Able to lead : disablement, radicalism, and the political life of E.T. Kingsley
"Eugene T. Kingsley led an extraordinary life. Born in mid-nineteenth-century New York, by 1890 he was a railway brakeman in Montana. An accident left him a double amputee and politically radicalized, and his socialist activism that followed took him north of the border where he eventually was...
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| Ort / Verlag / Datum: | Vancouver, Toronto : UBC Press, [2021] |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Andere Erscheinungsform(en): | Erscheint auch als: Able to lead, Malhotra, Ravi (Online-Ausgabe)
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| Klassifikation: | 335 Sozialismus und verwandte Systeme
920 Biografien 970 Geschichte Nordamerikas 971.056092 |
| Online-Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Beschreibung: | xv, 374 Seiten; Illustrationen; 24 cm |
| Anmerkungen: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Eugene T. Kingsley led an extraordinary life. Born in mid-nineteenth-century New York, by 1890 he was a railway brakeman in Montana. An accident left him a double amputee and politically radicalized, and his socialist activism that followed took him north of the border where he eventually was considered by the government to be "one of the most dangerous men in Canada." Able to Lead traces Kingsley's political journey from soapbox speaker in San Francisco to prominence in the Socialist Party of Canada. Ravi Malhotra and Benjamin Isitt illuminate a figure who shaped a generation of Canadian leftists during a time when it was uncommon for disabled people to lead. They examine Kingsley's endeavours for justice against the Northern Pacific Railway, and how Kingsley's life intersected with immigration law and free speech rights. Able to Lead brings a turbulent period in North American history to life, highlighting Kingsley's profound legacy for the twenty-first-century political left."-- |
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| ISBN: | 9780774865760 0774865768 |
| AC Nummer: | AC17145635 |
| Hierarchiestufe: | Monografie |
| Erscheinungsform: | Buch |
| Inhalt: | Text Statisches Bild Karte |
| Medientyp: | Analog |
| Datenträger: | Analog |
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