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Bezig met laden... Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Timesdoor Richard J. Gwyn
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is Volume 2 of Richard Gwyn's biography of Sir John A. MacDonald, Canada's first prime minister. Highly readable, with lots of information about Sir John, including details about his family life. I found the book to be more about Sir John's personality than his political philosophy. It's clear he wanted to remain part of the British Empire and that he didn't want to become part of the U.S., but that's as much as we get. The author seems to have given his subject the benefit of the doubt. He treated Sir John's involvement in the Pacific Scandal quite delicately, as he did his role in the Riel Rebellion. Not surprising since Mr. Gwyn describes Sir John as "The man who made us", the man without whom there wouldn't have been Canada as we know it. Personally, I don't subscribe to the great man/woman theory. No one is irreplaceable (except pregnant woman in the first 38 weeks of pregnancy!) And Canadians are certainly very different from what we were in Sir John's time, demographically and in terms of values. But, he did, in my opinion, recognize that the secret to building and sustaining Canada is dialogue among different groups. When Rene Levesque said "We're done talking", he couldn't have been more wrong. Dialogue is the part of Sir John's legacy that lives on today. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
An exciting story, passionately told and rich in detail, this major biography is the second volume of the bestselling, award-winning John A: The Man Who Made Us, by well-known journalist and highly respected author Richard Gwyn. John A. Macdonald, Canada's first and most important prime minister, is the man who made Confederation happen, who built this country over the next quarter century, and who shaped what it is today. From Confederation Day in 1867, where this volume picks up, Macdonald finessed a reluctant union of four provinces into a strong state. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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In this era of reconciliation, it was interesting to read of Macdonald's efforts to include indigenous peoples in the government of the country and of his response to both the collapse of the bison and the Metis uprising of 1885. It would seem his failings, just as his successes, played their part in shaping the country's history. ( )