Political Science History & Theory
People, Politics, and Purpose
Biography and Canadian Political History
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2023
- Category
- History & Theory, Canadian, Political, Post-Confederation (1867-)
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774866804
- Publish Date
- Feb 2023
- List Price
- $89.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774868020
- Publish Date
- Feb 2023
- List Price
- $34.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774866811
- Publish Date
- Oct 2023
- List Price
- $34.95
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Description
Biography is “not on the periphery of history but in the middle of it,” historian Peter Waite astutely remarked. People, Politics, and Purpose brings the historian’s myriad tools to bear on Canadians, from prime ministers to lumberjacks to Indigenous leaders. Drawing on the rich details of biography – the what – the contributors also address the larger questions of motivation – the so what – that drive history. In the process, they prove the value of analyzing both macro- and micro-dynamics within Canadian politics and society to illuminate the roles of political actors. As such, the biographies in People, Politics, and Purpose are not simply stories about the lives of individuals but critical reflections on subjects who are directly involved in, and affected by, politics in Canada. This book makes for lively reading that stimulates fresh thinking about political biography and the direction of political history more generally.
About the authors
Greg Donaghy is Head of the Historical Section at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, and General Editor of its series, Documents on Canadian External Relations. His publications include Tolerant Allies: Canada and the United States, 1963-68, and the edited collection (with Patricia Roy) Contradictory Impulses: Canada and Japan in the 20th Century.
P. Whitney Lackenbauer is associate professor and chair of the Department of History at St. Jerome's University in the University of Waterloo, and a faculty associate with the LCMSDS.
Peter Kikkert recently completed his M.A. at the University of Waterloo and is a Ph.D. student in history at the University of Western Ontario.
Editorial Reviews
"Readers of People, Politics, and Purpose will likely be academics — the book surely won’t make any holiday bestsellers list — but it is an entertaining and informative collection of portraits in Canadian leadership. In this way, it would be of interest to even non-specialists."
Literary Review of Canada
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