Author: Canadian Club of TorontoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Addresses Delivered Before the Canadian Club of Toronto
Author: Addresses Delivered Before the Canadian Club of Ottawa
Author: Addresses Delivered Before the Canadian Club of Ottawa
Author: Canadian Club of OttawaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Social Criticism
Author: Stephen LeacockPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487586337
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Stephen Leacock, long celebrated as Canada's foremost humorist and social satirist, has received little recognition for his considerable accomplishments as a serious thinker and social critic. In fact, Leacock was a professor of political economy, and more than half of his writings addressed the pressing issues of his day. This volume represents the neglected aspect of Leacock's career, gathering together his writings on a range of subjects, including imperialism, education and culture, religion and morality, feminism, prohibition, and social justice. The collection begins with 'Greater Canada: an appeal,' which dates from 1907, when Leacock was a popular lecturer advancing the cause of imperialism. Bowker points out that, for Leacock, imperialism was more a spiritual mission than a political agenda, representing the opportunity to unite Canadians, to inspire allegiance to a lofty tradition, and thereby to combat the threat of materialism, urbanism, fragmentation, and continentalism. These themes resurface in subsequent essays, culminating in The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice, which was published in 1920. Carefully selected, and prefaced with an updated introduction to Leacock's life and work, these essays contribute to our understanding of Leacock and illuminate his role as a major figure in Canadian intellectual history.
Writings on American History
Author: Annual Report of the American Historical Association
Author: American Historical AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Canadian Alternative
Author: Klaus MartensPublisher: Königshausen & Neumann
ISBN: 9783826026362
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Sir Andrew Macphail
Author: Ian RobertsonPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773574956
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Macphail's writing - characterized by clarity of expression and support for unpopular positions - allowed him to develop and document many of the important political, social, and intellectual themes of his time. He argued for the reorganization of the British Empire to reflect the growing importance of Canada and against such modern trends and movements as utilitarian education, feminism, industrialization, and urbanization. A strong advocate for the rejuvenation of rural life, he carried out agricultural experiments on his native Prince Edward Island. When it became apparent that it was impossible to return to rural ideals, Macphail celebrated the world of his rural past in his most memorable work - the posthumously published The Master's Wife.
Peel's Bibliography of the Canadian Prairies to 1953
Author: Ernest Boyce InglesPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802048257
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 948
Book Description
The Prairie Provinces cover Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs
Author: John Castell HopkinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description