Book Reviews : The Progressive Party in Canada. By W. L. MORTON. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1950. Pp. vii, 331. $4.75.)
| DOI | 10.1177/106591295100400426 |
| Author | Dean E. Mchenry |
| Date | 01 December 1951 |
| Published date | 01 December 1951 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
669
papers.
Among
these
are
the
papers
on
French
politics,
especially
the
ones
on
&dquo;Christian
Democracy&dquo;
by
Robert
F.
Byrnes,
&dquo;The
Struggle
for
Con-
trol
of
the
French
Trade-Union
Movement&dquo;
by
Val
R.
Lorwin,
&dquo;Com,
munists
and
Peasantry
in
France&dquo;
by
Gordon
Wright,
&dquo;Science
and
French
National
Strength&dquo;
by
Henry
E.
Guerlac,
and
&dquo;Population
and
Population
Trends
in
Modern
France&dquo;
by
Dudley
Kirk.
To
this
reviewer
the
finest
essay
of
all
is
&dquo;French
Business
and
the
Businessman:
A
Social
and
Cultural
Analysis&dquo;
by
David
S.
Landes.
Landes’
paper
of
not
more
than
twenty
concise
and
lucid
pages
reminds
one
of
de
Tocqueville.
As
de
Tocqueville
in
explaining
America
to
France,
so
Landes
in
explaining
France
to
America
has
penetrated
to
the
deep-seated
values
behind
institutions-key
to
an
understanding
of
social
nhenomena. ― -.
―.
GEORGE
V.
WOLFE.
The
College
of
Idaho.
The
Progressive
Party
in
Canada.
By
W.
L.
MORTON.
(Toronto:
University
of
Toronto
Press.
1950.
Pp.
vii,
331.
$4.75.)
This
book
is
a
notable
addition
to
the
literature
of
Canadian
parties
and
politics.
It
is
the
first
of
a
series
of
studies,
under
the
editorship
of
Professor
S.
D.
Clark,
on
the
background
and
development
of
the
social
credit
movement
in
Alberta.
The
Progressive
party
was
not
a
direct
ancestor
of
the
social
credit
movement,
but
it
was
one
of
several
earlier
manifestations
of
agrarian
discontent
in
Western
Canada.
During
and
following
World
War
I,
farmers’
associations
gained
economic
importance
in
many
provinces
and
[turning
to
politics]
won
control
of
governments
in
Alberta,
Manitoba,
and
Ontario.
The
Pro-
gressive
party
was,
to
a
large
extent,
the
national
political
front
of
the
farmers’
movements
in
the
several
provinces.
Launched
as
the
National
Progressive
Party
in
1920,
it
won
65
seats
in
the
general
election
of
1921.
The
remaining
235
seats
were
so
divided
between
the
Liberal
and
Conservative
parties
that
neither
had
a
majority.
The
Progressives
decided
to
give
conditional
support
to
the
minority
government
of
Mackenzie
King,
rather
than
have
their
representatives
enter
it
as
ministers.
The
disintegration
of
the
party
as
a
national
factor
took
place
largely
between
1922
and
1925.
Professor
Morton
traces
with
care
the
many
reasons
for
the
party’s
breakup.
Perhaps
the
most
significant
split
among
Progressives
was
between
those
who
wished
to
build
up
a
political
party
with
its
own
local
organization
and
with
a
broad
appeal
to
the
electorate,
and
those
who
preferred
a
class
movement
to
serve
the
interests
of
the
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