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The art of the impossible : Dave Barrett and the NDP in power, 1972-1975 / Geoff Meggs and Rod Mickleburgh.
- Title
- The art of the impossible : Dave Barrett and the NDP in power, 1972-1975 / Geoff Meggs and Rod Mickleburgh.
- Author
- Meggs, Geoff, 1951-
- Publication
- Madeira, B.C. : Harbour Pub., 2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | F1068.8 .M44 2012 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 368 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- He set the tone for a government that changed the face of the province. During the next three years, he and his team passed more legislation in a shorter time than any government before or since. A university or college student graduating today in BC may have been born years after Barrett's defeat, but could attend a Barrett daycare, live on a farm in Barrett's Agricultural Land Reserve, be rushed to hospital in a provincial ambulance created by Barrett's government and attend college in a community institution founded by his government. The continuing polarization of BC politics also dates back to Barrett - the Fraser Institute and the right-wing economic policies it preaches are as much a legacy of the Barrett years as the ALR.
- Dave Barrett remains a unique and important figure in BC's history, a symbol of how much can be achieved in government and a reminder of how quickly those achievements can be forgotten. This lively and well-researched book is the first in-depth study of this most memorable of BC premiers."--pub. desc.
- Alternative Title
- Dave Barrett and the NDP in power, 1972-1975
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Biography.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 352-360) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The twenty years' war -- Inside the gates -- Awesome, sweeping powers -- Little chief, miniWAC and the northern kingfish -- The chicken and egg war -- The engineer who made the grade -- The godfather and the tank driver -- Health, housing and human rights -- Life of the party -- How they forgot the future -- Back to work -- And good luck to us all.
- ISBN
- 9781550175790
- 1550175793
- LCCN
- ^^2012453948
- OCLC
- 800039111
- SCSB-12806399
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library