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The McNair-Flemming Years, Volume 1: A Public Record of Uncertain Times, New Brunswick 1930-1960

The McNair-Flemming Years, Volume 1: A Public Record of Uncertain Times, New Brunswick 1930-1960

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Series: The McNair-Flemming Years

General Political Science

Publisher Price: $49.99

ISBN10: 1039187382
ISBN13: 9781039187382
Publisher: FriesenPress
Published: Mar 28 2024
Pages: 448
Weight: 2.91
Height: 1.00 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
The McNair-Flemming Years is a two-volume history of New Brunswick politics and events, from the Depression to the beginning of the 1960s. Based largely on contemporaneous journalistic input from five daily New Brunswick newspapers, it is exactly as the title suggests: A Public Record of Uncertain Times. It is a distillation of the daily events that shaped public opinion and controlled political messaging, and upon which people formed their own bias and interpretation of the news.

Detailing regional history, the story develops of NB citizen's struggles through the Depression, their stellar support for Canada's war efforts, and their unbreakable spirit of optimism during challenging times.

John B. McNair is featured in Volume 1. He was an athlete, Rhodes Scholar, veteran of the First World War, who filled a prominent leadership role starting in 1935, as the Attorney-General of New Brunswick and as Premier 1940-1952. Under his guidance, New Brunswick embarked on a massive program of infrastructure spending, to pave roads, and to build bridges, hospitals, and schools. He provided calm reassurance to a nervous public during the darkest days of the Second World War. His innovative approach to politics brought professional advertising into election campaigns in the pre-television era. For almost a generation he was this Province's leading public figure.

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