Haldane : the forgotten statesman who shaped Britain and Canada / John Campbell ; in collaboration with Richard McLauchlan.
| Author/creator |
Campbell, John, 1947- author. |
| Other author/creator | McLauchlan, Richard contributor. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020. |
| Copyright Notice | ©2020 |
| Description | xxviii, 483 pages, 104 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS -- 1. A Family Tradition -- 2. The Head and the Heart -- 3. The Company of Friends -- 4. A Philosophy for Life -- 5. Wealth and the Nation -- pt. TWO BUILDING THE STATE -- 6. A Brave New World -- 7. A Man for All Seasons -- 8. Education, Education, Education -- 9. War and Peace -- 10. The New State. |
| Abstract | "Can you name the creator of the Territorial Army, the British Expeditionary Force, the Imperial General Staff, and the Officers' Training Corps? The man who laid the foundation stones of MI5, MI6, the RAF, the LSE, Imperial College, the "redbrick" universities, and the Medical Research Council? This book restores Richard Burdon Haldane to his rightful place among the great men of British and Canadian history. Serving as war minister in the 1905 Liberal British government, his groundbreaking proposals on defence, education, and government structure were astonishingly ahead of his time--the very building blocks of modern Britain. Even the Canadian Constitution, as now interpreted, is unthinkable without Haldane. His ubiquitous networks ranged from Wilde to Einstein, Churchill to Carnegie, king to kaiser; his polymathic interests enabled pioneering cross-party, cross-sector cooperation. Yet in 1915 he was ejected from the Lord Chancellorship, unjustly vilified by an ignorant press campaign as a German sympathizer. John Campbell charts these ups and downs, reveals the intensely personal side of Haldane through previously unpublished love letters, and shows his enormous relevance in our search for just societies and states today. Amidst political and national instability, it is surely now right to reinstate Haldane as an outstanding example of true statesmanship."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-456) and index. |
| Other forms | Issued also in electronic format. |
| Issuing body | Co-published by Hurst & Company. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Campbell, John, 1947- Haldane. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020 022800232X 9780228002321 |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| ISBN | 9780228000938 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 0228000939 (cloth) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | DA566.9 .H27 C36 2020 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |