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THE FORKED ROAD: CANADA, 1939-1957.

By: Creighton, Donald.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1976

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28339

ISBN: 077102360X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

319 pp, 9 1/4" H. One of 'The Canadian Centenary Series'. B&w plates. "Canada's declaration of war against Germany in 1939 marked the beginning of the most significant eighteen-year period in the history of this nation. By the end of the Liberal regime in 1957 the country had undergone immense growth in human and material resources. The experience of the Second World War had been followed by participation in the Korean War and ten years of the Cold War. The Great Depression had given way to a boom which had continued through the exchange crisis, serious inflation and minor recess...
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THE LIFE OF LESTER PEARSON. VOLUME ONE: SHADOW OF HEAVEN, 1897-1948. VOLUME TWO: THE WORLDLY YEARS, 1949-1972. (VOLUMES I & II).

By: English, John.

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Lester & Orpen Dennys: 1989

Edition: First Editions

Seller ID: 28713

ISBN: 0886191653

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

414 pp, 473 pp, 9 1/4" H - 2 volume set. B&w photographs. 'Shadow of Heaven' - ISBN 0886191653 - published 1989. 'The Worldly Years' - ISBN 0394227298 - published 1992. "Lester Pearson - Canada's 14th prime minister, and foremost diplomat - was a man of deep and passionate convictions. His vision of Canada as a force for international peace, mediation, and good will helped redefine our view of ourselves. But how did this seemingly mild and easy-going man develop such a powerful and unswerving vision - and how did he win the political clout to put his beliefs into practice?" 'S...
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CANADA 1957-1967: THE YEARS OF UNCERTAINTY AND INNOVATION. THE CANADIAN CENTENARY SERIES NO. 19.

By: Granatstein, J.L.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1986

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 28770

ISBN: 0771035152

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

375 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs, political cartoons. Signed by author on title page. "In the tenth decade of Canada's confederation, the expansive and unifying post-war boom gave way to rapid change and conflicting choices. These were the years of John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson, years when Canada's culture, economy, and politics took new directions and the foundations of today's political and social realities were laid. Beginning with a survey of the country in 1957, poised to grasp Diefenbaker's grand 'Vision', the author vividly describes how the Progressive Conservative ...
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THE PEOPLE'S RAILWAY: A HISTORY OF CANADIAN NATIONAL.

By: MacKay, Donald.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: Vancouver, Douglas & McIntyre: 1992

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 9122

ISBN: 1550540629

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

328 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H). B&w photographs, maps, graphs, reproductions. "The story of railways in Canada is the history of the country itself, and no railway has had a history more entwined with the politics of the nation than Canadian National. Donald MacKay captures the drama of the CN story from the company's beginnings in the bitter aftermath of World War I to the challenges it faces today. He profiles top executives and explores the development of railway culture through interviews with the workers who have been the lifeblood of CN throughout the years." Very light wr...
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THE PEOPLE'S RAILWAY: A HISTORY OF CANADIAN NATIONAL.

By: MacKay, Donald.

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: Vancouver, Douglas & McIntyre: 1992

Edition: Second Printing

Seller ID: 28553

ISBN: 1550540629

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Image for THE CANADIAN LIBERAL. A SURVEY OF NATIONAL AFFAIRS. VOLUME 7 - Nos. 3 & 4. WINTER 1954-1955. SPECIAL DOUBLE ISSUE. FEATURING PROVINCIAL CONVENTIONS.

THE CANADIAN LIBERAL. A SURVEY OF NATIONAL AFFAIRS. VOLUME 7 - Nos. 3 & 4. WINTER 1954-1955. SPECIAL DOUBLE ISSUE. FEATURING PROVINCIAL CONVENTIONS.

By: MacTavish, D.K., Q.C., et al., eds. (Alcide Cote, Lord Campion, Walter E. Harris, J.G. Gardiner, John J. Connolly, Francis Boyd, Charles R. McElman, J.W. Pickersgill, Paul Martin, Lester B. Pearson, Robert H. Winters, Helen Grodeland.)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: National Liberal Federation of Canada, Ottawa, 1955.:

Seller ID: 19610

Paging runs 189 - 293, 8 1/4" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). B&w photographs. Through a printing error, pages 237-244 have been inserted twice. Contents: Confederation: A Monument of Co-Operation; Canada's Parliament of Business; Saskatchewan's New Liberal Leader; Saskatchwan's Liberal Convention; He Didn't Say No!; The Grand Old Liberal - Gladstone Before Home Rule; The Canadian Tax Law - Some First Impressions; National Agricultural Questions; The Canadian Senate - Custodian of Our Basic Freedoms; British Politics in the New Year; New Brunswick Liberal Leader; New Brunswick Libera...
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THE MACKENZIE KING RECORD. VOLUME 2. 1944-1945. (VOLUME II)

By: Pickersgill, J.W. And Forster, D.F.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1968

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28871

ISBN: 802015255

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

495 pp, 9 1/4" H. *Volume 2 only.* B&w photographs. Contents: Preface; Introduction; A Domestic Interlude; Waiting for Victory; Cabinet Reorganization; The Reinforcement Crisis, 1944, Phase I; The Reinforcement Crisis, 1944, Phase II; The Switch to Conscription; Grey North and the Aftermath of Confederation; Political Preparations; San Francisco and the Election; Election Postmortems and Peace; Appendix; Index. Three tiny edge bumps on boards, one very small corner bump, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light toning to spine, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spi...
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DOUBLE STANDARD: THE SECRET HISTORY OF CANADIAN IMMIGRATION.

By: Whitaker, Reg.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Lester & Orpen Dennys: 1987

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28353

ISBN: 0886191726

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

348 pp, 9 1/4" H. "In 1986 Canada was awarded the United Nations' Nansen Prize, an award given to the country that best exemplifies compassion to refugees in its immigration policies. But has our immigration policy really been as compassionate as this honour suggests? (This) is the history of Canada's immigration policies from the time of the Second World War, through the troubled years of the Cold War, and into the present - from our notorious treatment of refugees from Hitler's Germany, throughour own McCarthy-like 'witch hunt' for undesirable immigrants, right up to the startling...
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Keyword: J.W. Pickersgill