Robert Wardhaugh
Biographic Data
| ID | 3841570 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Wardhaugh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Wardhaugh |
| SIGNATURE | WARDHAUGH R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Rowell-Sirois Commission and the Remaking of Canadian Federalism
The Rowell-Sirois Commission and the Remaking of Canadian Federalism investigates the groundbreaking inquiry launched to reconstruct the federal system and reveals its legacy for Canadian federalism today. In 1937, the Canadian confederation was broken. As the Depression ground on, the provinces faced increasing obligations but limited funds, while the dominion had fewer responsibilities but lucrative revenue sources. The commission was struck to…
A Diminished Roar
Reviewed by: A Diminished Roar: Winnipeg in the 1920s by Jim Blanchard Robert Wardhaugh Blanchard, Jim –A Diminished Roar: Winnipeg in the 1920s. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2019. Pp. 294. What place and time could be more exciting than Winnipeg in the 1920s? While this question may seem to drip with sarcasm, there is more to it than first meets the eye. Only a generation before, as immigrants poured in and industrialization took hold…
Power, Politics, and Principles
Behind the Scenes
William Clifford Clark, federal deputy minister of finance from 1932 to 1952, had a profound impact on Canadian history. An important intellectual figure during the first half of the twentieth century, he was leader of 'The Ottawa Men,' a group of federal civil servants who shaped a new liberal vision of the nation. Robert A. Wardhaugh chronicles Clark's contributions to Canada's modern state in Behind the Scenes, which reconstructs the public li…
History, Literature and the Writing of the Canadian Prairies
In a collection of ten essays, History, Literature and the Writing of the Canadian Prairies explores a more contemporary prairie identity, and reconfigures "the prairie" as a construct that is non-linear and diverse, responding to the impact of geographical, historical, and political currents
‘Impossible Conditions of Inequality’
This article examines the Rowell-Sirois Royal Commission on DominionProvincial Relations, the comprehensive study of federal government in crisis undertaken between 1937 and 1940. Based on new theoretical insights into the study of federal government, it argues that scholarly interpretations of Rowell-Sirois and mid-twentieth-century Canadian federalism have tended to dismiss their originality and continuing relevance. Here, the authors focus on …
Mackenzie King and the Prairie West
This book examines the relationship between William Lyon Mackenzie King and the Canadian prairie West in the first half of the twentieth century. Its thesis is that the collapse of Liberal party fortunes in the region began as early as 1935, well before John Diefenbaker's triumphant sweep of 1957–1958. When King assumed the Liberal leadership in 1919, he had a romanticized view of the West. He saw the pioneers as morally sound, hardworking indivi…
Mackenzie King and the Prairie West
ÀBSTRÀCTThj-s thesis provides a history of the relat.ionshipbetween Prime Minister Will-iam Lyon Mackenzie King and the Prairie region of Canada.It offers insight int.o the career of Canada's longest serving prime minister and his handlj-ng of one of the most.politi-calIy complex regions in the nation.Mackenzie King entered the leadership of the national Lj-beral Party in 1919 with a remarkably sympathetj-c attitude toward t.he Prairi-e West.This…
Toward Defining the Prairies
Mackenzie King and the Prairie West
This thesis provides a history of the relationship between Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and the Prairie region of Canada. It offers insight into the career of Canada's longest serving prime minister and his handling of one of the most politically complex regions in the nation. Mackenzie King entered the leadership of the national Liberal Party in 1919 with a remarkably sympathetic attitude toward the Prairie West. This attitude tran…
Keeping the Dream Alive
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Keeping the Dream Alive
Mackenzie King and the Prairie West
This thesis provides a history of the relationship between Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and the Prairie region of Canada. It offers insight into the career of Canada's longest serving prime minister and his handling of one of the most politically complex regions in the nation. Mackenzie King entered the leadership of the national Liberal Party in 1919 with a remarkably sympathetic attitude toward the Prairie West. This attitude tran…
Toward Defining the Prairies
Mackenzie King and the Prairie West
This book examines the relationship between William Lyon Mackenzie King and the Canadian prairie West in the first half of the twentieth century. Its thesis is that the collapse of Liberal party fortunes in the region began as early as 1935, well before John Diefenbaker's triumphant sweep of 1957–1958. When King assumed the Liberal leadership in 1919, he had a romanticized view of the West. He saw the pioneers as morally sound, hardworking indivi…
Mackenzie King and the Prairie West
ÀBSTRÀCTThj-s thesis provides a history of the relat.ionshipbetween Prime Minister Will-iam Lyon Mackenzie King and the Prairie region of Canada.It offers insight int.o the career of Canada's longest serving prime minister and his handlj-ng of one of the most.politi-calIy complex regions in the nation.Mackenzie King entered the leadership of the national Lj-beral Party in 1919 with a remarkably sympathetj-c attitude toward t.he Prairi-e West.This…
‘Impossible Conditions of Inequality’
This article examines the Rowell-Sirois Royal Commission on DominionProvincial Relations, the comprehensive study of federal government in crisis undertaken between 1937 and 1940. Based on new theoretical insights into the study of federal government, it argues that scholarly interpretations of Rowell-Sirois and mid-twentieth-century Canadian federalism have tended to dismiss their originality and continuing relevance. Here, the authors focus on …
History, Literature and the Writing of the Canadian Prairies
In a collection of ten essays, History, Literature and the Writing of the Canadian Prairies explores a more contemporary prairie identity, and reconfigures "the prairie" as a construct that is non-linear and diverse, responding to the impact of geographical, historical, and political currents
Behind the Scenes
William Clifford Clark, federal deputy minister of finance from 1932 to 1952, had a profound impact on Canadian history. An important intellectual figure during the first half of the twentieth century, he was leader of 'The Ottawa Men,' a group of federal civil servants who shaped a new liberal vision of the nation. Robert A. Wardhaugh chronicles Clark's contributions to Canada's modern state in Behind the Scenes, which reconstructs the public li…
Power, Politics, and Principles
The Rowell-Sirois Commission and the Remaking of Canadian Federalism
The Rowell-Sirois Commission and the Remaking of Canadian Federalism investigates the groundbreaking inquiry launched to reconstruct the federal system and reveals its legacy for Canadian federalism today. In 1937, the Canadian confederation was broken. As the Depression ground on, the provinces faced increasing obligations but limited funds, while the dominion had fewer responsibilities but lucrative revenue sources. The commission was struck to…
A Diminished Roar
Reviewed by: A Diminished Roar: Winnipeg in the 1920s by Jim Blanchard Robert Wardhaugh Blanchard, Jim –A Diminished Roar: Winnipeg in the 1920s. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2019. Pp. 294. What place and time could be more exciting than Winnipeg in the 1920s? While this question may seem to drip with sarcasm, there is more to it than first meets the eye. Only a generation before, as immigrants poured in and industrialization took hold…
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