Christopher Dummitt
Biographic Data
| ID | 4089419 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Dummitt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Dummitt |
| SIGNATURE | DUMMITT C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Trent University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
No Place for the State: The Origins and Legacies of the 1969 Omnibus Bill
“There’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation,” Pierre Elliott Trudeau told reporters. He was making the case for the most controversial of his proposed reforms to the Criminal Code, those concerning homosexuality, birth control, and abortion. In No Place for the State, contributors offer complex and often contrasting perspectives as they assess how the 1969 Omnibus Bill helped shape sexual and moral politics in Canada by examinin…
The Twentieth Century
Je me souviens Too: Eugene Forsey and the Inclusiveness of 1950s’ British Canadianism
This article tells the story of the 1951–2 debate over the removal of the term “Dominion” from Canadian legislation and official life. It focuses on the role of constitutional expert and labour activist Eugene Forsey in calling for the preservation of British traditions in Canada. Some scholarship has presented the supporters of British Canadianism in the 1950s as ethnic and race-based nationalists whose ideas were overturned on the road to a mor…
Warlords: Borden, Mackenzie King, and Canada’s World Wars by Tim Cook (review)
Reviewed by: Warlords: Borden, Mackenzie King, and Canada’s World Wars by Tim Cook Christopher Dummitt Cook, Tim – Warlords: Borden, Mackenzie King, and Canada’s World Wars. Toronto: Allen Lane, 2012. Pp. 472. A good book can have a bad title. Neither Robert Borden nor William Lyon Mackenzie King could rightly be called warlords, at least not without expecting laughter. Title aside, though, Warlords is a very good book. Well-researched, drawing u…
The “Taint of Self: Reflections on Ralph Connor, his Fans, and the Problem of Morality in Recent Canadian Historiography
This article is an examination of the protestant moral world of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Canada, as presented in the novels of the popular Canadian writer Ralph Connor, and the fan-mail that he received. At the same time the article discusses the difficulties encountered by modern day social and cultural historians when interpreting this protestant moral vision. The article suggests that we look to the ideas of philosopher Cha…
Michael Dawson — Selling British Columbia: Tourism and Consumer Culture, 1890-1 970
Left History features articles from a variety of theoretical approaches; these include feminist, marxist, and postmodernist deliberations on topics such as race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, culture, the state, labour, the environment, theory, and method
Peter Boag — Same-Sex Afairs: Constructing Homosexuality in the Pacific Northwest
Left History features articles from a variety of theoretical approaches; these include feminist, marxist, and postmodernist deliberations on topics such as race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, culture, the state, labour, the environment, theory, and method
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Peter Boag — Same-Sex Afairs: Constructing Homosexuality in the Pacific Northwest
Left History features articles from a variety of theoretical approaches; these include feminist, marxist, and postmodernist deliberations on topics such as race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, culture, the state, labour, the environment, theory, and method
Michael Dawson — Selling British Columbia: Tourism and Consumer Culture, 1890-1 970
Left History features articles from a variety of theoretical approaches; these include feminist, marxist, and postmodernist deliberations on topics such as race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, culture, the state, labour, the environment, theory, and method
The “Taint of Self: Reflections on Ralph Connor, his Fans, and the Problem of Morality in Recent Canadian Historiography
This article is an examination of the protestant moral world of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Canada, as presented in the novels of the popular Canadian writer Ralph Connor, and the fan-mail that he received. At the same time the article discusses the difficulties encountered by modern day social and cultural historians when interpreting this protestant moral vision. The article suggests that we look to the ideas of philosopher Cha…
Warlords: Borden, Mackenzie King, and Canada’s World Wars by Tim Cook (review)
Reviewed by: Warlords: Borden, Mackenzie King, and Canada’s World Wars by Tim Cook Christopher Dummitt Cook, Tim – Warlords: Borden, Mackenzie King, and Canada’s World Wars. Toronto: Allen Lane, 2012. Pp. 472. A good book can have a bad title. Neither Robert Borden nor William Lyon Mackenzie King could rightly be called warlords, at least not without expecting laughter. Title aside, though, Warlords is a very good book. Well-researched, drawing u…
Je me souviens Too: Eugene Forsey and the Inclusiveness of 1950s’ British Canadianism
This article tells the story of the 1951–2 debate over the removal of the term “Dominion” from Canadian legislation and official life. It focuses on the role of constitutional expert and labour activist Eugene Forsey in calling for the preservation of British traditions in Canada. Some scholarship has presented the supporters of British Canadianism in the 1950s as ethnic and race-based nationalists whose ideas were overturned on the road to a mor…
No Place for the State: The Origins and Legacies of the 1969 Omnibus Bill
“There’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation,” Pierre Elliott Trudeau told reporters. He was making the case for the most controversial of his proposed reforms to the Criminal Code, those concerning homosexuality, birth control, and abortion. In No Place for the State, contributors offer complex and often contrasting perspectives as they assess how the 1969 Omnibus Bill helped shape sexual and moral politics in Canada by examinin…
The Twentieth Century
Canadian Identity and History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · History (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · American History and Culture (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · American Environmental and Regional History (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works)