Table of Contents

Prologue: A Road Trip, A Road Trip!: Manhattan, 2007; Go For Broke: Bracknell, England 2005; Put Up Your Dukes & Write!: New York City, 1940s; Ragged & Ecstatic Joy: Denver, 1940s; A Plank Where All the Angels Dove Off: San Francisco, 1940s-1960s; Rough and Hard and Extreme: Mexico, 1950s-1960s; Not Akin to Lustful Thoughts: Europe and Africa, 1950s-1960s; The Perfect Ecstasy: Lowell, 1920s to Present; Golden Ash, Blissful Emptiness: New England, 1890s-1960s; It Was Pure, in My Heart: New Jersey and New York, 1920s-1990s; Canada Was My Bosom of God: Quebec, 1950s-1960s and Early Years; Down into the Darks: Southern United States, 1940s-1960s; Everything is Ecstasy: Central United States, 1940s-1990s; Epilogue -- Five Million of Stars: Quebec and Toronto; Index.

About the Author

David MacKenzie is Associate Professor of History at Ryerson University and the author of several books on Canadian history and international relations. Patrice Dutil is professor of politics and public administration at Ryerson University. His publications include Canada 1911 and Devil's Advocate. A frequent media commentator on Canadian affairs, he is the president of the Champlain Society and the founder of The Literary Review of Canada. He lives in Toronto.

Reviews

"Dutil and MacKenzie are to be congratulated for bringing the issues that dominated these important elections to the attention of modern readers in such entertaining and informative style." - Literary Review of Canada November 2011 "...this is a very useful addition to the literature and illustrates the advantages of collaboration between different but mutually sympathetic disciplines." - Colin Campbell, University of Western Ontario, British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2012 "This new volume is the perfect primer that just might lead to a resurgence in interest in Laurier and the lesser known Borden." -- The Hill Times and Kingston Whig Standard, July 2011 "It is a well-pace narrative for a popular audience." -- The Winnipeg Free Press, Aug 27, 2011 "Dutil and MacKenzie have succeeded in bringing to life the Canada of a century ago in their fascinating, well-written, and well-researched book." -- The Halifax Chronicle Herald, Aug 28, 2011 Popularly related, yet thoroughly researched, this volume will delight all of us who are fascinated by political campaigns and their often-disturbing results. -- OHS Bulletin, Feb 2012 "Canada 1911 provides an in-depth look at a decisive election. [the authors] manage to make it clear why the election was so important to Canada, and why the themes heard in 1911 still resonate today. And there is no arguing that it was a key event in Canadian history." -- The Victoria Times-Colonist, Sept 25, 2011 the meticulous attention to detail makes Canada 1911 compelling. -- Canadas History, April 9, 2012