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The Prairie Populist: George Hara Williams and the Untold Story of the CCF: An Essay on Radical Leadership in a Time of Crisis and the Victory of Socialist Agrarian Populism, 1921-1944 - Couverture souple

Conway, J. F.

 
9780889775459: The Prairie Populist: George Hara Williams and the Untold Story of the CCF: An Essay on Radical Leadership in a Time of Crisis and the Victory of Socialist Agrarian Populism, 1921-1944
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ISBN 10 : 0889775451 ISBN 13 : 9780889775459
Editeur : University of Regina Press, 2018

Synopsis

George Hara Williams was the most successful of the early leaders of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) in Saskatchewan. But his role in the party was undermined by Tommy Douglas and M. J. Coldwell, and now he is almost forgotten.



The populist who mobilized farmers of the province to support a socialist platform, he was one of five MLAs elected in the 1934 election, becoming Leader of the Opposition. He firmly supported socialists participating in the struggle against fascism, including military action, a position not held by everyone in the party. While Williams was serving overseas, a campaign to replace him as leader, led by Coldwell and Douglas, was successful.

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The full story of Williams’ role in building the CCF and bringing it to the threshold of power, and the party machinations leading to his defeat as leader, has until now, been never fully documented.

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À propos des auteurs

J.F. Conway is a professor of sociology at the University of Regina. Over the years he has published extensively on agrarian populism and the emergence of the CCF in Saskatchewan and the Social Credit movement in Alberta. He lives in Regina, Saskatchewan.
 



J.F. Conway is a professor of sociology at the University of Regina. Over the years he has published extensively on agrarian populism and the emergence of the CCF in Saskatchewan and the Social Credit movement in Alberta. He lives in Regina, Saskatchewan.
 

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Éditeur
University of Regina Press
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0889775451
ISBN 13 
9780889775459
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
336
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