Moved by the State: Forced Relocation and Making a Good Life in Postwar Canada (Brenda and David McLean Canadian Studies) - Softcover

Loo, Tina

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9780774861014: Moved by the State: Forced Relocation and Making a Good Life in Postwar Canada (Brenda and David McLean Canadian Studies)
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ISBN 10: 0774861010 ISBN 13: 9780774861014
Publisher: UBC Press, 2019

Synopsis

From the 1950s to the 1970s, the Canadian government relocated people living in rural and urban communities, often against their will, in order to alleviate the alltoocommon lack of social services and economic opportunities. Moved by the State offers a completely new interpretation of this undertaking, focusing on the bureaucrats and academics who designed and implemented these relocations – and on the larger development project they were pursuing. Tina Loo's finely crafted history reveals the optimistic belief underpinning postwar relocations: the power of the interventionist state to do good.

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About the Author

Tina Loo is professor of history at the University of British Columbia.

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Publisher
UBC Press
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0774861010
ISBN 13 
9780774861014
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
208
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