The Social Credit Movement in Alberta / John Irving.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Irving, John, author.

Series:

Social credit in Alberta ; 10.

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social credit.

Alberta--Politics and government.

Alberta.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 pages).

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"On the night of August 22, 1935, as Canadians listened to their radios, they heard, with amazement and incredulity, that the first Social Credit government in the world had been elected that day in the province of Alberta. . . . Before the tabulation of votes was completed, telephone calls from New York and London, headlines in newspapers, spot news in broadcasts, had confirmed the slogan of Social Crediters, 'The Eyes of the World are on Alberta.' The morning after the election a number of people lined up at the city hall in Calgary to collect the first installment of the Social Credit dividend of 5 monthly, which, they confidently believed, would be immediately forthcoming from their new government." This "ation from Professor Irving's book indicates how the apparent suddenness of the Social Credit rise to power and the magnitude of the victory aroused world-wide comment. Why had the doctrines of Social Credit, promoted unsuccessfully in the British Commonwealth and the United States for nearly twenty years, achieved political acceptance in Alberta? Why had the people of Alberta elected to public office persons so little experienced in the economic and political world as William Aberhart and his Social Credit colleagues? Professor Iving answers these questions and analyses systematically and comprehensively the rise of the movement as a phenomenon of mass psychology. His study, based mainly on interviews, supplemented with references to private papers, newspapers, and government sources provides a truly fascinating record.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword / Clark, S. D.

Preface

Contents

CHAPTER ONE. The Social Credit Movement and its Setting

CHAPTER TWO. The Prophet

CHAPTER THREE. Strategy and Tactics: I

CHAPTER FOUR. Strategy and Tactics: II

CHAPTER FIVE. Transition to Political Action

CHAPTER SIX. The Web of Politics

CHAPTER SEVEN. The Secondary Leaders

CHAPTER EIGHT. The Response of the People: I

CHAPTER NINE. The Response of the People: II

CHAPTER TEN. The Struggle for Power

CHAPTER ELEVEN. Interpretations of the Movement

Appendixes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019)

ISBN:

9781487590451

1487590458

9781487599843

1487599846

OCLC:

1091677429