Sam Hughes : the public career of a controversial Canadian, 1885-1916 /
This book is based on the public career of a highly controversial Canadian, Sam Hughes 1885?1916. He is one of the most colourful, even bizarre, figures in Canadian history. Though he died in 1921, his name can still conjure up controversy and not a little misunderstanding. His long career?in so man...
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Waterloo, Ont. :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press in collaboration with Canadian War Museum, Canadian Museum of Civilization, National Museums of Canada,
1986
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| Series: | Canadian War Museum historical publication ;
no. 21. |
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Table of Contents:
- Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Background, 1853-1885; 2. Journalism, the Militia, and Local Politics, 1885-1890; 3. Getting Elected, 1890-1892; 4. In Parliament, 1892-1899; 5. Hughes, Hutton, and the Contingents for South Africa, 1899; 6. The Proving Ground: South Africa, 1900; 7. A Loyal Veteran, 1900-1911; 8. A Loyal Maverick; 9. The Peacetime Minister, 1911-1914; 10. The Critics; 11. War and Mobilization: One Man's Show, 1914; 12. Recruiting, 1914-1916; 13. "Done in Our Own Country": War Supplies, 1914-1916; 14. Hughes' Hydra Overseas, 1914-1915.
