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Elusive Destiny: The Political Vocation of John Napier Turner - Hardcover

Litt, Paul

 
9780774822640: Elusive Destiny: The Political Vocation of John Napier Turner
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0774822643 ISBN 13: 9780774822640
Verlag: University of British Columbia Press, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

A political biography extraordinaire, Elusive Destiny reveals the inner workings of the Liberal Party in its heyday as charted through the meteoric rise and fall of John Napier Turner. It highlights Turner's vision for the country and tallies the political price he paid when he deviated from the Trudeau legacy on matters such as language rights, social spending, and Quebec. It also provides a new perspective on federal politics from the 1960s through
the 1980s while giving John Turner his rightful place in Canadian history.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Paul Litt is a historian at Carleton University in Ottawa. His account of John Turner's political career is based on extensive research in the Turner papers and other archival collections, contemporary journalism, and scores of interviews with Turner's friends, family, and colleagues. He also spent considerable time with Turner himself.

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A political biography extraordinaire, Elusive Destiny reveals the inner workings of the Liberal Party in its heyday as charted through the meteoric rise and fall of John Napier Turner. It highlights Turner's vision for the country and tallies the political price he paid when he deviated from the Trudeau legacy on matters such as language rights, social spending, and Quebec. It also provides a new perspective on federal politics from the 1960s through the 1980s while giving John Turner his rightful place in Canadian history.

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A political biography extraordinaire, Elusive Destiny reveals the inner workings of the Liberal Party in its heyday as charted through the meteoric rise and fall of John Napier Turner. It highlights Turner's vision for the country and tallies the political price he paid when he deviated from the Trudeau legacy on matters such as language rights, social spending, and Quebec. It also provides a new perspective on federal politics from the 1960s through the 1980s while giving John Turner his rightful place in Canadian history.

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Verlag
University of British Columbia Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0774822643
ISBN 13 
9780774822640
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
494
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