{"product_id":"a-time-such-as-there-never-was-before-canada-after-the-great-war-paperback","title":"A Time Such as There Never Was Before: Canada After the Great War - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Bowker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOttawa Book Award 2015 -- Shortlisted\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Between 1918 and 1921 a great storm blew through Canada and raised the expectations of a new world in which all things would be possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe years after World War I were among the most tumultuous in Canadian history: a period of unremitting change, drama, and conflict. They were, in the words of Stephen Leacock, \"a time such as there never was before.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe war had been a great crusade, promising a world made new. But it had cost Canada sixty thousand dead and many more wounded, and it had widened the many fault lines in a young, diverse country. In a nation struggling to define itself and its place in the world, labour, farmers, businessmen, churches, social reformers, and minorities had extravagant hopes, irrational fears, and contradictory demands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat had this sacrifice achieved? Whose hopes would be realized and whose dreams would end in disillusionment? Which changes would prove permanent and which would be transitory? \u003ci\u003eA Time Such As There Never Was Before\u003c\/i\u003e describes how this exciting period laid the foundation of the Canada we know today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan Bowker worked for thirty-five years in Canada's foreign service, including serving as high commissioner to Guyana. He has a Ph.D. in Canadian history and has taught at Canada's Royal Military College. He is the editor of two collections of Leacock essays, \u003ci\u003eOn the Front Line of Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSocial Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Ottawa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 440\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 9.18 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67613567287407,"sku":"9781459722804","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/4966\/4879\/files\/bNH0fVqsg49781459722804.webp?v=1790707894","url":"https:\/\/finderbooks.com\/products\/a-time-such-as-there-never-was-before-canada-after-the-great-war-paperback","provider":"Finder Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}