Sovereignty or security? government policy in the Canadian north, 1936-1950 / Shelagh D. Grant.
Examines the impact of a group of progressive Ottawa administrators on government policy in the NWT and Yukon in the 1940s in response to increased American presence there during and after World War II. Shows how, in a little more than a decade, Ottawa shifted from a laissez-faire approach to northe...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Vancouver [B.C.] :
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c1988.
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| Series: | Canadian electronic library. Canadian publishers collection.
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| Summary: | Examines the impact of a group of progressive Ottawa administrators on government policy in the NWT and Yukon in the 1940s in response to increased American presence there during and after World War II. Shows how, in a little more than a decade, Ottawa shifted from a laissez-faire approach to northern affairs to the adoption of an active interventionist policy accompanied by unprecedented increases in financial support. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 385 p., [24] p. of plates) : ill. Also available in print version. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-367) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780774854030 (electronic bk.) 0774854030 (electronic bk.) 0774804858 9780774804851 1283225492 9781283225496 9786613225498 6613225495 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record. |
| Additional Physical Form available Note: | Also available in print version. |