A Long Way to Paradise - A New History of British Columbia Politics

A Long Way to Paradise is a lively account of the personalities and ideas that shaped the first hundred years of BC politics and created one of Canada's most fractious and dynamic political scenes.

List of contents

Introduction
1 Confederation and the Birth of Popular Politics, 1871-83
2 Politics before Parties in a New Province, 1884-1902
3 Singing the Song of Progress in the McBride Years, 1903-15
4 Paradise Modern and the Party of Reform, 1916-28
5 Pattullo's New Liberalism and the Revolt beyond the Rockies, 1928-41
6 Unsettling Capitalism during the Depression, 1933-39
7 The Politics of War and Keeping the Socialists at Bay, 1941-45
8 Right versus Left and Social Credit's Triumph, 1945-52
9 Prosperity for All and Province Building in the Bennett Era, 1952-72
10 Trying to Dress Up the NDP in a Saville Row Suit, 1961-72
11 Bennett's Defeat and BC's First Social Democratic Government, 1965-72
Conclusion
Appendix; Notes; About the Author; Index

About the author

Robert A.J. McDonald with foreword by Tina Loo

Summary

A Long Way to Paradise is a lively account of the personalities and ideas that shaped the first hundred years of BC politics and created one of Canada’s most fractious and dynamic political scenes.

Product details

• Authors: Robert A. J. McDonald, Robert A.J. McDonald
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9780774864718
• ISBN: 978-0-7748-6471-8
• No. of pages: 428
• Dimensions: 236 mm x 164 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 724 g
• Illustrations: 18 b&w photos, 12 illus., 11 tables, 4 maps
• Series: The C.D. Howe Series in Canadian Political History; The C.D. Howe Canadian Politic
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas