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Canada and the End of the Imperial Dream: Beverley Baxter's Reports from London through War and Peace, 1936-1960
Neville Thompson
416 pages
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10 b/w illustrations
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227x152mm
978-0-19-900393-8
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28 February 2013
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- Compelling history. Covers some of the most profound events of the twentieth century, from the Second World War to the Cold War and Suez crisis.
- Revealing biography. In part the story of Beverly Baxter, the most important person conveying information about Britain to Canada for a quarter of a century.
- Cultural icon. A historical glimpse into Maclean's magazine, the only national general interest magazine in English Canada in the mid-twentieth century.
- Success story. A Canadian living in Britain, Baxter was a well-respected journalist and newspaper editor in London, as well as British Member of Parliament.
- Stylish prose. Written for a wide audience in a style that is variously witty, ironic, and compelling.
- Influential "characters." Includes a cast of characters who largely shaped the twentieth century-including Churchill, Lord Beaverbrook, Mackenzie King, Stalin, and Hitler.
- Opinionated. Baxter was a firm supporter of the British imperial connection, ever keen to persuade his audience back home to preserve the British links.
- Archival images. Includes reproductions from Maclean's archives, among other sources.
Decades after political independence, Britain's cultural influence on the Canadian population remained strong. Beverly Baxter, a Canadian-born journalist and British politician, reinforced this imperial connection through his semi-monthly column in Maclean's magazine called, simply, London Letters. Six hundred of these widely read and deeply influential articles were published from 1936 to 1960, becoming the most important Canadian source of information on British politics, culture, and society of their time.
More than the story of Baxter himself, this stylishly written account provides new
insights into a transformative era in Canadian history. As the British Empire disintegrated and a nationalistic Canada emerged on the world stage, Baxter maintained an imperial vision. His vivid and opinionated column reported on crucial international events-from the victory over Germany in 1945 to the Suez crisis-amidst a backdrop of rising global superpowers.
Accompanied by rare archival images, Canada and the End of the Imperial Dream is a history of politics, war, imperial and international relations, culture, and the personalities that moved the world in the troubled middle years of the twentieth century.
Readership: Canada and the End of the Imperial Dream will be of
interest to readers of Canadian and British history, as well as twentieth-century history and journalism. Spanning the war years, the book will also appeal to those interested in the Second World War.
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Neville Thompson, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Western University Neville Thompson is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Western Ontario, where he taught modern British and European history. He was previously a faculty member at Huron University College and McMaster University. A specialist in the political, diplomatic, and imperial history of modern Britain, he is the author of Earl Bathurst and the British Empire, Wellington after Waterloo, and The Anti-Appeasers.
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Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Overture: An Imperial Citizen Goes Home
2. The British Imperial Standard
3. Pax Umbrellica
4. Who Lives if England Dies?
5. Churchill's War at Westminster
6. Hoping for a Priceless Victory
7. Fighting the New Jerusalem
8. No Glad Confident Morning
9. Suez: The Last Hinge of Empire
10. Envoi: There'll Always Be an England
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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