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Political Science Fascism & Totalitarianism

Shades of Right

Nativist and Fascist Politics in Canada, 1920-1940

by (author) Martin Robin

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Dec 1992
Category
Fascism & Totalitarianism, General, History & Theory
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487575175
    Publish Date
    Dec 1992
    List Price
    $49.95

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Between the two world wars a range of extreme right-wing groups sprang up across Canada. In this study Martin Robin explores the roots and development of these groups in the 1920s and 1930s.

 

He begins with the Ku Klux Klan, discussing their origins, rise, and decline, and then considers other right-wing extremist political groups. Some were nativist, most notably Adrien Arcand’s National Social Christian Party. Robin provides a detailed account of Arcand’s organization, its origins, and ideology. He then turns his attention to Fascist influence and organization in Canada’s Italian and German communities during the depression decade. He concludes with a discussion of the decline and suppression of Fascist groups following Canada’s entry into the Second World War.

About the author

MARTIN ROBIN taught political science at Simon Fraser University. He is also the author of The Company Province, a two-volume history of British Columbia, and a book on the Canadian labour movement.

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