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The big picture : the Antigonish movement of eastern Nova Scotia

Title
The big picture : the Antigonish movement of eastern Nova Scotia / Santo Dodaro and Leonard Pluta.
Author
Dodaro, Santo, 1950-
Publication
Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2012], ©2012.

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Pluta, Leonard.
Description
xvi, 408 pages : map; 24 cm.
Summary
  • "In the 1930s, when the competitive, free market system lay in ruins and the competing systems of fascism and communism were gaining strength, the Antigonish Movement emerged offering a "middle way." The movement favoured putting in place an integrated and dynamic system based on cooperative economic institutions under the control of the people.
  • The Antigonish Movement originated with the establishment of the Extension Department of St Francis Xavier University in 1928, with Reverend Moses Coady as director. Guided by the social teaching of the Catholic Church, the movement promoted an array of economic activity and attracted widespread attention around the world. Visitors flocked to Antigonish to witness ordinary people, fishermen, farmers, and industrial workers, organize and establish their own enterprises, from fish processing plants to credit unions and co-operative stores.
  • In The Big Picture Santo Dodaro and Leonard Pluta trace the history of this remarkable experiment from its origins through a period of expansion during the 1930s and 1940s, while identifying the key factors - vision, education, and institutional framework - that contributed to its early success."--pub. desc.
Series Statement
McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; no. 57
Uniform Title
McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; 57.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The Birth of the Antigonish Movement -- The Dynamic Expansion of the Antigonish Movement in the Midst of the Great Depression -- The Years of Turbulence, 1940-49 -- The Years of Transitions, 1950-59 -- The Unravelling of the Movement, 1960-69 -- The Last Hurrah, 1970-2000.
ISBN
  • 9780773540149 (bound)
  • 0773540148 (bound)
  • 9780773540156 (pbk.)
  • 0773540156 (pbk.)
LCCN
2012901237
OCLC
  • ocn764385387
  • 764385387
  • SCSB-5691376
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries