Author: HUMPHRIES, CHARLES W.
Title: Honest Enough to Be Bold the Life and Times of Sir James Pliny Whitney
Description: Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0802034209. DJ shows very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Ontario Historical Studies Series; 23.5 X 16 X 3 centimeters; 276 pages; "Whitney liked to describe himself as 'bold enough to be honest ... honest enough to be bold.' Humphries concludes that as premier from 1905 to 1914 Whitney lived up to his self-description. The boldness of his legislative programs recognized the evolution of a new industrial society and paved the way for government to intervene in economic and social affairs. The success of his progressive conservatism laid the foundation for decades of Tory success in Ontario.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

Keywords: 0802034209 Politics Ontario Biographies & Memoirs Political Science


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