Making Good : : Law and Moral Regulation in Canada, 1867-1939. /

Making Good : : Law and Moral Regulation in Canada, 1867-1939. / / Carolyn Strange, Tina Loo.

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Young Canada was often portrayed as a virginal woman or as a healthy frontiersman, and the ideals of purity, industry, and self-discipline were celebrated as essential features of the Canadian identity. To ensure that Canadians lived up to this image, different levels of government passed a variety...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
VerfasserIn:
Strange, Carolyn,
Loo, Tina,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©1997
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Themes in Canadian History
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Physical Description:1 online resource (150 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Framing the Nation, 1867-1896
  • 1 Building the Moral Dominion
  • 2 Instituting Morality
  • Part II: Envisioning Morality, 1896-1919
  • 3 Recruiting the State
  • 4 Incorporating Moral Visions
  • Part III: Widening the Net, 1919-1939
  • 5 Returning to Normalcy
  • 6 The Moral Crises of Capital
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index

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