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George Grant

A Biography
  • William Christian
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1996

About this book

George Grant's Lament for a Nation and Technology and Empire inspired a generation of Canadians. This readable biography revels in the life of a fascinating religious and political thinker, warts, gossip and all.

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Christian William :

William Christian is a professor emeritus of the Department of Political Science at the University of Guelph. He is author of George Grant: A Biography and editor of George Grant: Selected Letters, both published by the University of Toronto Press.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    Acknowledgments

    xi
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    Chronology

    xv
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    Preface

    xix
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    1. They'd prefer ice-cream

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    2. Work for King and Country

    8
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    3. Willie's boy

    21
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    4. Somebody might like me for myself

    37
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    5. An ambitious little pragmatist

    56
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    6. Mysterious forces within man

    69
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    7. Take what you want said God Take it and pay for it

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    8. It was easy to lose courage

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    9. Exploring the universe

    113
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    10. The solid basis of qualifications

    133
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    11. Listening to Mozart - I felt such love

    151
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    12. Out of the shadows into truth

    168
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    13. No satisfactory compromise was possible

    187
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    14. Old and dirty and fat

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    15. The fifth column

    216
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    16. Simone Weil

    228
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    17. Lament

    240
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    18. A lone wolf

    254
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    19. Intimations of deprival

    271
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    20. The botched and the bungled

    286
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    21. Museum culture

    302
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    22. Caught up in fates

    323
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    23. Christ's care is for all

    339
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    24. Out of Christian certainties

    352
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    25. No great disaster

    366
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    Epilogue

    371
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    Notes

    373
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  • Sources
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    Archival and interview sources

    441
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    Works mentioned in text or notes

    444
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    Selected secondary sources

    447
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    Bibliography of George Grant's Publications

    450
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    Index

    461
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    Photo credits

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May 9, 1996
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9781442675285
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495
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