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Discovering Confederation : a Canadian's story / Janet Ajzenstat.

Author/creator Ajzenstat, Janet, 1936-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoMontréal & Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2014]
Descriptionviii, 158 pages ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Series Footprints series ; 18
Footprints (Cheltenham, England) ; 18. ^A866040
Contents 1 Confederation Lost and Found -- 2 Finding Canada's Texts Getting to Political Science -- 3 Getting to Political Science -- 4 McMaster's Basement Lecture Halls -- 5 Allan Bloom and C.B. Macpherson -- 6 Our Greatest Constitutionalist -- 7 Divided Mind -- 8 Janet's Dilemma -- 9 The Great Delayers -- 10 Knocking on the Academic Door -- 11 Enter Peter J. Smith -- 12 The Failed Siege of McMaster -- 13 Happy Home in the West -- 14 The World Remade -- 15 On the Inside -- 16 The Law Class -- 17 The Confederation Texts -- 18 Making the Book -- 19 Human Rights -- 20 Return to the Law Class -- 21 Retirement as Career -- 22 Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig -- 23 In Demand as Expert: The Canadian Senate -- 24 "Your Publisher Is on the Line" -- 25 The "Revisionist Account" Revisited -- 26 Double-Duty Retirement -- 27 Return Trip to Primary Texts.
Abstract The author is one of Canada's most respected thinkers on the moral and philosophical foundations of responsible government and Confederation. This book offers a study of political science over the years through the intellectual lens of her career.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Other formsIssued also in electronic format.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017380527
ISBN9780773543232 (cloth)
ISBN9780773543249 (paperback)

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