Sovereignty or security?: government policy in the Canadian North, 1936 - 1950

Examines the impact of a group of progressive Ottawa administrators on government policy in the NWT and Yukon in the 1940s in response to increased American presence there during and after World War II. Shows how, in a little more than a decade, Ottawa shifted from a laissez-faire approach to northe...

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Main Author: Grant, Shelagh D. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Vancouver Univ. of British Columbia Press 1988
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Summary:Examines the impact of a group of progressive Ottawa administrators on government policy in the NWT and Yukon in the 1940s in response to increased American presence there during and after World War II. Shows how, in a little more than a decade, Ottawa shifted from a laissez-faire approach to northern affairs to the adoption of an active interventionist policy accompanied by unprecedented increases in financial support.
Physical Description:XX, 385 S. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:0774803061

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