SuitabookWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King
Nate Hendley
- Reading
- Read together or independently, pausing to separate the pressures of the historical period from King’s particular choices. You could also check which social programmes the book names and what it says they were intended to do.
- Themes
- Leadership and social support: King is presented as leading Canada through major crises and creating programmes including unemployment insurance, family allowance and old-age pensions. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Private spiritualist practices: The book addresses private spiritualist practices; the detail of how it is developed remains unclear. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The historical setting includes a major war, economic hardship and dictators gaining power.