Able to Lead

Disablement, Radicalism, and the Political Life of E.T. Kingsley

Ravi Malhotra, Benjamin Isitt (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2021
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
9780774865777 (ISBN)

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Eugene T. Kingsley led an extraordinary life. Born in mid-nineteenth-century New York,y 1890 he was a railway brakeman in Montana. An accident left him a double amputee and politically radicalized, and his socialist activism that followed took him north of the border where he eventually was considered by the government to be "one of the most dangerous men in Canada".

Able to Lead traces Kingsley's political journey from soapbox speaker in San Francisco to prominence in the Socialist Party of Canada. Ravi Malhotra and Benjamin Isitt illuminate a figure who shaped a generation of Canadian leftists during a time when it was uncommon for disabled men to lead. They examine Kingsley's endeavours for justice against the Northern Pacific Railway, and how Kingsley's life intersected with immigration law and free-speech rights.

Able to Lead brings a turbulent period in North American history to life, highlighting Kingsley's profound legacy for the twenty-first-century political left.

Ravi Malhotra is a professor in the Faculty of Law and cross-appointed to the School of Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Ottawa. He is the co-author, with Morgan Rowe, of Exploring Disability Identity and Disability Rights through Narratives: Finding a Voice of Their Own. Benjamin Isitt is a historian and legal scholar based in Victoria, British Columbia. He is the author of From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada's Siberian Expedition, 1917–19 and Militant Minority: British Columbia Workers and the Rise of a New Left, 1948–1972, among other publications. Malhotra and Isitt are also co-editors of Disabling Barriers: Social Movements, Disability History and the Law.

Introduction

1 Incident at Spring Gulch: Disablement, Litigation, and the Birth of a Revolutionary

2 California Radical: Fighting for Free Speech and Running for Congress in the Socialist Labor Party

3 Crossing the Line: Eugene Kingsley Arrives in British Columbia

4 No Compromise: Kingsley and the Socialist Party of Canada

5 Kingsley and the State

6 The Twilight Years: Kingsley and the 1920s Canadian Left

Conclusion

Appendix 1: Timeline of the Life and Political Times of E.T. Kingsley

Appendix 2: E.T. Kingsley Election Results

Appendix 3: Partial Record of E.T. Kingsley's Public Speeches and Lectures

Appendix 4: Obituary for E.T. Kingsley

Notes; Index

Erscheinungsdatum	11.10.2021
Zusatzinfo	27 b&w photos, 1 map
Verlagsort	Vancouver
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	590 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9780774865777 / 9780774865777
Zustand	Neuware