The Social History of Canada

There is a richness and distinctiveness to the vast range of topics, events, issues, and ideas that comprise a nation's social history. The demands for material relevant to Canadian social history have been matched only by the frustrations raised by the inaccessibility. It is the purpose of this new series to help meet these demands.

Michael Bliss was a Canadian historian and a University Professor Emeritus in the Department of History and the History of Medicine Program at the University of Toronto. He was the author of numerous award-winning books in business and political history as well as the history of medicine, including popular biographies of Sir Frederick Banting, Sir William Osler, and Harvey Cushing. He was an Officer of the Order of Canada, an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the first historian to be inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.