Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Preface xiii
6. Introduction 3
7. Dalhousie in the 1920s 11
8. Changing the Guard 1929–1933 39
9. Carleton Stanley’s Kingdom Dalhousie 1933–1938 62
10. Dalhousie, the Second World War, and the Philosopher-King 1939–1943 90
11. Firing Carleton Stanley 1943–1945 112
12. A.E. Ken and the Veterans 1945–1951 139
13. The Ways of the Fifties 1951–1957 173
14. In the Fast Lane: C.D. Howe, Lady Dunn, and Others 1957–1963 208
15. Dalhousie Being Transformed: The First Years of Henry Hicks 1963–1968 244
16. Testing Limits: The Cohn, the Killam, the Life Sciences, the Radicals 1968–1972 289
17. Coming to the Plateau 1972–1976 327
18. Shifting Power: The End of the Hicks Regime 1976–1980 368
19. Statistical Appendix 407
20. Bibliographic Essay 417
21. Notes 421
22. Index 475