About the Author

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures and Tables vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Series Editors’ Foreword xiii
6. Note from the Publisher xv
7. Preface xvii
8. Introduction 2
9. Confederation and the Birth of Popular Politics, 1871–83 14
10. Politics before Parties in a New Province, 1884–1902 34
11. Singing the Song of Progress in the McBride Years, 1903–15 65
12. Paradise Modern and the Party of Reform, 1916–28 97
13. Pattullo’s New Liberalism and the Revolt beyond the Rockies, 1928–41 129
14. Unsettling Capitalism during the Depression, 1933–39 151
15. The Politics of War and Keeping the Socialists at Bay, 1941–45 171
16. Right versus Left and Social Credit’s Triumph, 1945–52 193
17. Prosperity for All and Province Building in the Bennett Era, 1952–72 223
18. Trying to Dress Up the NDP in a Savile Row Suit, 1961–72 253
19. Bennett’s Defeat and BC’s First Social Democratic Government, 1965–72 279
20. Conclusion 309
21. BC Premiers and Governments, 1871–1972 324
22. Notes 325
23. About the Author 391
24. Index 392