The Enduring Riddle of Mackenzie King

Buch | Hardcover

402 Seiten

2025
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
978-0-7748-7186-0 (ISBN)

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A giant of Canadian history. A racist and anti-Semite typical of his generation. A devoted occultist. An uncontested Liberal Party leader. The Enduring Riddle of Mackenzie King explores the character, thoughts, and actions of Canada's longest-serving prime minister.

Patrice Dutil leads a who's who of political historians to explain William Lyon Mackenzie King. Although King often headed minority governments and was sometimes personally defeated in elections, his accomplishments are unmatched. He led the nation during the expansionist 1920s and part of the 1930s Depression, and managed the Canadian war effort in the 1940s, garnering both praise and blame. His inaction on numerous files and the racism of many of his policy approaches were reprehensible, but he kept the country united during the Second World War and ushered in the welfare state.

These essays shed new light on how King may – or may not – be the greatest of all Canadian prime ministers.

Patrice Dutil is a professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University, a senior fellow of the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History at the University of Toronto, and a senior fellow of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. He is the author of Prime Ministerial Power in Canada: Its Origins under Macdonald, Laurier, and Borden and Devil's Advocate: Godfroy Langlois and the Politics of Liberal Progressivism in Laurier's Quebec. Among his many edited books are Statesmen, Strategists and Diplomats: Canada's Prime Ministers and the Making of Foreign Policy and The Unexpected Louis St-Laurent: Politics and Policies for a Modern Canada. Contributors: Pierre Anctil, Stephen Azzi, Raymond B. Blake, Robert Bothwell, Mark Bourrie, Colin Campbell, Christopher Dummitt, John English, David L.A. Gordon, J.L. Granatstein, Norman Hillmer, Allan Levine, John MacFarlane, David MacKenzie, J.R. Miller, Arthur Milnes, Kirk Niergarth, Anton Wagner.

Introduction / Patrice Dutil

Part 1: King, the Man and His Politics

1 GOAT or Goat? A Life in Review / Patrice Dutil

2 From the Mundane to the Insane: The Diary as a Window into King's Soul / Allan Levine

3 "A Journalist at Present": King as City Reporter / Arthur Milnes

4 King and the Press in English Canada / Mark Bourrie

5 The Anatomy of Success: King's Tireless Search for Supporters and Subordinates / Patrice Dutil

Part 2: King and Society

6 A High-Wire Act: King and the French Canadians / John MacFarlane

7 "Desiring a White Canada": King's Anti-Asian Racism / Kirk Niergarth

8 King and the Germans / John English

9 A Complete Misjudgment: King and the Jews / Pierre Anctil

10 A Studied Indifference: King and the First Nations / J.R. Miller

Part 3: King and Policy

11 King and the Revolution in Government Finance: The Income Tax / Colin Campbell

12 King as Canada's First Minister of Culture / Anton Wagner

13 King's Secret Vocation as Urban Planner / David L.A. Gordon

14 King's Radical Turn / Raymond B. Blake

15 King's Cautious Transformation / Stephen Azzi and Norman Hillmer

16 King in the World of International Organizations / David MacKenzie

17 King and the Soft Tissue of Relations with Washington, DC / Robert Bothwell

Part 4: King and History

18 "It's Not You, It's Me": Canadians' Posthumous Romance with King / Christopher Dummitt

19 King on My Mind: Reflections on Three-Quarters of a Century / J.L. Granatstein

Appendix: William Lyon Mackenzie King, a Chronology

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	04.10.2025
Reihe/Serie	The C.D. Howe Series in Canadian Political History
Zusatzinfo	21 b&w photos, 1 chart, 1 table
Verlagsort	Vancouver
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	710 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	0-7748-7186-5 / 0774871865
ISBN-13	978-0-7748-7186-0 / 9780774871860
Zustand	Neuware