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A History of Canadian Wealth

by (author) Gustavus Myers

introduction by Stanley Ryerson

Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Initial publish date
Jan 1972
Category
General, General, General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780888620170
    Publish Date
    Jan 1972
    List Price
    $45.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780888620163
    Publish Date
    Jan 1972
    List Price
    $14.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781552772249
    Publish Date
    Feb 2008
    List Price
    $45.00

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Description

In this pioneering work, Gustavus Myers lays bare the corruption, swindling, land deals, and bribery that are at the basis of Canadian history. This is Canada's past seen through the eyes of a muckraker, and in it the heroes of other histories appear in quite a different light.

This book was first published in 1914--in the United States. It has never before been published in Canada. Canadian historians have mostly ignored, suppressed, or mocked it. But history is not the preserve of apologists for big business and the political parties, and A History of Canadian Wealth is certain to be widely read and recognized at last as a classic.

A landmark revisionist history of Canada, A History of Canadian Wealth remains as lively and startling as it was when first published.

About the authors

GUSTAVUS MYERS, 1872 - 1942, was a the pioneering historian who wrote ten major works during his life.

Gustavus Myers' profile page

STANLEY RYERSON was a university lecturer and secretary of the Quebec Communist party.

Stanley Ryerson's profile page