C.D. Howe Series in Canadian Political History – serie
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28 produkter
Grit
The Life and Politics of Paul Martin Sr.
Av Greg Donaghy
Inbunden, 2015
527 kr
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"I am not afraid to be called a politician," declared Paul Martin Sr., defending his life's work in politics. "Next to preaching the word of God, there is nothing nobler than to serve one's fellow countrymen in government." First elected to the House of Commons in 1935, Martin served in the cabinet …
Good Fight
Marcel Cadieux and Canadian Diplomacy
Inbunden, 2019
602 kr
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Before official bilingualism was established in 1969, francophones were scarce in the Canadian public service. Marcel Cadieux was one of the few, becoming arguably the most important francophone diplomat and civil servant in Canadian history.Brendan Kelly's insightful, entertaining biography draws …
Challenge the Strong Wind
Canada and East Timor, 1975–99
Inbunden, 2020
1045 kr
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In 1975, Indonesian forces overran East Timor, just days after it declared independence from Portugal. Canadian officials knew the invasion was coming and endorsed Indonesian rule in the ensuing occupation. Challenge the Strong Wind recounts the evolution of Canadian government policy toward East …
Challenge the Strong Wind
Canada and East Timor, 1975–99
Häftad, 2020
396 kr
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Challenge the Strong Wind recounts the story of Canadian policy toward East Timor from the 1975 invasion to the 1999 vote for independence, demonstrating that historical accounts need to include both government and non-governmental perspectives.
Canadian Foreign Policy
Reflections on a Field in Transition
Av Brian Bow, Andrea Lane
Inbunden, 2020
1015 kr
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Canadian Foreign Policy brings together leading scholars in a lively, engaging meditation on the current state and future direction of the Canadian foreign policy discipline, and on how we see Canada in the world.
Canadian Foreign Policy
Reflections on a Field in Transition
Av Brian Bow, Andrea Lane
Häftad, 2021
401 kr
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Canadian Foreign Policy, as an academic discipline, is in crisis. Despite its value, CFP is often considered a "stale and pale" subfield of political science with an unfashionably state-centred focus. This book asks why. Contributors from both inside and around the field investigate how they came …
Nuclear North
Histories of Canada in the Atomic Age
Av Susan Colbourn, Timothy Andrews Sayle
Inbunden, 2020
1045 kr
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Since the first atomic weapon was detonated in 1945, Canadians have debated not only the role of nuclear power in their uranium-rich land but also their country's role in a nuclear world.The Nuclear North investigates critical questions in these ongoing debates. Should Canada belong to …
Nuclear North
Histories of Canada in the Atomic Age
Av Susan Colbourn, Timothy Andrews Sayle
Häftad, 2021
396 kr
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Since the first atomic weapon was detonated in 1945, Canadians have debated not only the role of nuclear power in their uranium-rich land but also their country's role in a nuclear world.The Nuclear North investigates critical questions in these ongoing debates. Should Canada belong to …
Unexpected Louis St-Laurent
Politics and Policies for a Modern Canada
Häftad, 2021
468 kr
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Much of Canada's modern identity emerged from the innovative social policies and ambitious foreign policy of Louis St-Laurent's Liberal government. His extraordinarily creative administration made decisions that still resonate today: on health care, pensions, and housing; on infrastructure and …
Long Way to Paradise
A New History of British Columbia Politics
Inbunden, 2021
468 kr
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The political landscape of British Columbia has been characterized by divisiveness since Confederation. As outsized personalities from Amor De Cosmos to W.A.C. Bennett dominated the halls of power, militant radicals and reformers took to the streets and hustings. A Long Way to Paradise traces the …
Rowell-Sirois Commission and the Remaking of Canadian Federalism
Av Robert Wardhaugh, Barry Ferguson
Inbunden, 2021
511 kr
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The Rowell-Sirois Commission and the Remaking of Canadian Federalism investigates the groundbreaking inquiry launched to reconstruct the federal system and reveals its legacy for Canadian federalism today.In 1937, the Canadian confederation was broken. As the Depression ground on, the provinces …
Cooperative Disagreement
Canada-United States Relations and Revolutionary Cuba, 1959–93
Inbunden, 2022
1015 kr
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A Cooperative Disagreement demonstrates how Canada and the United States successfully kept divergent policies on revolutionary Cuba from damaging their bilateral relationship. Covering the period from 1959 to the end of the Cold War, John Dirks investigates the efforts of Canadian and US diplomats …
Cooperative Disagreement
Canada-United States Relations and Revolutionary Cuba, 1959–93
Häftad, 2023
441 kr
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A Cooperative Disagreement demonstrates how Canada and the United States successfully kept divergent policies on revolutionary Cuba from damaging their bilateral relationship. Covering the period from 1959 to the end of the Cold War, John Dirks investigates the efforts of Canadian and US diplomats …
People, Politics, and Purpose
Biography and Canadian Political History
Av Greg Donaghy, P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Inbunden, 2023
1077 kr
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Biography is "not on the periphery of history but in the middle of it," historian Peter Waite astutely remarked. People, Politics, and Purpose brings the historian's myriad tools to bear on Canadians, from prime ministers to lumberjacks to Indigenous leaders. Drawing on the rich details of …
People, Politics, and Purpose
Biography and Canadian Political History
Av Greg Donaghy, P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Häftad, 2023
438 kr
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Biography is "not on the periphery of history but in the middle of it," historian Peter Waite astutely remarked. People, Politics, and Purpose brings the historian's myriad tools to bear on Canadians, from prime ministers to lumberjacks to Indigenous leaders. Drawing on the rich details of …
New Left in Canadian Politics
The Waffle Movement and the NDP, 1965–75
Inbunden, 2026
1275 kr
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Domination by – and distinction from – the United States is a recurrent concern for Canadians. In the tumultuous 1960s, this theme found political expression in the Waffle movement. Working through the New Democratic Party, Waffle members advocated for a sovereign, socialist Canada that was to be …
Statesmen, Strategists, and Diplomats
Canada's Prime Ministers and the Making of Foreign Policy
Häftad, 2024
497 kr
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Foreign policy is a tricky business. Typically, challenges and proposed solutions are perceived as disparate unless a leader can amass enough support for an idea that creates alignment. And because the prime minister is typically the one proposing that idea, Canadian foreign policy can be analyzed …
North of America
Canadians and the American Century, 1945–60
Av Asa McKercher, Michael D. Stevenson
Inbunden, 2023
1146 kr
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In 1941, influential US publishing magnate Henry Luce declared the world was in the midst of the first great American century, believing his nation held the power and vision to lead and transform the world. What did a newly outward-looking and hegemonic United States mean for its northern …
North of America
Canadians and the American Century, 1945–60
Av Asa McKercher, Michael D. Stevenson
Häftad, 2024
358 kr
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In 1941, influential US publishing magnate Henry Luce declared the world was in the midst of the first great American century, believing his nation held the power and vision to lead and transform the world. What did a newly outward-looking and hegemonic United States mean for its northern …
Canada's Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity
Häftad, 2025
454 kr
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Since Confederation, Canadian prime ministers have consciously constructed the national story. Each created shared narratives, formulating and reformulating a series of unifying national ideas that served to keep this geographically large, ethnically diverse, and regionalized nation together. This …
Building a Special Relationship
Canada-US Relations in the Eisenhower Era, 1953–61
Av Asa McKercher, Michael D. Stevenson
Häftad, 2024
425 kr
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Building a Special Relationship offers thoughtful insight into Canadian and American foreign relations during the 1950s, when Canada and the United States found new diplomatic footing as allies in the shadow of the Cold War. This book shows how the Eisenhower years were crucial in forming the …
Canada, Apartheid, and the Defence of the Liberal Order
Häftad, 2026
468 kr
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From the late 1950s to the mid-1990s, Canadian policy-makers shared a remarkably similar world view that shaped their approach toward South African apartheid and the risks it posed to global race relations. Why did Ottawa take a leading role internationally in addressing an issue seemingly …
Enduring Riddle of Mackenzie King
Inbunden, 2025
602 kr
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A giant of Canadian history. A racist and anti-Semite typical of his generation. A devoted occultist. An uncontested Liberal Party leader. The Enduring Riddle of Mackenzie King explores the character, thoughts, and actions of Canada's longest-serving prime minister.Patrice Dutil leads a who's who …
Chrétien and the World
Canadian Foreign Policy from 1993 to 2003
Av Jack Cunningham, John Meehan
Inbunden, 2025
526 kr
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Conventional wisdom holds that foreign policy was not a priority for Jean Chrétien over his ten years as Canadian prime minister. Chrétien and the World combines the perspectives of key players of the time with analyses by leading scholars to reveal something unexpected: an often ambitious, …
John Hart
A Businessman in British Columbia Politics
Häftad, 2025
438 kr
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Diplomacy works better than bluster, as John Hart knew well. Hart, an Irish immigrant with a talent for compromise and a famously winning smile, was at the heart of BC politics for much of the first half of the twentieth century. Drawing on government records, politicians' papers, and newspaper …
Wartime Finance Minister
The Economic Legacy of J.L. Ilsley
Inbunden, 2026
602 kr
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J.L. Ilsley, federal finance minister from 1940 to 1946, was responsible for financing Canadian participation in the Second World War. A Wartime Finance Minister tells the story of how his efforts to do so transformed the tax system and established the financial basis of the modern welfare state. …
Call of the World
A Political Memoir
Av Bill Graham
Inbunden, 2016
483 kr
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The Call of the World takes us on an unprecedented behind-the-scenes tour of defining moments in recent global history. Bill Graham – Canada's minister of foreign affairs and then its minister of defence in the tumultuous years following 9/11 – is an insightful and wryly humorous guide, steering …
Call of the World
A Political Memoir
Av Bill Graham
Häftad, 2018
379 kr
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The Call of the World takes us on an unprecedented behind-the-scenes tour of defining moments in recent global history. Bill Graham – Canada's minister of foreign affairs and then its minister of defence in the tumultuous years following 9/11 – is an insightful and wryly humorous guide, steering …
