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Heritage Ser.: Social Credit Movement in Alberta by John Irving (1959, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN-100802060846
ISBN-139780802060846
eBay Product ID (ePID)84752257
Product Key Features
Number of Pages384 Pages
Publication NameSocial Credit Movement in Alberta
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1959
SubjectCanada / General, World / Canadian, Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-)
TypeTextbook
AuthorJohn Irving
Subject AreaPolitical Science, History
SeriesHeritage Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight21.2 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN60-001477
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"With commendable clarity, insight and attention to detail Professor Irving has described and analysed the rise of Social Credit in Alberta from the time that William Aberhart became converted to the cause of monetary reform in the summer in 1932, and began to introduce Social Credit doctrines into his Sunday afternoon religious broadcasts the next fall, until the accession of the movement to power on August 22, 1935... a valuable contribution to the literature of Canadian social science." --Queen's Quarterly "Carefully documented and interestingly written, this book is of value not only to the student of Social Credit but to the researcher on the political process and techniques of mass persuasion." --Western Political Quarterly
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
SynopsisProfessor Irving's book indicates how the apparent suddenness of the Social Credit rise to power and the magnitude of the victory aroused world-wide comment. He analyses systematically and comprehensively the rise of the movement as a phenomenon of mass psychology., "On the night of August 22, 1935, as Canadians listened to their radios, they heard, with amazement and incredulity, that the first Social Credit government in the world had been elected that day in the province of Alberta. . . . Before the tabulation of votes was completed, telephone calls from New York and London, headlines in newspapers, spot news in broadcasts, had confirmed the slogan of Social Crediters, 'The Eyes of the World are on Alberta.' The morning after the election a number of people lined up at the city hall in Calgary to collect the first installment of the Social Credit dividend of $25 monthly, which, they confidently believed, would be immediately forthcoming from their new government." This quotation from Professor Irving's book indicates how the apparent suddenness of the Social Credit rise to power and the magnitude of the victory aroused world-wide comment. Why had the doctrines of Social Credit, promoted unsuccessfully in the British Commonwealth and the United States for nearly twenty years, achieved political acceptance in Alberta? Why had the people of Alberta elected to public office persons so little experienced in the economic and political world as William Aberhart and his Social Credit colleagues? Professor Iving answers these questions and analyses systematically and comprehensively the rise of the movement as a phenomenon of mass psychology. His study, based mainly on interviews, supplemented with references to private papers, newspapers, and government sources provides a truly fascinating record.
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