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Social welfare policy in Canada(1st Edition)
Historical readings
by Raymond Benjamin Blake, Jeff Keshen
Paperback, 397 Pages, Published 1995 by Copp Clark
ISBN-13: 978-0-7730-5448-6, ISBN: 0-7730-5448-0

"Book by Raymond Benjamin Blake"






Where Once They Stood
Newfoundland's Rocky Road to Confederation (Hardback)
by Raymond Benjamin Blake, Melvin Baker
Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2019 by University Of Regina Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-88977-619-7, ISBN: 0-88977-619-9

"Coming on the 70th anniversary of Newfoundland joining Confederation, as well as the 150th anniversary of its first rejection of Canada, Where Once They Stood challenges popular notions that those who voted against Confederation in 1869 and ..."






Conflict and Compromise
by Raymond Benjamin Blake, Jeff Keshen, Norman James Knowles, Barbara Jane Messamore
ISBN-13: 978-1-4426-3556-2, ISBN: 1-4426-3556-8






Where Once They Stood
Newfoundland's Rocky Road Towards Confederation
by Raymond Benjamin Blake, Melvin Baker
Published 2019
ISBN-13: 978-0-88977-608-1, ISBN: 0-88977-608-3

"Coming on the 70th anniversary of Newfoundland joining Confederation, as well as the 150th anniversary of its first rejection of Canada, Where Once They Stood challenges popular notions that those who voted against Confederation in 1869 and ..."






Celebrating Canada
Commemorations, Anniversaries and National Symbols
by Raymond Benjamin Blake, Mathew Hayday
Hardcover, 408 Pages, Published 2018 by University Of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
ISBN-13: 978-1-4426-4981-1, ISBN: 1-4426-4981-X

"Popular and government-funded anniversaries and commemorations, combined with national symbols, play significant roles in shaping how we view Canada, and also provide opportunities for people to challenge the pre-existing or dominant conceptions of the country. Volume 2 of Celebrating Canada continues the scholarly debate about commemoration and national identity. Raymond B. Blake and Matthew Hayday bring together emerging and establish ..."






Conflict and Compromise(1st Edition)
Pre-Confederation Canada (Hardback)
by Raymond Benjamin Blake, Jeffrey A. Keshen, Barbara Jane Messamore, Norman James Knowles
Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2017 by University Of Toronto Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-4426-3554-8, ISBN: 1-4426-3554-1

"Driven by its strong narrative, Conflict and Compromise presents Canadian history chronologically, allowing a better understanding of the interrelationships between events. Its main objective is to demonstrate that although Canadian history has been marked by cleavages and conflicts, there has been a continual process of negotiation and a need for compromise which has enabled Canada to develop into arguably one of the most successful an ..."






Conflict and Compromise
Post-Confederation Canada
by Norman James Knowles, Jeffrey A. Keshen, Barbara Jane Messamore, Raymond Benjamin Blake
352 Pages, Published 2017 by University Of Toronto Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-4426-3559-3, ISBN: 1-4426-3559-2

"Post-Confederation Canada Raymond B. Blake, Jeffrey A. Keshen, Norman J. Knowles, Barbara J. Messamore. Canada's role in the war, in many ways the road ahead did not ... Return to text. 2 Jonathan Vance, Maple Leaf Empire, Canada, Britain and the Two World Wars (Toronto: Oxford, 2012), 46. Return to text. 3 Tim Cook, At the Sharp End: Canadians Fighting the Great War, 1914– 1916 (Toronto: Viking, 2007), 131. Return to text. 4 Tim Co ..."






Canadians at Last
The Integration of Newfoundland as a Province (Heritage)
by Raymond Benjamin Blake
Paperback, 286 Pages, Published 2015 by University Of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
ISBN-13: 978-0-8020-6978-8, ISBN: 0-8020-6978-9

"History provides some interesting case studies of what happens when trade barriers come down. Among them is the story told in this book of Newfoundland's integration into Canada in the aftermath of the province's 1948 referendum. Raymond B. Blake takes a refreshing approach to this episode in Canadian history, avoiding the old shibboleths of conspiracy and local nationalism, and instead making a down-to-earth study of economic and polit ..."






Lions or Jellyfish(1st Edition)
Newfoundland-Ottawa Relations since 1957
by Raymond Benjamin Blake
Hardcover, 448 Pages, Published 2015 by University Of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
ISBN-13: 978-1-4426-5025-1, ISBN: 1-4426-5025-7

"Asked in 2010 about his pugnacious approach to federal-provincial relations, Newfoundland premier Danny Williams declared “I would rather live one more day as a lion than ten years a jellyfish.” He was only the latest in a long line of Newfoundland premiers who have fought for that province’s interests on the national stage. From Joey Smallwood and the conflict over Term 29 of the Act of Union to Williams and his much-publicized clashes ..."






Narrating a Nation(1st Edition)
Canadian History Pre-Confederation
by Raymond Benjamin Blake, Jeff Keshen, Norman Knowles, Barbara Messamore
Paperback, 512 Pages, Published 2010 by Mcgraw-Hill Ryerson Higher Education
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-095641-4, ISBN: 0-07-095641-3

"Narrating a Nation: Canadian History Pre-Confederation is a lively, narrative approach to pre-confederation history. Events are followed chronologically, focusing on a story developing over time. The chronological approach allows students to makes sense of our history, and grounds their knowledge of the past in a clear political context. The focus on key events allows readers to appreciate the social, economic, and ideological complexi ..."






Narrating a Nation
Canadian History Post-Confederation [Paperback]
by Raymond Benjamin Blake, Jeff Keshen, Norman Knowles, Barbara Messamore
Paperback, 544 Pages, Published 2010 by Mcgraw-Hill Ryerson Higher Education
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-095642-1, ISBN: 0-07-095642-1

"Narrating a Nation: Canadian History Post-Confederation Narrating a Nation: Canadian History Post-Confederation is a lively, narrative approach to post-confederation history."






From Rights to Needs
A History of Family Allowances in Canada, 1929-92
by Raymond Benjamin Blake
380 Pages, Published 2009 by Ubc Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7748-1574-1, ISBN: 0-7748-1574-4

"58, file 490 (1944-64), Weiss to Willard, 23 June 1964. 64 Carl M. Brauer, “ Kennedy, Johnson, and War on Poverty,” in Poverty and Public Policy in Modern America, ed. Donald T. Critchlow and Ellis W. Hawley (Chicago: Dorsey Press, 1989), ..."






Beyond National Dreams(1st Edition)
Essays on Canadian Citizenship and Nationalism (Paperback)
by Andrew Nurse, Raymond Benjamin Blake
Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2009 by Fitzhenry And Whiteside
ISBN-13: 978-1-55041-969-6, ISBN: 1-55041-969-2

"The fourteen essays in this specially commissioned collection explore the ongoing debate, "the national narrative" about the character and objectives of Canada as a nation state."






From Rights to Needs
A History of Family Allowances in Canada, 1929-92
by Raymond Benjamin Blake
Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2008 by Ubc Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7748-1572-7, ISBN: 0-7748-1572-8

"Social security programs helped to define Canada in the twentieth century and, for the generation that came of age during the Cold War, family allowances more than any other social program embodied the new national ideal. But was this program, which gave all mothers a monthly stipend to raise the nation’s babies, driven by a desire to create a kinder, gentler nation or was it more influenced by economics, constitution-making, and intern ..."






Social Fabric or Patchwork Quilt(1st Edition)
The Development of Social Policy in Canada
by Jeffrey A. Keshen, Raymond Benjamin Blake, Raymond B. Blake, Broadview Press Ltd
Paperback, 538 Pages, Published 2006 by University Of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division
ISBN-13: 978-1-55111-544-3, ISBN: 1-55111-544-1

" Both historical and contemporary features of Canadian social welfare are explored in this wide-ranging and in-depth collection. Social Fabric or Patchwork Quilt explores the evolution of the Canadian social welfare state from a system based upon voluntarism and philanthropy to one in which the State's involvement has increased considerably. It also shows how the roles of governments at all levels have changed in recent times ..."






Standing on Guard
Canadian Identity, Globalization, and Continental Integration
by Raymond Benjamin Blake
27 Pages, Published 2004 by Regina : Saskatchewan Institute Of Public Policy
ISBN-13: 978-0-7731-0487-7, ISBN: 0-7731-0487-9






Trajectories of Rural Life
New Perspectives on Rural Canada (Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy(SIPP))
by Andrew Nurse, Raymond Blake, Raymond Benjamin Blake, University Of Regina, Raymond Black
Paperback, 167 Pages, Published 2003 by University Of Regina Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-88977-152-9, ISBN: 0-88977-152-9

"Rural communities have been profoundly affected by recent political-economic, demographic and cultural change. In Canada, the impacts of these changes are all about us: in the absolute population declines in Saskatchewan and Newfoundland, in the crises of the east and west coast fisheries, in the farm crisis, in serious ecological problems, and in the reorientation of rural social services. There is a tendency to view these problems in ..."






Transforming the Nation
Canada and Brian Mulroney
by Raymond B. Blake, Raymond Benjamin Blake
Hardcover, 456 Pages, Published 2007 by Mcgill-Queen's University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7735-3214-4, ISBN: 0-7735-3214-5

"minorities across Canada and appointing the first Métis as lieutenant governor in Manitoba and the first person of colour as lieutenant governor in Ontario. Still, Canadians were not impressed. It was a peculiar period in Canadian history, and well-known Canadian pollster Michael Adams noted in 1993 that “Canadians are in the mood to blame the weatherman for the weather.” Linda Dyer of Baseline Market Research in Fredericton told t ..."






Canada and the new world order
Facing the new millennium
by Penny Bryden, Michael Tucker, Raymond Benjamin Blake
Paperback, 202 Pages, Published 2000 by Irwin Pub
ISBN-13: 978-0-7725-2827-8, ISBN: 0-7725-2827-6

"Book by Michael Tucker"






Where Once They Stood
Newfoundland's Rocky Road Towards Confederation
by Raymond B. Blake, Melvin Baker
Paperback, 397 Pages, Published 2019 by Univ Of Regina Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-88977-607-4, ISBN: 0-88977-607-5



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