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category: History
published: Jun 2019
ISBN:9780774861038
publisher: UBC Press

Moved by the State

Forced Relocation and Making a Good Life in Postwar Canada

by Tina Loo

tagged: post-confederation (1867-), social history
Description

From the 1950s to the 1970s, the Canadian government relocated people living in rural and urban communities, often against their will, in order to alleviate the all-too-common lack of social services and economic opportunities. Moved by the State offers a completely new interpretation of this undertaking, focusing on the bureaucrats and academics who designed and implemented these relocations – and on the larger development project they were pursuing. Tina Loo’s finely crafted history reveals the optimistic belief underpinning postwar relocations: the power of the interventionist state to do good.

About the Author

Tina Loo

Contributor Notes

Tina Loo is a professor of history at the University of British Columbia. Her previous book is States of Nature: Conserving Canada’s Wildlife in the Twentieth Century. A recipient of Clio and Sir John A. Macdonald prizes from the Canadian Historical Association, as well as the Canada Prize from the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences, she is also a member of the Royal Society of Canada.

Awards
  • Winner, Best Book in Political History, Canadian Historical Association
  • Short-listed, Best Scholarly Book in Canadian History, Canadian Historical Association
  • Short-listed, J.W. Dafoe Book Prize, J.W. Dafoe Foundation
Editorial Review

…the book is thought-provoking and will inspire discussion among those looking to Canadian social and political challenges of the past, as well as those considering them in the future.

— Prairie History

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