'Honest Enough to Be Bold' : : The Life and Times of Sir James Pliny Whitney /

'Honest Enough to Be Bold' : : The Life and Times of Sir James Pliny Whitney / / Charles Humphries.

On a promise of 'Clean, Uncorrupt, and Incorruptible Government,' James Pliny Whitney marked the end of an era of Liberal rule that had lasted for over three decades, and introduced to the province a new, 'progressive' brand of conservatism. As this lively biography demonstrates,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
VerfasserIn:
Humphries, Charles,
MitwirkendeR:
Beck, Jeanne,
French, Goldwin,
Oliver, Peter,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1985
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.) :; tables throughout
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • The Ontario Historical Studies Series
  • Preface
  • 1. 'I Come from Liberal (Baldwin) Stock': 1843
  • 2. Dismounting from 'the Protestant Horse': 1890–8
  • 3. 'Ridding the Province of the Worst Government': 1898–1905
  • 4. 'A New Order': 1905
  • 5. 'Bold Enough to Be Honest': 1906
  • 6. 'Honest Enough to Be Bold': 1906
  • 7. 'Practically Unanimous Approval by the People': 1907–
  • 8. A Toast to Empire– 'The Greatest Secular Influence for Good': 1909–11
  • 9. Keeping an Even Keel: 1912–14
  • 10. Conclusion: 'The Propriety of It'
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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