Let the eastern bastards freeze in the dark : the west versus the rest since confederation

Janigan, Mary. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780307400635
ISBN: 0307400638
Physical Description: print
xii, 426 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Toronto : Vintage Canada, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-398) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The November 1918 conference: where the west was almost lost -- Riel versus MacDonald: contenders for the West, 1857 to summer of 1870 -- Norquay and Haultain: two Western champions and a funeral, lat 1870 to 1897 -- Haultain loses self-control - and Laurier keeps resource control, 1898-1905 -- "A burden onerous to bear": Frank Oliver does it his way, 1905 to August 1911 -- Borden Dallies: the birth of the gang of three, September 1911 to August 1914 -- The West's bad war: stalemate for the gang of three, August 1914 to early March 1918 -- The rest versus the West: the gang of three loses the peace, March 1918 to November 1918 -- "The principles have been completely lost to sight": Meighen splits the gang of three, 1919-1921 -- "We are very desirous of having this long standing question settled": Mackenzie King's on-the-job training, 1921 to 1925 -- "This makes a virtual reconstruction of confederation": the deal, the depression and the great discovery, 1926 to 1947.