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Dennis G. Molinaro - An Exceptional Law: Section 98 and the Emergency State, 1919-1936 - 9781442629578 - V9781442629578
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An Exceptional Law: Section 98 and the Emergency State, 1919-1936

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Description for An Exceptional Law: Section 98 and the Emergency State, 1919-1936 hardcover. An Exceptional Law showcases how the emergency law used to repress labour activism during the First World War became normalized with the creation of Section 98 of the Criminal Code, following the Winnipeg General Strike. Series: Canadian Social History Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBLL; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .

During periods of intense conflict, either at home or abroad, governments enact emergency powers in order to exercise greater control over the society that they govern. The expectation though is that once the conflict is over, these emergency powers will be lifted.

An Exceptional Law showcases how the emergency law used to repress labour activism during the First World War became normalized with the creation of Section 98 of the Criminal Code, following the Winnipeg General Strike. Dennis G. Molinaro argues that the institutionalization of emergency law became intricately tied to constructing a national identity. Following a mass deportation campaign ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Canadian Social History Series
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442629578
SKU
V9781442629578
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Dennis G. Molinaro
Dennis G. Molinaro is an author and researcher with a PhD in history from the University of Toronto.

Reviews for An Exceptional Law: Section 98 and the Emergency State, 1919-1936
"An Exceptional Law: Section 98 & The Emergency State 1919-1936 is a very readable, incredibly well-researched study of Canada’s wartime-derived, but peacetime-continued sedition laws of early 20th century. But the book is of much more than historical interest. As they said in Battlestar Galactica: All this has happened before and will happen again. My copy is marked-up where I noted ... Read more

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