Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword ix
3. Contents xiii
4. Preface xv
5. Acknowledgments xix
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Growing Up in Vancouver and London, 1921–1941 10
8. 2. The Army Years, 1941–1946 21
9. 3. The LSE Years, 1946–1949 44
10. 4. Canada and Carleton College, 1939–1963 67
11. 5. The Genesis of The Vertical Mosaic, 1949–1958 78
12. 6. Crafting a Classic, 1958–1965 107
13. 7. The Vertical Mosaic: Canada as a Flawed Democracy 126
14. 8. Critical Response to The Vertical Mosaic 162
15. 9. Canadian Society and Canadian Sociology in the 1960s and ’70s 191
16. 10. Geneva, Ottawa, and Toronto, 1966–1969 211
17. 11. Measuring Educational Opportunity, 1970–1979 233
18. 12. Measuring Social Mobility, 1970–1979 257
19. 13. The Shift into Academic Administration, 1977–1979 276
20. 14. Marion Porter, John Porter’s Intellectual Partner 316
21. 15. Second Thoughts: Ruminations on Social Justice 335
22. Afterword: Duty, Service, and Mission 354
23. Notes 409
24. Bibliography 539
25. John Porter: Published Sources 555
26. Index 561