John A. Macdonald - The Young Politician, the Old Chieftain

First published in 1952 and 1955, and called the greatest Canadian biography ever written, this edition includes a new introduction by Creighton's biographer, Donald Wright, and by Peter Waite, Creighton's very first doctoral student.

Sommario

Introduction
I: Spring
1. Family Tree
2. Childhood and Adolescence
3. Vic
4. Oxford and Paris
II: Summer
5. Historian
6. Professor
7. Mid-Career
8. Macdonald
III: Fall
9. Chairman
10. Decolonization
11. Confederation
IV: Winter
12. Despair
13. Endings
Appendix 1: Donald Creighton: Selected Bibliography
Appendix 2: Donald Creighton’s Doctoral Students
Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Index

Info autore

The late Donald Creighton (1902-1979) was the outstanding narrative historian of Canada in his era. A long-time professor of history at the University of Toronto, his other books include The Empire of the St. Lawrence, The Road to Confederation, and Canada's First Century.
Donald Wright is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick.
Peter Waite is a professor emeritus in the Department of History at Dalhousie University.

Riassunto

First published in 1952 and 1955, and called the greatest Canadian biography ever written, this edition includes a new introduction by Creighton's biographer, Donald Wright, and by Peter Waite, Creighton's very first doctoral student.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Donald Creighton, Donald/ Wright Creighton, Carrie Smith-Prei
• Editore: University of Toronto Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781487522872
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-2287-2
• Pagine: 1236
• Serie: German & European Studies
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia