The Government Generation: Canadian Intellectuals and the State 1900-1945

by Doug Owram

Book Overview

War, depression, secularization, urbanization, and the rise of industry - between 1900 and 1945 Canada struggled with all these developments, and from them was born the modern welfare state. New services were created, along with new taxes to pay for them and expanded bureaucracies to administer them. Government activity grew enormously; so did government expenditures. The role of the state in a modern industrialized society became the focus of a lively...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802066046
• ISBN13: 9780802066046
• Release Date: September 1986
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"