{"product_id":"0771054149-trudeau_and_our_times_volume1","title":"Trudeau and Our Times Volume 1","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe classic two-volume study of Trudeau and his impact upon Canadian society and politics\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume 1: The Magnificent Obsession\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWinner of the Governor General’s Award\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume examines the formative influences on Pierre Trudeau’s childhood, his knight-errant youth and early manhood, his charismatic ascent to the Liberal Party leadership, and his dramatic first decade as prime minister. It concludes with his bittersweet triumphs in fighting off the separatists in the 1980 referendum campaign and his battle with provincial premiers to patriate the Canadian constitution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume 2: The Heroic Delusion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWinner of the John W. Dafoe Prize for Distinctive Writing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume describes in fascinating detail the abiding liberal Pierre Trudeau’s quixotic confrontations with his neo-conservative opponents, Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. A masterful analysis of the country’s political economy in the decades following World War II, it suggests that Trudeau’s delusion was that Canada could pursue a policy independent of her neighbours to the south.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistory\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmericas\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eCanada\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"McClelland \u0026 Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Used - Very Good","offer_id":48831862964414,"sku":"0771054149-3","price":16.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/91lsID61WpL.jpg?v=1788360613","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0771054149-trudeau_and_our_times_volume1","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}