Let the eastern bastards freeze in the dark : the West versus the rest since Confederation

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"The oil sands. Global warming. The National Energy Program. Though these seem like modern Canadian subjects, author Mary Janigan reveals them to be a legacy of longstanding regional rivalry. Something of a "Third Solitude" since entering Confederation, the West has long been overshadowed by Canada's other great national debate: but as the conflict over natural resources and their effect on climate change heats up, 150 years of antipathy are comi...

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Canada, Western Politics and government

Federal government Canada, Western History

Natural resources Canada, Western

Regionalism Canada, Western

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ISBN:

9780307400635
0307400638

Description:

xii, 426 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-398) and index

Contents:

1. November 1918 Conference: Where the West Was Almost Lost
2. Riel Versus Macdonald: Contenders for the West. 1857 to Summer of 1870
3. Norquay and Haultain: Two Western Champions and a Funeral. Late 1870 to 1897
4. Haultain Loses Self-Control-And Laurier Keeps Resource Control. 1898 to 1905
5. "A Burden Onerous to Bear": Frank Oliver Does It His Way. 1905 to August 1911
6. Borden Dallies: The Birth of the Gang of Three. September 1911 to August 1914
7. West's Bad War: Stalemate for the Gang of Three. August 1914 to Early March 1918
8. Rest Versus The West: The Gang of Three Loses The Peace. March 1918 to November 1918
9. "The Principles Have Been Completely Lost to Sight": Meighen Splits the Gang of Three. 1919 to 1921
10. "We Are Very Desirous of Having This Long Standing Question Settled": Mackenzie King's On-the-Job Training. 1921 to 1925
11. "This Makes a Virtual Reconstruction of Confederation": The Deal, the Depression and the Great Discovery, 1926 to 1947

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3300660

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