Canada 1911: the decisive election that shaped the country

✍ Scribed by Dutil, Patrice;MacKenzie, David

Publisher: Dundurn
Year: 2012;2011
Tongue: English
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

One hundred years ago, Canadians went to the polls to decide the fate of their country in an election that raised issues vital to Canada's national independence and its place in the world. Canadians faced a clear choice between free trade with the United States and fidelity to the British Empire, and the decisions they made in September 1911 helped shape Canada's political and economic history for the rest of the century. Canada 1911 revisits and re-examines this momentous turn in Canadian history, when Canadians truly found themselves at a parting of the ways. It was Canada's first great modern election and one of the first expressions of the birth of modern Canada. The poet Rudyard Kipling famously wrote at the time that this election was nothing less than a fight for Canada's soul. This book will explain why.

✦ Subjects

History;HISTORY--Canada--Post-Confederation (1867- );;HISTORY -- Canada -- Post-Confederation (1867- )

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