O D Skelton

Author : Norman Hillmer
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773590021

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O.D. Skelton by Norman Hillmer Pdf

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 : Norman Hillmer
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781442622364

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O.D. Skelton by Norman Hillmer Pdf

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.

Author : Oscar D. Skelton
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4057664582072

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The Canadian Dominion: A Chronicle of Our Northern Neighbor by Oscar D. Skelton Pdf

This incredible work gives excellent insight into Canadian history until World War I. It depicts significant events and personalities in its narrative of history and the issues of the day. It deals with the topic in a way that the readers can easily see similarities in today's world too.

Author : Oscar Douglas Skelton
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547096337

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Life and Letters of Sir Wilfrid Laurier by Oscar Douglas Skelton Pdf

An incredible biography of Sir Wilfrid Laurier that surveys his career, discussing mainly the fifteen eventful years of his premiership. Laurier was a Canadian lawyer, statesman, and politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. He was the first French Canadian prime minister, and his 15-year tenure is the most extended unbroken term of office among Canadian prime ministers. Laurier is well known for settlements between English and French Canada.

Author : Terence Allan Crowley,Terry Crowley
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0802079024

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Marriage of Minds by Terence Allan Crowley,Terry Crowley Pdf

Oscar Skelton (1878-1941) was a prominent early-twentieth century scholar who became a civil servant and political advisor to prime ministers Mackenzie King and R.B. Bennett. He wrote a number of important books and one, Socialism: A Critical Analysis, was highly praised by Vladimir Lenin. His wife, Isabel Skelton (1877-1956), wrote extensively about literature and history; she was the first historian to treat women from the country's past individually in their own right rather than as a generalized category. Both husband and wife promoted the idea that Canada was an independent nation that no longer needed Britain's tutelage. Terry Crowley has written a unique double biography that examines the lives of Isabel and Oscar, their works, and their careers. He shows how both individuals in their own way influenced the development of Canada as a nation state. Crowley questions why, when both Isabel and Oscar wrote influential works, Oscar's career blossomed, while Isabel remains virtually unrecognized. He concludes that despite Isabel's literary accomplishments, her life remained enmeshed in domestic and family roles, while Oscar's rise to prominence was facilitated by male scholarly and publishing networks as well as the support that women provided to men's careers. This book traces the lives of two people who rejected British colonialism and hailed a new nation on the world's stage, examining the intersections of gender, nationality, and literary expression at a significant juncture in Canada's history.

Author : Oscar D. Skelton,Norman Hillmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Canada
ISBN : 0773542736

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O.D. Skelton by Oscar D. Skelton,Norman Hillmer Pdf

Author : Oscar Douglas Skelton
Publisher : Binker North
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1919-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1989708595

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The Canadian Dominion by Oscar Douglas Skelton Pdf

The history of Canada since the close of the French regime falls into three clearly marked half centuries. The first fifty years after the Peace of Paris determined that Canada was to maintain a separate existence under the British flag and was not to become a fourteenth colony or be merged with the United States. The second fifty years brought the winning of self-government and the achievement of Confederation. The third fifty years witnessed the expansion of the Dominion from sea to sea and the endeavor to make the unity of the political map a living reality--the endeavor to weld the far-flung provinces into one country, to give Canada a distinctive place in the Empire and in the world, and eventually in the alliance of peoples banded together in mankind's greatest task of enforcing peace and justice among nations. The author has found it expedient in this narrative to depart from the usual method of these Chronicles and arrange the matter in chronological rather than in biographical or topical divisions. The first period of fifty years is accordingly covered in one chapter, the second in two chapters, and the third in two chapters. Authorities and a list of publications for a more extended study will be found in the Bibliographical Note. O. D. S. QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY, KINGSTON, CANADA, July, 1919.

Author : John Skelton
Publisher : University of Delaware Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : 0874133726

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The Book of the Laurel by John Skelton Pdf

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 : OSCAR D. SKELTON
Publisher : Alpha Edition
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 935297137X

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The Canadian Dominion by OSCAR D. SKELTON Pdf

This book has been deemed as a classic and has stood the test of time. The book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations.

Author : Greg Walker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2002-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0521521394

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John Skelton and the Politics of the 1520s by Greg Walker Pdf

A detailed examination of the poet John Skelton's satirical assault upon Cardinal Wolsey.

Author : John Skelton
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 1014 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-12
Category : Poetry
ISBN : EAN:8596547775959

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The Poetical Works of John Skelton (Vol. 1&2) by John Skelton Pdf

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 : Oscar Douglas Skelton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Canada
ISBN : UCAL:B4469840

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The Life and Letters of Sir Wilfred Laurier by Oscar Douglas Skelton Pdf

Author : Reginald C. Stuart
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773581333

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Transnationalism by Reginald C. Stuart Pdf

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.

Author : Jane Griffiths
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-02-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191515194

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John Skelton and Poetic Authority by Jane Griffiths Pdf

John Skelton and Poetic Authority is the first book-length study of Skelton for almost twenty years, and the first to trace the roots of his poetic theory to his practice as a writer and translator. It demonstrates that much of what has been found challenging in his work may be attributed to his attempt to reconcile existing views of the poet's role in society with discoveries about the writing process itself. The result is a highly idiosyncratic poetics that locates the poet's authority decisively within his own person, yet at the same time predicates his 'liberty to speak' upon the existence of an engaged, imaginative audience. Skelton is frequently treated as a maverick, but this book places his theory and practice firmly in the context of later sixteenth as well as fifteenth-century traditions. Focusing on his relations with both past and present readers, it reassess his place in the English literary canon.

Author : Anthony Edwards
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134783823

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John Skelton by Anthony Edwards Pdf

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves.