Contributions

  • Hillmer, Norman. - Contributor

Publication

1999 - McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, Québec (Province)

Language

English

Word Count

53,250 words, Guess

Page Count

213 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • Goodreads3035935

Classifications

  • DDC971.064/3/092
  • LCCF1034.3.P4 P44 1999

Description

"In this volume Robert Bothwell introduces Pearson the man and Denis Stairs presents his political ideas. Governor General award-winning author and journalist Christina McCall and J. L. Granatstein compare Pearson and his nemesis, John Diefenbaker. Stephen Azzi and Greg Donaghy write respectively about Pearson's relations with Walter Gordon and Paul Martin, Sr. Tom Kent and Penny Bryden discuss the Pearson welfare state, while Claude Ryan and Michael Behiels debate national unity. Patrick Brennan looks at the media. Monique Begin, Andrew Cohen, Blair Neatby, and former public servants Ross Campbell, Al Johnson, Geoffrey Pearson, and Gordon Robertson reassess Pearson's legacy."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

Pearson, Lester B.Politics and governmentPearson, charles henry, 1830-1894Canada -- Politics and government -- 1945-1980.

Places

Times

Other Editions

  • Pearson: the unlikely gladiatorMcGill-Queen's University Press1999-01-01

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