The Force of Culture : : Vincent Massey and Canadian Sovereignty / / Karen Finlay.

A misunderstood and sometimes maligned figure, Vincent Massey was one of Canada's most influential cultural policy-makers and art patrons. Best known as Canada's first native-born Governor General, he chaired the landmark Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters, and S...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword: The 1951 Report of Canada's Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters, and Sciences / Moore, Mavor
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Character, Citizenship, and Culture - Massey's 'Other Canada'
  • Part One: Culture and Education
  • 1. A Methodist Educator, 1908-1921
  • 2. A National Platform for Education, 1920-1926
  • Part Two: Arts of Resistance
  • 3. Becoming 'Art-Minded,' 1902-1930
  • 4. Nationalizing the Arts, 1922-1935
  • Part Three: Forging a New Framework
  • 5. The State and the Arts: British Models, 1935-1946
  • 6. Arm's Length: Culture, the State, and Canadian Sovereignty, 1946-1951
  • Conclusion: The Force of Culture
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index