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CITIZEN TRUDEAU
AN INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHY, 1944-1965 |
| By: |
Allen Mills |
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Hardback |
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£26.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0199005966 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780199005963 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, CANADA |
| Pub. date: |
18 February, 2016 |
| Pages: |
480 |
| Description: |
Allen Mills' study of the intellectual development of the young Pierre Trudeau is unique and exceptional, the work of a career in political philosophy. Mills' beautifully written biography encompasses Trudeau's intellectual and physical journeys as a young man through Quebec, North America, and Europe, and eventually much of the rest of the world. Examining a range of sources, including Trudeau's private papers, his university essays, and his articles in thepolitical journal Cite Libre, Mills maps out the evolution of his thinking in a variety of areas, including Quebec and French Canada, religion, the state and economics, international affairs, federalism and the constitution and party politics. |
| Synopsis: |
Pierre Elliot Trudeau was a man of deep intellect, of strongly held philosophy, and of bold - if not occasionally audacious - personality. He was no high-minded, distant philosopher-ruler however. A consummate pragmatist, Trudeau sought to be a moral man of action. This important work looks his intellectual evolution as a young man, in the years before he entered politics. Beautifully written, this biography also paints a fascinating, colourful and multilayered portrait of Trudeau. Born into a wealthy family, Trudeau's years among then-Jesuits at Brebeuf College in Montreal were formative, among other reasons for what would become his long-term interaction with Catholicism. Following law school at University of Montreal, Trudeau studied at Harvard in the US, at LSE in London, England, and at Sciences Po in Paris. Mills' considers the biggest influences on Trudeau, including Harold Laski, Jacques Maritain, and Emmanuel Mounier. Mills also recounts Trudeau's travels across the world throughout t |
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8 photos |
| Publication: |
Canada |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press, Canada |
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Non-returnable |
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