Bucking Conservatism : Alternative Stories of Alberta from the 1960s and 1970s
Crane Bear, Leon
Bucking Conservatism : Alternative Stories of Alberta from the 1960s and 1970s - Canada Athabasca University Press 20211125 - 1 electronic resource (364 p.)
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With lively, informative contributions by both scholars and activists, Bucking Conservatism highlights the individuals and groups who challenged Alberta’s conservative status quo in the 1960s and 70s. Drawing on archival records, newspaper articles, police reports, and interviews, the contributors examine Alberta’s history through the eyes of Indigenous activists protesting discriminatory legislation and unfulfilled treaty obligations, women and lesbian and gay persons standing up to the heteropatriarchy, student activists seeking to forge a new democracy, and anti-capitalist environmentalists demanding social change. This book uncovers the lasting influence of Alberta’s noncomformists---those who recognized the need for dissent in a province defined by wealth and right-wing politics---and poses thought-provoking questions for contemporary activists.
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Alberta politics Alberta Conservatives Alberta Progressive Politics Alberta Social Movements Citizen Activism Indigenous Education Indian Status Rights Indigenous Women Gay Rights Alberta Women's Groups Birth Control Alberta Gay Alliance Gay Liberation Alberta New Democratic Party Alberta Social Credit Party Left-Wing Activism War Resisters Peace Activism Environmental Advocacy Tom Flanagan Sid Marty Marion Nicoll University of Calgary Mill Creek Park South African Apartheid Woodsworth-Irvine Socialist Fellowship Edmonton United Church urban development
Bucking Conservatism : Alternative Stories of Alberta from the 1960s and 1970s - Canada Athabasca University Press 20211125 - 1 electronic resource (364 p.)
Open Access
With lively, informative contributions by both scholars and activists, Bucking Conservatism highlights the individuals and groups who challenged Alberta’s conservative status quo in the 1960s and 70s. Drawing on archival records, newspaper articles, police reports, and interviews, the contributors examine Alberta’s history through the eyes of Indigenous activists protesting discriminatory legislation and unfulfilled treaty obligations, women and lesbian and gay persons standing up to the heteropatriarchy, student activists seeking to forge a new democracy, and anti-capitalist environmentalists demanding social change. This book uncovers the lasting influence of Alberta’s noncomformists---those who recognized the need for dissent in a province defined by wealth and right-wing politics---and poses thought-provoking questions for contemporary activists.
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English
aupress/9781771992572.01 9781771992572 9781771992589 9781771992596
10.15215/aupress/9781771992572.01 doi
HBLW
HBTB
Alberta politics Alberta Conservatives Alberta Progressive Politics Alberta Social Movements Citizen Activism Indigenous Education Indian Status Rights Indigenous Women Gay Rights Alberta Women's Groups Birth Control Alberta Gay Alliance Gay Liberation Alberta New Democratic Party Alberta Social Credit Party Left-Wing Activism War Resisters Peace Activism Environmental Advocacy Tom Flanagan Sid Marty Marion Nicoll University of Calgary Mill Creek Park South African Apartheid Woodsworth-Irvine Socialist Fellowship Edmonton United Church urban development