<p>Azoulay delineates the central themes and determining factors of the party's development during the 1950s and early 1960s. The CCF/NDP had to contend with not only a booming postwar economy and a very popular premier but also a Cold War-induced phobia toward the Left and serious intraparty divisions. Despite this the party slowly recovered, led by a core of dedicated activists and employing an array of strategies, including the much-publicized transformation of the CCF into the NDP in the early 1960s. The author counters allegations that the CCF/NDP opportunistically abandoned its essential qualities (such as its socialist ideology or democratic structure) for the sake of electoral gain and that organized labour played a leading role in the party in these years, contributing to the dilution of the movement. Although the party sought new alliances among the province's less privileged groups, especially organized labour, it did so cautiously and even hesitantly, always conscious of the need to preserve its basic identity.</p>

Keeping the Dream Alive: The Survival of the Ontario CCF/NDP, 1950-1963

Politics & Social Sciences

Azoulay, Dan

Politics & Government

Queen's School of Policy Studies

What was romance like for Canadians a century ago? What qualities did men and women look for in prospective mates? How did they find suitable partners in difficult circumstances such as frontier isolation and parental disapproval? How did courtship proceed in the immediate post-Victorian era, when traditional romantic ideals and etiquette were colliding with the modern realities faced by ordinary people? Examining over 20,000 such letters, Dan Azoulay has produced the first full-length study of Canadian romance in the years 1900 to 1930, a period that witnessed dramatic changes, including massive immigration, rapid urbanization and industrialization, western settlement, a world war that killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of young Canadians, and a virtual revolution in morals and manners.

Hearts and Minds: Canadian Romance at the Dawn of the Modern Era, 1900-1930 (The West)

Self-Help

Relationships

University of Calgary Press

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