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The education of a Canadian : my life as a scholar and activist
- Title
- The education of a Canadian : my life as a scholar and activist / H. Gordon Skilling.
- Author
- Skilling, H. Gordon (Harold Gordon), 1912-2001.
- Publication
- Montreal ; Ithaca : Published for Carleton University by McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | JC253 .S55 2000 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 450 pages : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Czechoslovakia
- Scholars
- College teachers
- Political activists
- Communism
- 1900-1999
- Skilling, Harold Gordon
- Skilling, H. Gordon 1912-2001
- Skilling, H. Gordon (Harold Gordon), 1912-2001
- Biographies
- Autobiographies
- History
- Bibliographies
- autobiographies (literary works)
- Tschechoslowakei
- Canada
- Czechoslovakia > Politics and government > 1945-1992
- Communisme
- Kommunismus
- Politische Wissenschaft
- Osteuropaforschung
- Autobiografie
- Politics and government
- Scholars > Canada > Bibliography
- College teachers > Canada > Biography
- Political activists > Canada > Biography
- Scholars > Canada > Biography
- Communism > History > 20th century
- Genre/Form
- autobiographies (literary works)
- Bibliographies
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- History
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Vaclav Havel -- 1. Death of a Country -- 2. Growing Up on College Street -- 3. Becoming a Socialist: Toronto -- 4. Moving to the Left: Oxford -- 5. Embarking on Czech Studies: London and Prague -- 6. The War Years: The Midwest and Montreal -- 7. The "Wisconsin Idea" and the United Nations -- 8. The Cold War Begins: Stalinism in Prague -- 9. The Cold War Deepens: McCarthyism in the U.S. -- 10. Russian and East European Studies: Toronto -- 11. Probing the Enigma of Communism -- 12. Journeys East from Vienna -- 13. A Summer of Ferment: Prague and Bratislava -- 14. The Interrupted Revolution -- 15. Neo-Stalinism: Socialism with Goose-Flesh -- 16. Charter 77 -- 17. In Defence of Human Rights -- 18. An Emerging Civil Society: Vaclav Havel -- 19. The Velvet Revolution: Independence and Partition.
- ISBN
- 088629357X
- 9780886293574
- LCCN
- 2001279286
- OCLC
- ocm43283062
- 43283062
- SCSB-1206418
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library