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The lost Massey lectures, recovered classics from five great thinkers, John Kenneth Galbraith ... [et al.]

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The lost Massey lectures, recovered classics from five great thinkers, John Kenneth Galbraith ... [et al.]

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references

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no index present

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non fiction

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The lost Massey lectures

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electronic resource

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bibliographydictionaries

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632165805

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John Kenneth Galbraith ... [et al.]

Series statement

CBC Massey lectures series

Sub title

recovered classics from five great thinkers

Summary

The CBC Massey Lectures, an annual broadcasting fixture for more than 45 years and Canada's preeminent public lecture series, featured some of the finest talks by some of the greatest minds of modern times. In this extraordinary collection, major thinkers offer passionate polemics on the major issues of the 20th century. Here are King on race and prejudice; Galbraith on economics and poverty; Jacobs on Canadian cities and Quebec separatism; Goodman on the moral ambiguity of America; Brandt on international peace; Kierans on globalism and the nation-state; and much more. Their words not only ha

Table Of Contents

Introduction / Bernie Lucht -- The underdeveloped country / John Kenneth Galbraith -- The moral ambiguity of America / Paul Goodman -- Conscience for change / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Canadian Cities and Sovereignty Association / Jane Jacobs -- Globalism and the nation-state / Eric W. Kierans -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Notes -- About the lectures and the lecturers

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