John Ralston Saul

Extraordinary Canadians: Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert

Ebook (EPUB Format)

Canada has no better interpreter than prolific writer and thinker John Ralston Saul. Here he argues that Canada did not begin in 1867; indeed, its foundation was laid by two visionary men, Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin. The two leaders of Lower and Upper Canada, respectively, worked together after the 1841 Union to lead a reformist movement for responsible government run by elected citizens instead of a colonial governor. But it was during the Great Ministry of 1848-51 that the two politicians implemented laws that created a more equitable country. They revamped judicial institutions, created a public education system, made b… Mehr

CHF 21.25

Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)

Versandfertig innerhalb 1-3 Werktagen
Versandkostenfrei

Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-14-317874-3
EAN: 9780143178743
Produktnummer: 18931573
Verlag: Penguin Canada
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 272 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 196 KB

Über den Autor

JOHN RALSTON SAUL is Canada's leading public intellectual. Declared a prophet by Time magazine, Saul has received many awards and prizes, including Chile's Pablo Neruda Medal. He is president of PEN International, an organization dedicated to freedom of expression. He has published thirteen works, which have been translated into twenty-two languages in thirty countries, the most recent of which are A Fair Country and Dark Diversions. HisVoltaire's Bastards and A Doubter's Companion will appear in Penguin Modern Classics this fall