Moved by the State
Author | : Tina Loo |
Publisher | : UBC Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2019-06-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780774861038 |
ISBN-13 | : 0774861037 |
Rating | : 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Download or read book Moved by the State written by Tina Loo and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.