Boundless Optimism
Richard McBride's British Columbia
Will be published approx. on 1. November 2012
Book
Hardback
428 pages
978-0-7748-2388-3 (ISBN)
Description
Patricia E. Roy is the winner of the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award, Canadian Historical Association.
The first decade and a half of the twentieth century was mostly a time of unprecedented prosperity and growth in British Columbia. Although its colonial history was still etched in the public psyche, BC was coming into its own as a province of Canada and starting to realize the untapped economic potential of its natural resources.
Richard McBride served four terms as BC's premier, from 1903 to 1915, building a reputation as a charismatic and optimistic leader whose vision of a modern, industrialized, and wealthy province helped shape BC's institutions and its place in the British world. McBride stabilized the legislature by introducing party lines, promoted provincial causes in Ottawa, and above all encouraged new railways. His fight for "Better Terms" and his association with leading federal Conservatives made him a national figure, while his support of the Imperial navy and British investment brought him attention in London and a knighthood. Boundless Optimism chronicles the brilliant career of this often-overlooked leader and the province he helped create.
The first decade and a half of the twentieth century was mostly a time of unprecedented prosperity and growth in British Columbia. Although its colonial history was still etched in the public psyche, BC was coming into its own as a province of Canada and starting to realize the untapped economic potential of its natural resources.
Richard McBride served four terms as BC's premier, from 1903 to 1915, building a reputation as a charismatic and optimistic leader whose vision of a modern, industrialized, and wealthy province helped shape BC's institutions and its place in the British world. McBride stabilized the legislature by introducing party lines, promoted provincial causes in Ottawa, and above all encouraged new railways. His fight for "Better Terms" and his association with leading federal Conservatives made him a national figure, while his support of the Imperial navy and British investment brought him attention in London and a knighthood. Boundless Optimism chronicles the brilliant career of this often-overlooked leader and the province he helped create.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Vancouver
Canada
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Illustrations
19 cartoons, 17 b&w photos, 1 map
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
760 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7748-2388-3 (9780774823883)
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Person
Patricia E. Roy, professor emerita of history at the University of Victoria, is the author of many books on the history of British Columbia, including The Triumph of Citizenship: The Japanese and Chinese in Canada, 1941-67; The Oriental Question: Consolidating a White Man's Province, 1914-41; and A White Man's Province: British Columbia Politicians and Chinese and Japanese Immigrants, 1858-1914.
Content
Introduction
1 A Young British Columbian in a Young British Columbia
2 "Dewdney Dick": In a Chaotic Legislature, 1898-1903
3 Establishing a Government, 1903-07
4 Toward a Wider Stage, 1907-09
5 Boundless Optimism, 1909-12
6 The Beginning of the End, 1912-14
7 Optimism Challenged, 1914-15
8 Respite in London
Conclusion
Epilogue
Notes
Note on Sources
Index
1 A Young British Columbian in a Young British Columbia
2 "Dewdney Dick": In a Chaotic Legislature, 1898-1903
3 Establishing a Government, 1903-07
4 Toward a Wider Stage, 1907-09
5 Boundless Optimism, 1909-12
6 The Beginning of the End, 1912-14
7 Optimism Challenged, 1914-15
8 Respite in London
Conclusion
Epilogue
Notes
Note on Sources
Index