Od Skelton

Author : Norman Hillmer
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442622369
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book O.D. Skelton written by Norman Hillmer and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When O.D. Skelton became Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s foreign policy advisor in 1923, he was already a celebrated critic of the status quo in international and domestic affairs, a loyal Liberal Party man, and a fervent nationalist who believed Canada needed to steer a path independent of Britain. Two years later, he became the permanent head of Canada’s Department of External Affairs. Between then and his tragic death in 1941, Skelton created Canada’s professional diplomatic service, staffing it with sharp young men such as Lester B. Pearson. Skelton’s importance in Ottawa was unparalleled, and his role in shaping Canada’s world was formative and crucial. Using research from archives across Canada and around the world, Norman Hillmer presents Skelton not only as a towering intellectual force but as deeply human – deceptively quiet, complex, and driven by an outsize ambition for himself and for his country. O.D. Skelton is the definitive biography of the most influential public servant in Canada’s history, written by one of the most prolific Canadian historians of international affairs and the editor of Skelton’s voluminous papers.

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ISBN 13 : 9781442620360
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Author : Norman Hillmer
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773590021
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book O.D. Skelton written by Norman Hillmer and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: O.D. Skelton: The Work of the World, 1923-1941 is a lively and compelling trip through the letters, diary entries, and official memoranda of O.D. Skelton, one of the most important and influential civil servants in twentieth-century Canada. Skelton was a towering foreign policy advisor to Canada's prime ministers and a lonely advocate for the country's independence from Great Britain. His accounts detail his work as he co-operated and clashed with William Lyon Mackenzie King and R.B. Bennett over Canada's participation in the international arena. Norman Hillmer's selection and assessment of Skelton's writings offer a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of the federal government as Skelton systematically built up the Department of External Affairs and the Canadian diplomatic service as instruments of the national interest, confronted the Manchurian, Ethiopian, and Czech crises of the 1930s, aligned himself with senior francophone politicians such as Ernest Lapointe and Raoul Dandurand, and watched in despair as Europe and Asia descended into war. Providing avenues into a time when Canada was struggling to define itself, this collection shows the ways in which O.D. Skelton pushed the country onto the global stage.

Author : Oscar Douglas Skelton
Publisher : McGill Queens Univ
ISBN 13 : 9780773542723
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book O.D. Skelton written by Oscar Douglas Skelton and published by McGill Queens Univ. This book was released on 2013 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneering analysis of Skelton's passionate foreign policy career.

Author : John Skelton
Publisher : University of Delaware Press
ISBN 13 : 9780874133721
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of the Laurel written by John Skelton and published by University of Delaware Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first edition of Skelton's elaborate dream-allegory to be based on a thorough examination of extant texts. It represents a major revision of our knowledge of Skelton's career and of the form and meaning of the poem. Extensive introduction, notes, and glossary.

Author : Meghan McCarthy
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442481889
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daredevil written by Meghan McCarthy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting picture book biography of Betty Skelton, aviation and auto racing pioneer, from award-winning author/illustrator Megan McCarthy. Includes audio! In the 1930s most girls were happy playing with dolls. But one girl, Betty Skelton, liked playing with airplanes, watching them fly around outside, and even flying airplanes herself! She lived for an adventure—in the air, the water, and on land—and nothing could stop her, especially not being a girl. When Betty Skelton was young there weren’t many women flying airplanes or racing cars, but she wouldn’t let that stop her. She was always ready to take on a challenge, and she loved to have fun. Beetty rode motorcycles, raced cars, jumped out of planes, and flew jets, helicoptors, gliders, and blimps. And by the time she was an adult, Betty was known in the press as the “First Lady of Firsts!” This vibrantly illustrated picture book biography with audio reveals the exciting life of a brave pioneer who followed her dreams and showed the world that women can do anything!

Author : Greg Walker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521521390
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Skelton and the Politics of the 1520s written by Greg Walker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-22 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed examination of the poet John Skelton's satirical assault upon Cardinal Wolsey.

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Total Pages : 9 pages
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Download or read book O.D. Skelton written by and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Skelton
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1014 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Poetical Works of John Skelton (Vol. 1&2) written by John Skelton and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-12 with total page 1014 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted Good Press ebook collection "The Poetical Works of John Skelton" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Of the death of the noble prince, Kynge Edwarde the Forth Poeta Skelton laureatus libellum suum metrice alloquitur Tetrastichon ad Magistrum Rukshaw The Bowge of Courte Phyllyp Sparowe The tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng Poems against Garnesche Against venemous tongues How euery thing must haue a tyme Prayer to the Father of Heauen To the Seconde Parson To the Holy Gooste "Woffully araid," "Now synge we, as we were wont," "I, liber, et propera, regem tu pronus adora," The maner of the world now a dayes Ware the Hauke Epithaphe. A Deuoute Trentale for old John Clarke "Diligo rustincum cum portant," Lamentatio urbis Norvicen In Bedel, "Hanc volo transcribas," "Igitur quia sunt qui mala cuncta fremunt," "Salve plus decies quam sunt momenta dierum," Henrici Septimi Epitaphium Eulogium pro suorum temporum conditione, tantis principibus non indignum Tetrastichon veritatis Against the Scottes Vnto diuers people that remord this rymynge, Chorus de Dis contra Scottos Chorus de Dis, &c. super triumphali victoria contra Gallos Vilitissimus Scotus Dundas allegat caudas contra Angligenas Elegia in Margaretæ nuper comitissæ de Derby funebre ministerium Why were ye Calliope embrawdred with letters of golde? Cur tibi contexta est aurea Calliope? The Boke of Three Fooles A replycacion agaynst certayne yong scolers abiured of late Magnyfycence, a goodly interlude and a mery Colyn Cloute... Speke, Parrot Why come ye nat to Courte Howe the douty Duke of Albany, lyke a cowarde knyght, ran awaye shamfully, Poems attributed to Skelton: Verses presented to King Henry the Seventh at the feast of St. George The Epitaffe of the moste noble and valyaunt Jaspar late Duke of Beddeforde Elegy on King Henry the Seventh Vox populi, vox Dei The Image of Ipocrysy...

Author : Reginald C. Stuart
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773581332
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transnationalism written by Reginald C. Stuart and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2010-10-20 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The border between Canada and the United States separates political sovereignties, but not the shared themes of cultural, social, and economic history that have unfolded since the 18th century. Transnationalism brings together original works that focus on the shared histories of the United States and Canada that have over two centuries created a distinct North American identity and sensibility. Contributors explore the phenomenon of a North American history and discuss interactions between Canada and the United States from the eighteenth century to the present. Specific themes include the First Nations experience, national and North American identities and culture, social and economic cooperation, and issues of security and defence. Transnationalism challenges us to put the border in context order to better understand the past, present, and future interrelationships between Canada and the United States.