Conscience and History: A Memoir - Hardcover

Mcnaught, Kenneth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802044255 ISBN 13: 9780802044259

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 1999

Synopsis

Anyone interested in Canadian academic affairs, history writing, left-wing politics, or Toronto society will find themselves utterly engaged by the witty and urbane voice behind these memoirs of a man who seemed to know simply everyone. Kenneth McNaught's autobiography mixes acute observations on key political issues with memories of his student days in the 1930s, watercolour painting, and summers on Garden Island.
Born in 1918, Kenneth McNaught attended Upper Canada College, North Toronto Collegiate Institute, and the University of Toronto, where he eventually became a history professor. During McNaught's stay at United College of Winnipeg in the 1950s, historian Harry Crowe was dismissed when a private letter critical of the administration found its way into the president's hands. McNaught gives a gripping account of his involvement in this landmark case in the history of academic freedom, which resulted in the development of the Canadian Association of University Teachers, and proved to be his most formative experience. He also discusses his role in the League for Social Reconstruction, the turmoil in the universities in the 1960s, Canada's complicity in Vietnam, the campaign against nuclear war, and his reaction to the growing independence movement in Quebec.

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From the Inside Flap

'As one would expect from such an acute observer of people and events this memoir is witty, urbane, and candid, a delight to read.'

About the Author

Michael Bliss holds the elite rank of University Professor in the Department of History and the History of Medicine Program at the University of Toronto.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0802044255
• ISBN 13: 9780802044259
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 215