The enduring riddle of Mackenzie King /
"A giant of Canadian history. A hapless bachelor who practically worshipped his mother. A racist and anti-Semite typical of his generation. A devoted occultist. An astoundingly effective Liberal Party leader. The Enduring Riddle of Mackenzie King explores the character, thoughts, and actions of...
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Vancouver :
UBC Press,
[2025]
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| Series: | C.D. Howe series in Canadian political history.
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Table of Contents:
- GOAT or Goat? A Life in Review / Patrice Dutil
- From the Mundane to the Insane: The Diary as a Window Into King's Soul / Allan Levine
- "A Journalist at Present": King as City Reporter / Arthur Milnes
- King and the Press in English Canada / Mark Bourrie
- The Anatomy of Success: King's Tireless Search for Supporters and Subordinates / Patrice Dutil
- A High-Wire Act: King and the French-Canadians / John MacFarlane
- "Desiring a White Canada": King's Anti-Asian Racism / Kirk Niergarth
- King and the Germans / John English
- A Complete Misjudgement: King and the Jews / Pierre Anctil
- A Studied Indifference: King and the First Nations / J.R. Miller
- King and the Revolution in Government Finance: The Income Tax / Colin Campbell
- King as Canada's First Minister of Culture / Anton Wagner
- King's Secret Vocation as Urban Planner / David L.A. Gordon
- King's Radical Turn / Raymond B. Blake
- King's Cautious Transformation / Stephen Azzi and Norman Hillmer
- King in the World of International Organizations / David MacKenzie
- King and the Soft Tissue of Relations with Washington, DC / Robert Bothwell
- "It's Not You, It's Me": Canadians' Posthumous Romance with King / Christopher Dummitt
- King on My Mind: Reflections on Three-Quarters of a Century / J.L. Granatstein
- Appendix: William Lyon Mackenzie King, a Chronology.