of the Globe ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--History.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (429 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Oxford : The Dundurn Group, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

George Brown (1818-1880) was the influential editor of the Toronto Globe, the most powerful newspaper in British North America. He was also leader of the Liberal Party, arch-rival of John A. Macdonald, and the statesman who held the key to Confederation at its most critical stage. This second volume traces the sectional conflict that brought political deadlock by 1864 and makes clear Brown's vital function in finding a way out. It also sets out in meticulous detail his career after leaving party membership in 1867. This comprehensive two-volume biography of George Brown was first pub

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE; One: Leader in Trouble; Two: Captain on the Side-lines; Three: The Remaking of George Brown; Four: Initiator of Union; Five: Confederation Minister; Six: Retreat from Coalition; Seven: Party Politics Again; Eight: Qualified Retirement; Nine: Elder Statesman; Ten: The Final Withdrawal; NOTE ON SOURCES; NOTES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786611961947

9786612808876

9781281961945

1281961949

9781554881116

1554881110

9781282808874

1282808877

9781770700628

1770700625

OCLC:

699474502