The League for Social Reconstruction : : Intellectual Origins of the Democratic Left in Canada, 1930-1942 /

The League for Social Reconstruction : : Intellectual Origins of the Democratic Left in Canada, 1930-1942 / / Michiel Horn.

In 1931-2 the first organization of Canadian left-wing intellectuals was founded. Led by historian Frank Undergill of the University of Toronto and law professor and poet Frank Scott of McGill University, the League for Social Reconstruction was critical of industrial capitalism and called for basic...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Horn, Michiel,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1980
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (284 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • 1. Canadian intellectuals and the Depression
  • 2. Bright beginnings
  • 3. 'If ever there was a time ... '
  • 4. Winning a few, losing the big ones
  • 5. In search of Canadian socialism
  • 6. 'Canada - one or nine?'
  • 7. Spreading the word
  • 8. Peace or war?
  • 9. The war years
  • 10. Professors in the public eye
  • 11. Conclusion: the LSR in Canadian history
  • APPENDICES
  • Notes
  • Bibliographical Note
  • Index

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